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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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Recovery Support Functions is clear. 

Based on the comments received, FEMA 

may make appropriate revisions to the 

NDRF. Although FEMA will consider 

any comments received in the drafting 

of the final document, FEMA will not 

provide a response to comments 

document. When or if FEMA issues a 

final NDRF, FEMA will publish a notice 

of availability in the Federal Register 

and make the final NDRF available at 

http://www.regulations.gov. The final 

policy will not have the force or effect 

of law. 

The NRF, which was issued January 

22, 2008 and went into effect on March 

22, 2008, may also assist you in your 

review of the draft NDRF. The NRF was 

also posted for public comment before 

release. The NRF may be found on 

http://www.regulations.gov by searching 

for docket ID FEMA–2007–0007. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207, and 6 

U.S.C. 771. 

Dated: February 5, 2010. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2970 Filed 2–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5380–N–04] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; Final 

Endorsement of Credit Instrument 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 

Leroy.MckinneyJr@HUD.gov or 

telephone (202) 402–8048 or the number 

for the Federal Information Relay 

Service (1–800–877–8339). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Allen, Director, Office of 

Multifamily Housing Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–1142 (this is not a toll free number) 

for copies of the proposed forms and 

other available information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection 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; (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 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Final Endorsement 

of Credit Instrument. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2502–0016. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

information collected on the ‘‘Final 

Endorsement of Credit Instrument’’ form 

is used to request final endorsement by 

HUD of the credit instrument. The 

mortgagee/lender submits information 

to indicate the schedule of advances 

made on the project and the final 

advances to be disbursed immediately 

upon final endorsement. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

HUD–92023. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The number of 

burden hours is 100. The number of 

respondents is 100, the number of 

responses is 100, the frequency of 

response is on occasion, and the burden 

hour per response is approximately one 

hour. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is an extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2823 Filed 2–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5380–N–05] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Comprehensive Needs Assessment 

(CNA) 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 

Leroy.MckinneyJr@HUD.gov or 

telephone (202) 402–8048 or the number 

for the Federal Information Relay 

Service (1–800–877–8339). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Harry Messner, Project Manager, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2121 (this is not a toll-free number) 

for copies of the proposed forms and 

other available information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 


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