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exception of projects that meet the eligibility
criteria for a higher Federal cost-sharing
percentage under the Public Assistance
Alternative Procedures Pilot Program for
Debris Removal implemented pursuant to
section 428 of the Stafford Act.
Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration for the approved
assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.

The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Dolph A. Diemont,
of FEMA is appointed to act as the
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
major disaster.
The following areas of the State of
Oregon have been designated as
adversely affected by this major disaster:
Josephine and Lane Counties for Public
Assistance.
All areas within the State of Oregon are
eligible for assistance under the Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program.
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
Robert J. Fenton,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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[Docket ID: FEMA–2017–0008; OMB No.
1660–0118]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Homeland Security
Exercise and Evaluation Program
(HSEEP) Documentation
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its

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continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a revision of a currently
approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the After Action
Report/Improvement Plans, Training
and Exercise Plans, and Nominations to
the National Exercise Program which
are used to validate current
preparedness capabilities and support
future national exercise efforts.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 10, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2017–0008. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
8NE, Washington, DC 20472–3100.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to read the
Privacy Act notice that is available via
the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Haggerty, Program Analyst,
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Protection and National
Preparedness, National Exercise
Division, at 202–679–3524. You may
contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD–8:
National Preparedness) issued on March
30, 2011, establishes a National
Preparedness Goal (NPG) that identifies
the core capabilities necessary for
preparedness and a National
Preparedness System (NPS) which
guides activities to enable the Nation to
achieve the NPG. The NPS allows the
Nation to track the progress of our
ability to build and improve the
capabilities necessary to prevent,
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respond to, and recover from those
threats that pose the greatest risk to the
security of the Nation.
The NPS provides an integrated
approach to preparedness that can be
implemented and measured at all levels
of government. This system is an all-ofNation and whole community approach
to preparedness, from neighborhood
organizations to civic groups and
private businesses. It contains a
methodical approach integrated across
the preparedness cycle and links
together programs and requirements
into a comprehensive system, driving
rational decision-making and allowing
for a direct and defensible assessment of
progress against clearly defined
objectives.
The NPS is based on a consistent
methodology for assessing the threats
and hazards facing a given jurisdiction.
The findings of the assessment drive
planning factors and all other
components of the preparedness cycle
including resource requirements,
existing capabilities and capability gaps,
driving investments to close those gaps,
making and validating improvements in
capabilities through training and
exercising, and continually assessing
progress.
Section 648(b)(1) of the Post-Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of
2006 (6 U.S.C. 748(b)(1)) also provides
for these exercises and states the
Administrator ‘‘shall carry out a
national exercise program to test and
evaluate the national preparedness goal,
National Incident Management System,
National Response, and other related
plans and strategies.’’ The Homeland
Security Exercise and Evaluation
Program (HSEEP) provides the program
structure, multi-year planning system,
tools, and guidance necessary for
entities to build and sustain exercise
programs that enhance homeland
security capabilities, and ultimately,
preparedness. The HSEEP After Action
Report Improvement, Training and
Exercise Plan, and National Exercise
Program Nomination Forms provide the
standardized methods for reporting the
results of exercises, identifying exercise
program priorities, and submitting
exercise nominations necessary to
validate national preparedness
capabilities.
The HSEEP After Action
Improvement Plan will now be
submitted from Indian Tribal
governments and an additional annual
form will be required in addition to the
one form per quarter requirement
resulting in a small increase in the
burden hours due to an increase in the
number of reports estimated to be
submitted.

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Collection of Information
Title: Homeland Security Exercise and
Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
Documentation.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0118.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 091–0,
After Action Report/Improvement Plan
(AAR/IP); FEMA Form 008–0–26, MultiYear Training Exercise Plan (TEP);
FEMA Form 008–0–27, National
Exercise Program (NEP) Nomination
Form.
Abstract: The Homeland Security
Exercise and Evaluation Program
(HSEEP) Documentation collection
provides reporting on the results of
preparedness exercises and provides
assessments of the respondents’
capabilities so that strengths and areas
for improvement are identified,
corrected, and shared as appropriate
prior to a real incident. This information
is also required to be submitted as part
of certain FEMA grant programs.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 268.
Number of Responses: 704.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 23,208 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $1,494,947.96. There are no annual
costs to respondents operations and
maintenance costs for technical
services. There is no annual start-up or
capital costs. The cost to the Federal
Government is $60,896.80.

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Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.

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Dated: February 1, 2017.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4297–
DR]; [Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001]

Georgia; Major Disaster and Related
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Georgia (FEMA–
4297–DR), dated January 26, 2017, and
related determinations.
DATES: Effective January 26, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated
January 26, 2017, the President issued a
major disaster declaration under the
authority of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows:
SUMMARY:

I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of the State of Georgia resulting
from severe storms, tornadoes, and straightline winds during the period of January 21–
22, 2017, is of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant a major disaster
declaration under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford
Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such a major
disaster exists in the State of Georgia.
In order to provide Federal assistance, you
are hereby authorized to allocate from funds
available for these purposes such amounts as
you find necessary for Federal disaster
assistance and administrative expenses.
You are authorized to provide Individual
Assistance in the designated areas, Hazard
Mitigation throughout the State, and any
other forms of assistance under the Stafford
Act that you deem appropriate subject to
completion of Preliminary Damage
Assessments (PDAs).
Consistent with the requirement that
Federal assistance is supplemental, any
Federal funds provided under the Stafford
Act for Hazard Mitigation and Other Needs
Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of
the total eligible costs.

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Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration for the approved
assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.

The time period prescribed for the
implementation of section 310(a),
Priority to Certain Applications for
Public Facility and Public Housing
Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for
a period not to exceed six months after
the date of this declaration.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Kevin L. Hannes, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this major
disaster.
The following areas of the State of
Georgia have been designated as
adversely affected by this major disaster:
Berrien, Cook, Crisp, Dougherty, Turner,
and Wilcox Counties for Individual
Assistance.
All areas within the State of Georgia are
eligible for assistance under the Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program.
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
Robert J. Fenton,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4287–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001]

Kansas; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the

SUMMARY:

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