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response for ATPA from 6 minutes to 10 

minutes. 

Type of Review: Extension (with 

change) 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

ATPA Certificate of Origin: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,133. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 4,266. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 711. 

ATPDEA Certificate of Origin: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

233. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 7. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 1,631. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 815. 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2938 Filed 2–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2010–0054] 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee; Meetings 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee 

(MERPAC) will meet in Metairie, 

Louisiana (LA) to discuss various issues 

related to the training and fitness of 

merchant marine personnel. These 

meetings will be open to the public. 

DATES: MERPAC will meet on Thursday, 

March 11, 2010, from 8 a.m. until 4 

p.m., and Friday, March 12, 2010, from 

8 a.m. until 4 p.m. These meetings may 

close early if all business is finished. 

Written material and requests to make 

oral presentations should reach the 

Coast Guard on or before March 1, 2010. 

Requests to have a copy of your material 

distributed to each member of the 

committee should reach the Coast Guard 

on or before March 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at 

the New Orleans Marriott Metairie at 

Lakeway Hotel, 3838 N. Causeway 

Boulevard, Metairie, LA. Send written 

material and requests to make oral 

presentations to Mr. Mark Gould, 

Assistant to the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) of MERPAC, at 

Commandant (CG–5221), ATTN 

MERPAC, U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 

Second St., SW., STOP 7126, 

Washington, DC 20593–7126. This 

notice may be viewed in our online 

docket, USCG–2010–0054, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark Gould, Assistant to the DFO of 

MERPAC, telephone 202–372–1409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

these meetings is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463). MERPAC 

is chartered under that Act. It provides 

advice and makes recommendations to 

the Assistant Commandant for 

Operations on issues concerning 

merchant marine personnel. 

Agenda of Meeting 

The agenda for the March 11, 2010, 

Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) The full committee will meet to 

discuss the objectives for the meeting. 

(2) Working groups addressing the 

following task statements may meet to 

deliberate— 

(a) Task Statement 30, concerning 

Utilizing Military Sea Service for STCW 

Certifications; 

(b) Task Statement 58, concerning 

Stakeholder Communications During 

MLD Program Restructuring and 

Centralization; 

(c) Task Statement 64, concerning 

Recommendations on Areas in the 

STCW Convention and the STCW Code 

Identified for Comprehensive Review; 

(d) Task Statement 71, concerning 

Review USCG/IMO Operational Level 

Examination (3rd Mate/2nd Mate and 

3rd/2nd Assistant Engineer) Topics and 

Questions and Alignment with the 

STCW Code; 

(e) Task Statement 73, concerning 

Development of Training Guidance for 

Engineers Serving on Near-Coastal 

Vessels; and 

(f) Task Statement 74, concerning 

Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) 

Components. 

(3) MERPAC may form new working 

groups to address any new issues that 

arise. 

(4) At the end of the day, the working 

groups will make a report to the full 

committee on what was accomplished 

in their meetings. No action will be 

taken on these reports on this date. 

The agenda for the March 12, 2010, 

Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) Introduction; 

(2) Reports from the following 

working groups; 

(a) Task Statement 30, concerning 

Utilizing Military Sea Service for STCW 

Certification; 

(b) Task Statement 58, concerning 

Stakeholder Communications During 

MLD Program Restructuring and 

Centralization; 

(c) Addendum to Task Statement 64, 

concerning Recommendations on Areas 

in the STCW Convention and the STCW 

Code Identified for Comprehensive 

Review; 

(d) Task Statement 71, concerning 

Review USCG/IMO Operational Level 

Examination (3rd Mate/2nd Mate and 

3rd/2nd Assistant Engineer) Topics and 

Questions and Alignment with the 

STCW Code; 

(e) Task Statement 73, concerning 

Development of Training Guidance for 

Engineers Serving on Near-Coastal 

Vessels; 

(f) Task Statement 74, concerning 

Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) 

Components; and 

(g) Any other task statements adopted 

by the full committee at this meeting. 

(3) Other items which may be 

discussed: 

(a) Standing Committee—Prevention 

Through People. 

(b) Briefings concerning on-going 

projects of interest to MERPAC. 

(c) Other items brought up for 

discussion by the Committee or the 

public. 

(4) At the end of the day, the working 

groups will make a report and, if 

applicable, recommendations for the 

full committee to consider for 

presentation to the Coast Guard. Official 

action on these recommendations may 

be taken on this date. 

