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on a specific exercise frequency
requirement at this time. In the absence
of any defined scope and frequency
interval in the regulations, BSEE will
continue to conduct deployments of
source control capabilities at the
discretion of the BSEE Oil Spill
Preparedness Division Chief, in
consultation with the appropriate BSEE
Regional Director, as needed in order to
assess and verify the overall
preparedness of a plan holder, or group
of plan holders, to operate in an Outer
Continental Shelf region. As the scope
and cost of such deployment exercises
can be quite large, BSEE does not intend
to require plan holders or providers of
source control, subsea containment, and
supporting equipment to conduct
deployment exercises at the same semiannual or annual frequency as required
for other spill response equipment.
BSEE purposely added section 6.5 to the
2016.1 PREP Guidelines to provide
specific interim guidance for exercising
source control and subsea containment
equipment. BSEE will work to clarify
expectations and requirements in the
regulations in a future rulemaking.
The Nature of IMT exercises for
offshore facilities: One commenter
stated that the title of section 6.2 of the
2016.1 PREP Guidelines should be
changed from ‘‘Functional Exercise (FE):
Incident Management Team Exercise—
Offshore Facility’’ to ‘‘Tabletop Exercise
(TTX): Incident Management Team
Exercise—Offshore Facility’’ to better
align with language in 30 CFR part 254.
Response: While this comment is
outside of the scope of the proposed
changes made in the 2016.1 PREP
Guidelines, the BSEE feels it is
important to provide clarification on
this important issue. When the PREP 4C
published the 2016 PREP Guidelines, it
updated many terms and concepts to
align with developments that have
occurred in the National Response
System since the previous version was
published in 2002. This included
adopting the term ‘‘Incident
Management Team,’’ as opposed to
‘‘Spill Management Team,’’ as well as
incorporating many elements of today’s
exercise typology and terminology as
established by the Homeland Security
Exercise and Evaluation Program
(HSEEP). As such, the 2016 PREP
Guidelines changed ‘‘SMT Tabletop
Exercises (TTX)’’ to ‘‘IMT Exercise.’’
This language was purposely adopted to
allow each PREP agency the flexibility
to determine the type and scope of the
IMT exercise. As defined in HSEEP and
the 2016 PREP Guidelines, a TTX is a
type of discussion-based exercise
intended to generate discussion of
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simulated emergency. The 2016 PREP
Guidelines also state that discussionbased exercises focus on strategic,
policy-oriented issues, with facilitators
or presenters usually leading the
discussion to keep participants on track
to meet exercise objectives. In addition,
the 2016 PREP Guidelines state that
functional exercises focus on exercising
plans, policies, and procedures, and
staff members are involved in
management, direction, command, and
control functions. In functional
exercises, events are projected through
an exercise scenario with event updates
that drive activity at the management
level, and are conducted in a realistic,
real-time environment, even though the
movement of personnel and equipment
is usually simulated. The BSEE believes
that functional exercises, as currently
defined by the terminology under
HSEEP and the 2016 PREP Guidelines,
more closely capture the stated intent of
30 CFR 254.42(b)(1), which provides
that ‘‘the exercise must test the spill
management team’s organization,
communication and decision-making in
managing a response.’’ Therefore, the
BSEE will retain the ‘‘Functional
Exercise (FE)’’ language in the existing
title for section 6.2 of the 2016.1 PREP
Guidelines. However, in a future
regulatory update, the BSEE will amend
the exercise terminology in 30 CFR
254.42(b)(1) to reflect that an annual
IMT functional exercise is required to
properly align the CFR terminology with
today’s HSEEP and the PREP guidance.
For additional background information
on the adoption of HSEEP exercise
terminology for the 2016 PREP
Guidelines, see 81 FR 21362.
IV. Cost Savings Analysis
Since our affected population and
projected cost estimates have remained
the same from when we published the
potential deregulatory savings analysis
in February 2018, we have retained the
projected cost-saving estimates for this
notice, which we present below. As
stated in the aforementioned economic
analysis, which is available in the
public docket, we estimate the net cost
savings to the U.S. maritime industry to
be $1,084,671 annually ($1,177,975 for
drills under prior PREP Guidelines—
$93,304 for drills under new PREP
Guidelines), undiscounted. We estimate
the discounted net cost savings to the
U.S. maritime industry over a 10-year
period of analysis to be between $7.6
million and $9.3 million at 7- and 3percent discount rates, respectively. The
Coast Guard did not identify any costs
or potential cost savings associated with
the Federal government as a result of the
changes in the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines.

