Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 233 / Monday, December 6, 2004 / Notices 70465

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

These records are stored in an 

electronic database or paper media and 

may include physical objects as 

exhibits. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Information may be retrieved by 

name, incident code, unique personal 

identifier, or other identifying data. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records are stored in a secure, 

guarded, facility, at which a badge must 

be shown to enter. The storage area is 

locked when not attended by CRCL 

personnel. Electronic records are 

maintained in accordance with DHS 

security policies contained in the DHS 

Information Technology Security 

Program Handbook and the DHS 

Sensitive Systems Handbook. Electronic 

records are password-protected and can 

only be accessed from a DHS work 

station. All CRCL personnel are briefed 

prior to gaining initial access and 

annually thereafter. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

These records are governed by 

General Records Schedule 1, Item 25 

and will be retained and disposed of in 

accordance with that schedule. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 

Liberties, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Address inquiries to the System 

Manager named above. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

A request for access to records in this 

system may be made by writing to the 

System Manager, identified above, in 

conformance with 6 CFR Part 5, Subpart 

B, which provides the rules for 

requesting access to Privacy Act records 

maintained by DHS. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE: 

Same as ‘‘Records access procedure.’’

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information in this system of records 

is obtained from correspondence, 

telephone calls, e-mails, facsimiles, or 

other means of reporting allegations of 

civil rights or civil liberties abuses, or 

racial or ethnic profiling. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Certain portions of CRCL’s files 

containing information relating to 

ongoing criminal investigations or 

national security activities may be 

exempt from disclosure pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), (k)(2) and (k)(5).

Dated: December 1, 2004. 

Nuala O’Connor Kelly, 

Chief Privacy Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–26744 Filed 12–3–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), 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 

continuing information collection. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), this notice seeks 

comments concerning FEMA’s Debt 

Collection Financial Statement, which 

requests personal financial data from 

individual debtors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

FEMA’s debt collection regulations, 44 

CFR 11.36(b), FEMA is required to 

maintain current credit data on FEMA’s 

debtors including, the individual 

debtor’s own financial statement, 

executed under penalty for false claim, 

concerning his/her assets and liabilities 

and his/her income and expenses. 

FEMA Form 22–13, Debt Collection 

Financial Statement, collects such data 

directly from the individual debtor. 

FEMA uses this data to understand the 

debtor’s financial condition and locate 

their assets to accurately determine a 

debtor’s ability to pay debts or to set 

arrangements for installment payments 

of debts. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Debt Collection Financial 

Statement. 

Type of Information Collection:

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0011. 

Form Numbers: FEMA Form 22–13, 

Debt Collection Financial Statement. 

Abstract: FEMA may request debtors 

to provide personal financial 

information on FEMA Form 22–13 

concerning their current financial 

position. With this information, FEMA 

evaluates whether to allow debtors to 

pay the FEMA debts under installment 

repayment agreements and if so, under 

what terms. FEMA also uses this data to 

determine whether to compromise, 

suspend, or completely terminate 

collection efforts on respondent’s debts. 

This data is also used to locate the 

debtor’s assets if the debts are sent for 

judicial enforcement. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 225 hours. 

Estimated Costs: The annualized cost 

for this information collection is $5100, 

based on 300 respondents spending 45 

minutes (.75 hours) per form at an 

average hourly rate of $22.27 per 2003 

Department of Labor’s National 

Employment, Hours, and Earnings 

Tables. 

Comments: Written 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. Comments should be 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should 

submit written comments to Muriel B. 

Anderson, Chief, Records Management 

Section, Information Resources 

Management Branch, Information 

Technology Services Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Directorate, Department of Homeland 

Security, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, 

Washington, DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Michael H. Komack, Systems 

Accountant, FEMA, Financial and 

Acquisition Management Division 

(FAMD), Management and Policy 

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Analysis Branch (MPA), (202) 646–4164 

for additional information. You may 

contact Ms. Anderson for copies of the 

proposed collection of information at 

facsimile number (202) 646–3347 or email address: FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov.

Dated: November 30, 2004. 

Edward W. Kernan, 

Branch Chief, Information Resources 

Management Branch, Information 

Technology Services Division.

[FR Doc. 04–26696 Filed 12–3–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1549–DR] 

Alabama; Amendment No. 8 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 

State of Alabama (FEMA–1549–DR), 

dated September 15, 2004, and related 

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATES: November 8, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, Anthony A. 

Russell, of FEMA is appointed to act as 

the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

declared disaster. 

This action terminates my 

appointment of Michael J. Hall 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 Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individuals and Households 

Program—Other 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.

[FR Doc. 04–26706 Filed 12–3–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1571–DR] 

Alaska; 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 Alaska (FEMA–

1571–DR), dated November 15, 2004, 

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 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 

November 15, 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 Alaska, resulting 

from a severe winter storm, tidal surges, and 

flooding on October 18–20, 2004, 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). Therefore, I declare that such 

a major disaster exists in the State of Alaska. 

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 Public 

Assistance and Hazard Mitigation in the 

designated areas and any other forms of 

assistance under the Stafford Act you may 

deem appropriate. Consistent with the 

requirement that Federal assistance be 

supplemental, any Federal funds provided 

under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance 

and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 

percent of the total eligible costs. If Other 

Needs Assistance under section 408 of the 

Stafford Act is later warranted, Federal 

funding under that program will also 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 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, William 

Lokey, 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 Alaska to have been 

affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster:

Bering Strait Regional Education 

Attendance Area and Northwest Arctic 

Borough for Public Assistance. 

Bering Strait Regional Education 

Attendance Area, Northwest Arctic Borough, 

and the City of Mekoryuk in the State of 

Alaska 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 

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, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individuals and Households 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–1572–DR] 

Delaware; 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