Procedural 

These meetings will be open to the 

public. Please note that the meetings 

may close early if all business is 

finished. At the Chair’s discretion, 

members of the public may make oral 

presentations during the meetings. If 

you would like to make an oral 

presentation at a meeting, please notify 

the Assistant to the DFO no later than 

March 1, 2010. Written material for 

distribution at a meeting should reach 

the Coast Guard no later than March 1, 

2010. If you would like a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the committee in advance of a meeting, 

please submit 25 copies to the Assistant 

to the DFO no later than March 1, 2010. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

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or to request special assistance at the 

meetings, contact the Assistant to the 

DFO as soon as possible. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2892 Filed 2–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2010–0004] 

National Disaster Recovery Framework 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), in 

coordination with the interagency Long 

Term Disaster Recovery Working Group, 

is accepting comments on the draft 

National Disaster Recovery Framework 

(NDRF). The NDRF is intended to work 

in concert with the National Response 

Framework to provide organizing 

constructs and principles solely focused 

on disaster recovery. Recognizing the 

continuum between preparedness, 

response, recovery, and mitigation, the 

NDRF transitions with and continues 

beyond the scope of the National 

Response Framework. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

February 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

identified by docket ID FEMA–2010– 

0004 and may be submitted by one of 

the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Please note that this proposed policy is 

not a rulemaking and the Federal 

Rulemaking Portal is being utilized only 

as a mechanism for receiving comments. 

Mail: Regulation & Policy Team, 

Office of Chief Counsel, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Room 

835, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20472–3100. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerilee Bennett, Planning Branch Chief, 

Recovery Directorate, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

202–646–4173. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Instructions: 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, which can be 

viewed by clicking on the ‘‘Privacy 

Notice’’ link in the footer of http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

You may submit your comments and 

material by the methods specified in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Please submit 

your comments and any supporting 

material by only one means to avoid the 

receipt and review of duplicate 

submissions. 

Docket: The proposed policy is 

available in docket ID FEMA–2010– 

0004. For access to the docket to read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov and 

search for the docket ID. 

II. Background 

The draft National Disaster Recovery 

Framework (NDRF) addresses the short, 

intermediate, and long-term challenges 

of managing disaster recovery. Like the 

National Response Framework (NRF), 

the NDRF is intended to address all 

hazards events, whether natural or manmade and provide constructs that are 

scalable, adaptable, and responsive to 

the changing needs of different 

disasters. In recognizing the continuum 

between preparedness, response, 

recovery, and mitigation, the draft 

NDRF is intended to overlap and 

continue beyond the scope of the NRF. 

This opportunity for public comment 

on the draft NDRF is a continuation of 

an extensive engagement effort 

undertaken by the interagency Long 

Term Disaster Recovery Working Group 

established by the President in October 

2009, and co-chaired by the Secretaries 

of the Departments of Homeland 

Security and Housing and Urban 

Development. During the fall of 2009, 

DHS/FEMA and HUD sponsored 

outreach sessions in each of FEMA’s ten 

regions and stakeholder forums in five 

cities across the nation to provide 

stakeholders from a wide array of 

organizations and backgrounds the 

opportunity to provide up-front input to 

the Working Group on ways to 

strengthen disaster recovery. DHS/ 

FEMA and HUD also organized 

discussion roundtables with 

professional associations and academic 

experts. The Long-term Disaster 

Recovery Working Group also created a 

Web portal, http:// 

www.disasterrecoveryworkinggroup.gov, 

which enabled a large and diverse group 

of stakeholders to provide input. Over 

six hundred stakeholders representing 

local, state, tribal and federal 

government, as well as public and 

private sector organizations contributed 

more than six thousand responses from 

across the nation. FEMA, HUD, and the 

Federal interagency partners on the 

Working Group have reviewed this 

stakeholder feedback and used it to 

inform development of the draft NDRF. 

We now seek direct feedback on the 

draft NDRF itself through this public 

comment period. The Long Term 

Disaster Recovery Working Group is 

also preparing a Report to the President 

for delivery in early April that will 

document the Working Group’s overall 

findings and recommendations. 

The draft NDRF provides recovery 

concepts and principles important to all 

disaster recovery stakeholders. It 

provides guidance to stakeholders for 

engaging in pre-disaster recovery 

planning and other recovery 

preparedness and resiliency building 

efforts; clarifies roles for local, state, 

tribal and Federal governments, privatenon-profit and private sector 

organizations; provides guidance for 

facilitating post-disaster recovery 

planning to expedite long-term disaster 

recovery; and provides assistance to 

stakeholders in identifying recovery 

needs beyond replacement or return to 

pre-disaster condition. The document 

also provides guidance that impacted 

communities may use to develop 

recovery priorities, and measure 

recovery progress and outcomes against 

their agreed-upon objectives. It also 

provides guidance for both government 

and non-governmental organizations 

providing recovery assistance to track 

progress, ensure accountability, and 

make adjustments to ongoing assistance. 

The draft NDRF lays out a systematic 

approach to disaster recovery, 

applicable to all levels of government 

and sectors of communities with 

recovery responsibilities. The draft 

NDRF is a guidance document. It does 

not have the force or effect of law. 

FEMA seeks comment on the draft 

NDRF, which is available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov in docket ID 

FEMA–2010–0004. Although FEMA 

seeks comments on all aspects of the 

document, we are particularly interested 

in receiving input on whether the 

document’s outline of the relationship 

between the existing Emergency 

Support Functions and the proposed 


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