Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 7, 2009 / Notices 51615 

DATES: Effective Date: September 30, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Michael R. Scott, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this disaster. 

This action terminates the 

appointment of Michael L. Karl 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; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households in Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant.) 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–24150 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1853– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2008–0018] 

Nebraska Amendment No. 2 to Notice 

of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Nebraska (FEMA–1853–DR), 

dated July 31, 2009, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 30, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Stephen R. 

Thompson, of FEMA is appointed to act 

as the Federal Coordinating Officer for 

this disaster. 

This action terminates the 

appointment of Michael L. Karl 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; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant.) 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–24152 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1858– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2008–0018] 

Georgia; Amendment No. 6 to Notice of 

a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Georgia (FEMA–1858–DR), 

dated September 24, 2009, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 30, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Georgia is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the event declared a major 

disaster by the President in his 

declaration of September 24, 2009. 

Heard and Rockdale Counties for Public 

Assistance, including direct Federal 

assistance (already designated for Individual 

Assistance). 

Dawson, Dooly, Houston, Peach, and 

Taylor Counties for Public Assistance, 

including direct Federal assistance. 

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; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–24151 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5323–N–02] 

Request for Comments on Ending 

‘‘Hold Harmless’’ Policy in Calculating 

Income Limits Under Section 3 of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: On September 14, 2009, HUD 

published a notice requesting public 

comment on whether HUD should 

discontinue its ‘‘hold harmless’’ policy 

with respect to Section 8 income limits. 

In its discussion of the impact 

discontinuing this policy, HUD 

included an erroneous statistic 

regarding the income levels of HUD 

assisted households. This notice 

corrects the statistic and extends the 

public comment period. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 

6, 2009. 


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51616 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 7, 2009 / Notices 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice to the Regulations Division, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

Communications must refer to the above 

docket number and title. There are two 

methods for submitting public 

comments. All submissions must refer 

to the above docket number and title. 

1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

2. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. HUD 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit comments electronically. 

Electronic submission of comments 

allows the commenter maximum time to 

prepare and submit a comment, ensures 

their timely receipt by HUD, and 

enables HUD to make them immediately 

available to the public. Comments 

submitted electronically through the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site can 

be viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that website to 

submit comments electronically. 

Note: To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be submitted 

through one of the two methods specified 

above. Again, all submissions must refer to 

the docket number and title of the rule. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(FAX) comments are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Public 

Comments. All properly submitted 

comments and communications 

submitted to HUD will be available for 

public inspection and copying between 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above 

address. Due to security measures at the 

HUD Headquarters building, an advance 

appointment to review the public 

comments must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at 202–708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with speech or hearing 

impairments may access this number 

via TTY by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339. Copies of all comments submitted 

are available for inspection and 

downloading at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie L. Lihn or Lynn A. Rodgers, 

Office of Economic Affairs, Office of 

Policy Development and Research, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 8208, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone number 202–708–0590 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or 

speech-impaired individuals may access 

this number via TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On September 14, 2009 (74 FR 47016), 

HUD published a notice requesting 

public comment on whether HUD 

should discontinue its policy of 

maintaining Section 8 income limits at 

the previously published level in cases 

where HUD’s estimate of area median 

family income (MFI) or housing cost 

adjustment data, or changes in 

calculation methodology, would lead to 

a lower income limit than was 

previously published. Section 8 income 

limits determine whether a family meets 

the definition of ‘‘low-income family’’ 

or ‘‘very low-income family,’’ which are 

families whose incomes are below 80 

percent and 50 percent, respectively, of 

the median family income for the area, 

with adjustments for family size. These 

income limits are used by a number of 

other federal programs other than the 

Section 8 program to determine 

eligibility for various forms of 

assistance. In explaining that 

discontinuation of the ‘‘hold harmless’’ 

policy would not adversely affect 

families in Section 8 and other HUD 

assisted housing, HUD included the 

following statement in the September 

14, 2009, notice: 

‘‘More than 99 percent of HUD assisted 

households have incomes below the 

extremely low-income level (30 percent of 

area median), so modest decreases in the 

Section 8 income limits resulting from this 

change would have minimal impact on 

families residing in assisted housing.’’ 

The statement was incorrect in that 

the percentage of households in HUD 

assisted housing that have incomes 

below the ‘‘extremely low-income’’ level 

is 75 percent, rather than 99 percent, 

and in any case, HUD believes a more 

instructive statistic is the percentage of 

households in HUD assisted housing 

that have incomes below the ‘‘very lowincome’’ level, which is 95 percent. 

Based on HUD administrative data as 

of June, 2009, the more complete 

affordability statistics are as follows: 

Percent of tenant 

based rental assistance households at 50% or 

less of area median income 

(VLI) 

Percent of tenant 

based rental assistance households at 30% or 

less of area median income 

(ELI) 

Percent of place 

based rental assistance households at 50% or 

less of area median income 

(VLI) 

Percent of place 

based rental assistance households at 30% or 

less of area median income 

(ELI) 

New Admits ...................................................................................... 97 76 96 75 

All Households ................................................................................. 95 75 96 75 

Accordingly, HUD is correcting the 

statement and extending the public 

comment period. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of September 

14, 2009, on page 47017, in the second 

column, section ‘‘III. Other Programs,’’ 

correct the fourth sentence to read as 

follows: 

More than 95 percent of HUD assisted 

households have incomes below the very low 

income level (50 percent of area median), so 

modest decreases in the Section 8 income 

limits resulting from this change would have 

minimal impact on families residing in 

assisted housing. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. E9–24139 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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