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available to the Coast Guard
(approximately $3,000,000) will be
transferred into the pool of money
available for allocation through the
FY14 state grant program.
Authority
This notice is issued pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552 and 46 U.S.C. 13107(c)(4).
Dated: December 31, 2013.
J.C. Burton,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Inspections & Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2013–0056; OMB No.
1660–0072]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Mitigation Grant
Program/e-Grants.
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a proposed revision of a
currently approved information
collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice seeks comments concerning this
collection that is used by: (1) Applicants
and sub-applicants to apply for and
report on e-Grant awards; and (2) the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
to evaluate, award, and monitor
expenditures and program/project
performance for Flood Mitigation
Assistance and Pre-Disaster Mitigation
program activities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
http://www.regulations.gov under
Docket ID FEMA–2013–0056. Follow
the instructions for submitting
comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street

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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 http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cecelia Rosenberg, Chief, Grants Policy
Branch, Mitigation Division, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, DHS/FEMA, (202) 646–
3321 for additional information. You
may contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646–3347 or email
address: FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
collection of information is necessary to
implement grants for the Flood
Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program
and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)
program. The FMA program is
authorized by section 1366 of the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
42 U.S.C. 4104c, as amended by the
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of
2004 (NFIA), Public Law 108–264. The
FMA program, under 44 CFR part 79, is
designed to award grants so that
measures are taken to reduce or
eliminate the long-term risk of flood
damage to buildings, manufactured
homes, and other structures insurable
under the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP). In addition, the FMA
program now funds projects previously
funded under the Repetitive Flood
Claims (RFC) and Severe Repetitive Loss
(SRL) programs. The Biggert-Waters
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012,
Public Law 112–141 (42 U.S.C. 4001, et
seq.) eliminated the RFC and SRL
programs, by combining those programs
under the FMA program. Projects that
were eligible for funding under the old
RFC and SRL programs, and that meet
criteria consistent with legislative
changes made in the Biggert-Waters Act,
are now eligible for increased Federal
cost share under the FMA program.
Under the FMA there will be grant
awards for actions that reduce flood
damages to individual properties for
which one or more claim payments for
losses have been made. Also, grant
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reducing flood damages to residential
properties that have experienced severe
repetitive losses under flood insurance
coverage.
The PDM program is authorized by
Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 5133,
as amended. The PDM program
provides grants for cost-effective
mitigation actions prior to a disaster
event to reduce overall risks to the
population and structures, while also
reducing reliance on funding from
actual disaster declarations.
In accordance with OMB Circular A–
102, FEMA requires that all parties
interested in receiving FEMA mitigation
grants submit an application package for
grant assistance. The e-Grants system
was developed and revamped to meet
the intent of the e-Government
initiative, authorized by Public Law
106–107. This initiative requires that all
government agencies both streamline
grant application processes and provide
for the means to electronically create,
review, and submit a grant application
via the Internet.
Collection of Information
Title: Mitigation Grant Program/eGrants.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0072.
FEMA Forms: No Forms.
Abstract: The FEMA pre-disaster
mitigation grant programs—Flood
Mitigation Assistance, and Pre-Disaster
Mitigation—both utilize an automated
grant application and management
system known as e-Grants to apply for
these grants. These programs provide
funding to allow for the reduction or
elimination of the risks to life and
property from hazards. The e-Grants
system also provides the mechanism to
provide quarterly reports of the
financial status of the project and the
final closeout report.
Affected Public: State, local and
Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 56
Number of Responses: 5,264
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 43,848.
Estimated Cost: There are no
operation and maintenance, or capital
and start-up costs associated with this
collection of information.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
evaluate whether the proposed data

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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.
Dated: January 8, 2014.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division,
Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2013–0002; Internal
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1358]

Changes in Flood Hazard
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice lists communities
where the addition or modification of
Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood
depths, Special Flood Hazard Area
(SFHA) boundaries or zone
designations, or the regulatory floodway
(hereinafter referred to as flood hazard
determinations), as shown on the Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and
where applicable, in the supporting
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports,
prepared by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) for each
community, is appropriate because of

SUMMARY:

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new scientific or technical data. The
FIRM, and where applicable, portions of
the FIS report, have been revised to
reflect these flood hazard
determinations through issuance of a
Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in
accordance with Title 44, part 65 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR
part 65). The LOMR will be used by
insurance agents and others to calculate
appropriate flood insurance premium
rates for new buildings and the contents
of those buildings. For rating purposes,
the currently effective community
number is shown in the table below and
must be used for all new policies and
renewals.
DATES: These flood hazard
determinations will become effective on
the dates listed in the table below and
revise the FIRM panels and FIS report
in effect prior to this determination for
the listed communities.
From the date of the second
publication of notification of these
changes in a newspaper of local
circulation, any person has ninety (90)
days in which to request through the
community that the Deputy Associate
Administrator for Mitigation reconsider
the changes. The flood hazard
determination information may be
changed during the 90-day period.
ADDRESSES: The affected communities
are listed in the table below. Revised
flood hazard information for each
community is available for inspection at
both the online location and the
respective community map repository
address listed in the table below.
Additionally, the current effective FIRM
and FIS report for each community are
accessible online through the FEMA
Map Service Center at
www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
Submit comments and/or appeals to
the Chief Executive Officer of the
community as listed in the table below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis
Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering
Management Branch, Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration, FEMA,
500 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email)
Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov; or visit
the FEMA Map Information eXchange
(FMIX) online at

The Honorable Rick M.
Davis, Garland County
Judge, P.O. Box 368,
Pearcy, AR 71964.

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The
specific flood hazard determinations are
not described for each community in
this notice. However, the online
location and local community map
repository address where the flood
hazard determination information is
available for inspection is provided.
Any request for reconsideration of
flood hazard determinations must be
submitted to the Chief Executive Officer
of the community as listed in the table
below.
The modifications are made pursuant
to section 201 of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105,
and are in accordance with the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.
4001 et seq., and with 44 CFR part 65.
The FIRM and FIS report are the basis
of the floodplain management measures
that the community is required either to
adopt or to show evidence of having in
effect in order to qualify or remain
qualified for participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
These flood hazard determinations,
together with the floodplain
management criteria required by 44 CFR
60.3, are the minimum that are required.
They should not be construed to mean
that the community must change any
existing ordinances that are more
stringent in their floodplain
management requirements. The
community may at any time enact
stricter requirements of its own or
pursuant to policies established by other
Federal, State, or regional entities. The
flood hazard determinations are in
accordance with 44 CFR 65.4.
The affected communities are listed in
the following table. Flood hazard
determination information for each
community is available for inspection at
both the online location and the
respective community map repository
address listed in the table below.
Additionally, the current effective FIRM
and FIS report for each community are
accessible online through the FEMA
Map Service Center at
www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Community map repository

Online location of Letter
of Map Revision

Garland County Courthouse, 501
Quachita Avenue, Hot Springs,
AR 71901.

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