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V. Public Availability of 2016.1 PREP
Guidelines
The PREP 4C has finalized the 2016.1
PREP Guidelines, which are now
publicly available. The Coast Guard is
releasing the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines on
behalf of the PREP 4C.
In addition to the docket, the 2016.1
PREP Guidelines are available at https://
homeportr.uscg.mil/missions/incidentmanagement-and-preparedness/
contingency-exercises/port-levelexercises/port-level-exercises-generalinformation.
Dated: September 27, 2018.
K. M. Sligh,
Acting Chief, Office of Marine Environmental
Response Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[1651–0018]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Ship’s Store Declaration
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments; Extension of an existing
collection of information.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection will be submitting the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The
information collection is published in
the Federal Register to obtain comments
from the public and affected agencies.
Comments are encouraged and will be
accepted no later than November 1,
2018 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
this proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs
and Border Protection, Department of
Homeland Security, and sent via
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional PRA information
should be directed to Seth Renkema,
Chief, Economic Impact Analysis
Branch, U.S. Customs and Border
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Protection, Office of Trade, Regulations
and Rulings, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor,
Washington, DC 20229–1177,
Telephone number (202) 325–0056 or
via email [email protected]. Please
note that the contact information
provided here is solely for questions
regarding this notice. Individuals
seeking information about other CBP
programs should contact the CBP
National Customer Service Center at
877–227–5511, (TTY) 1–800–877–8339,
or CBP website at https:/www.cbp.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on the
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.). This proposed information
collection was previously published in
the Federal Register (Volume 83 FR
Page 26072) on June 5, 2018, allowing
for a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments. This process is
conducted in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.8. Written comments and
suggestions from the public and affected
agencies should address one or more of
the following four points: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) 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; (3)
suggestions to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) suggestions to
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. The
comments that are submitted will be
summarized and included in the request
for approval. All comments will become
a matter of public record.
Overview of This Information
Collection:
Title: Ship’s Stores Declaration.
OMB Number: 1651–0018.
Form Number: CBP Form 1303.
Current Actions: CBP proposes to
extend the expiration date of this
information collection with no change
to the burden hours. There is no change
to the information collected.
Type of Review: Extension (without
change).
Affected Public: Businesses.

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Abstract: CBP Form 1303, Ship’s
Stores Declaration, is used by the
carriers to declare articles to be retained
on board the vessel, such as sea stores,
ship’s stores (e.g. alcohol and tobacco
products), controlled narcotic drugs or
bunker fuel in a format that can be
readily audited and checked by CBP.
This form collects information about the
ship, the ports of arrival and departure,
and the articles on the ship. CBP Form
1303 form is provided for by 19 CFR 4.7,
4.7a, 4.81, 4.85 and 4.87 and is
accessible at: https://www.cbp.gov/
newsroom/publications/forms?
title=1303&=Apply.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 13.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 104,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 26,000.
Dated: September 27, 2018.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis
Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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This action terminates the
appointment of David G. Samaniego as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
disaster.
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.
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management
Agency

Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4363–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001]

Indiana; 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
State of Indiana (FEMA–4363–DR),
dated May 4, 2018, and related
determinations.

The change occurred on
September 7, 2018.

DATES:

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: The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Steven W. Johnson,
of FEMA is appointed to act as the
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
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South Carolina; 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 South Carolina
(FEMA–4394–DR), dated September 16,
2018, and related determinations.
DATES: The declaration was issued
September 16, 2018.
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
September 16, 2018, 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:

SUMMARY:

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I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of the State of South Carolina
resulting from Hurricane Florence beginning
on September 8, 2018, and continuing, is of

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