5996 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 26 / Monday, February 9, 2004 / Notices 

If additional information is required 

contact: Mr. Steve Cooper, PRA 

Clearance Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, Office of Chief 

Information Officer, Regional Office 

Building 3, 7th and D Streets, SW., Suite 

4626–36, Washington, DC 20202.

Dated: February 4, 2004. 

Richard A. Sloan, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship 

and Immigration Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice of information 

collection under review: request for 

certification of military or naval service; 

form N–426. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, Bureau of Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (CIS), has 

submitted the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on November 28, 2003, at 68 

FR 66844, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. No public comment 

was received by the CIS on this 

proposed information collection. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. Comments are encouraged 

and will be accepted until March 10, 

2004. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

Written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the items contained in this 

notice, especially regarding the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time, should be directed to the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention: Department of 

Homeland Security Desk Officer, 725–

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate 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) 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; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) 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. 

Overview of this information 

collection: 

(1) Type of Information Collection:

Extension of a currently approved 

information collection without change. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Request for Certification of Military or 

Naval Service. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form N–426. 

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individual or 

households. This form is used by 

naturalization applicants to document 

honorable service in the United States 

armed forces. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 45,000 responses at 45 minutes 

(.75 hours) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 33,750 annual burden hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions, or 

additional information, please contact 

Richard A. Sloan 202–514–3291, 

Director, Regulations and Forms 

Services Division, Bureau of Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Room 4307, 

425 I Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20536. Additionally, comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time may also 

be directed to Mr. Richard A. Sloan. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Mr. Steve Cooper, PRA 

Clearance Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, Office of Chief 

Information Officer, Regional Office 

Building 3, 7th and D Streets, SW., Suite 

4626–36, Washington, DC 20202.

Dated: February 4, 2004. 

Richard A. Sloan, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship 

and Immigration Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3194–EM] 

Maine; Emergency and Related 

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of an 

emergency for the State of Maine 

(FEMA–3194–EM), dated January 26, 

2004, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

January 26, 2004, the President declared 

an emergency declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 

(Stafford Act), as follows:

I have determined that the impact in 

certain areas of the State of Maine, resulting 

from the record/near record snow on 

December 14–15, 2003, is of sufficient 

severity and magnitude to warrant an 

emergency declaration under the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 

(Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that such 

an emergency exists in the State of Maine. 

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 emergency 

protective measures under the Public 

Assistance program to save lives, protect 

public health and safety, and property. Other 

forms of assistance under Title V of the 

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Stafford Act may be added at a later date, as 

you deem appropriate. You are further 

authorized to provide this emergency 

assistance in the affected areas for a period 

of 48 hours. You may extend the period of 

assistance, as warranted. This assistance 

excludes regular time costs for sub-grantees’

regular employees. Assistance under this 

emergency is authorized at 75 percent 

Federal funding for eligible costs. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration 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 

Under Secretary for Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department 

of Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as amended, James N. 

Russo, of FEMA is appointed to act as 

the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

declared emergency. 

I do hereby determine the following 

areas of the State of Maine to have been 

affected adversely by this declared 

emergency:

Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Penobscot, 

Piscataquis, Somerset, and Washington 

Counties for emergency protective (Category 

B) under the Public Assistance program for 

a period of 48 hours.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.036, Disaster Assistance.) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1504–DR] 

Federated States of Micronesia; 

Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major 

Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

Federated States of Micronesia (FEMA–

1504–DR), dated December 19, 2003, 

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 30, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

Federated States of Micronesia is hereby 

amended to include the following area 

among those areas determined to have 

been adversely affected by the 

catastrophe declared a major disaster by 

the President in his declaration of 

December 19, 2003:

Chuuk State for emergency protective 

measures (Category B) under the Public 

Assistance program, limited to distribution of 

food commodities (already designated for 

Individual Assistance limited to Emergency 

Food Assistance through USDA for the 

islands of Namonuito Atoll, the Hall Islands, 

and the Western Islands within Chuuk State.)

(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 Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individual and 

Household Housing; 97.049, Individual and 

Household Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individual and Household ProgramOther Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance 

Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program.) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1507–DR] 

Ohio; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Ohio (FEMA–

1507–DR), dated January 26, 2004, and 

related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

January 26, 2004, the President declared 

a major disaster under the authority of 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 

U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act), as 

follows:

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Ohio, resulting 

from severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and 

landslides on January 3, 2004, and 

continuing, 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. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act). 

I, therefore, declare that such a major disaster 

exists in the State of Ohio. 

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, Public Assistance, and Hazard 

Mitigation in the designated areas. Consistent 

with the requirement that Federal assistance 

be supplemental, any Federal funds provided 

under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance, 

Hazard Mitigation, and the Other Needs 

Assistance under section 408 of the Stafford 

Act will be limited to 75 percent of the total 

eligible costs. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration 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 

Under Secretary for Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department 

of Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as amended, Ron 

Sherman, of FEMA is appointed to act 

as the Federal Coordinating Officer for 

this declared disaster. 

I do hereby determine the following 

areas of the State of Ohio to have been 

affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster:

Franklin, Jefferson, Licking, Morgan, Ross, 

Tuscarawas, and Washington Counties for 

Individual Assistance. 

Athens, Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, 

Jefferson, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, 

Ross, Tuscarawas, and Washington Counties 

for Public Assistance.

Athens, Belmont, Franklin, Guernsey, 

Harrison, Jefferson, Licking, Monroe, 

Morgan, Noble, Perry, Ross, Tuscarawas, 

and Washington Counties are eligible to 

apply 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