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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. 4 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 26, 

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 Public Assistance in 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. 

Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cobb, Douglas, 

Gwinnett, Paulding, Stephens, and Walker 

Counties for Public Assistance, including 

direct Federal assistance (already designated 

for Individual Assistance). 

Bartow, Coweta, and Heard Counties for 

Individual 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. E9–23956 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–0845] 

Public Meeting on Ports and 

Waterways Assessment 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces a 

public meeting in order to receive 

public comments on the results of the 

U.S. Coast Guard sponsored Ports and 

Waterways Safety Assessment 

conducted July 14–15, 2009. Specific 

comments should target any risk areas 

within the waterways and mitigating 

measures which may address 

outstanding risk areas along the 

Houston Ship Channel. The Captain of 

the Port would also like to receive 

comments related to possible areas 

which can be used for Waterways 

Optimization, including improving port 

security for the channel and adjacent 

facilities. 

DATES: A public meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, from 9 a.m. 

to 12 p.m. (noon) to provide an 

opportunity for oral comments. Written 

comments and related material may also 

be submitted to Coast Guard personnel 

specified at that meeting. All comments 

and related material submitted after the 

meeting must be received by the Coast 

Guard on or before Friday, October 30, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at Marine Safety Unit Galveston, 

3101 FM 2004, Texas City, TX 77591, 

telephone 409–978–2700. A 

government-issued photo identification 

will be required for entrance to the 

building. 

You may submit written comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2009–0845 before or after the meeting 

using any one of the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. Our online 

docket for this rulemaking is available 

on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number USCG–2009–0845. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions concerning the 

meeting, please call or e-mail LTJG 

Margaret Brown, Coast Guard Sector 

Houston-Galveston, Waterways 

Management, telephone 713–678–9001, 

e-mail Margaret.A.Brown@uscg.mil. If 

you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

receive comments on the U.S. Coast 

Guard sponsored Ports and Waterways 

Safety Assessment conducted July 14– 

15, 2009. A copy of the assessment will 

be attached to the docket. Specific 

comments should target any risk areas 

within the waterways and mitigating 

measures which may address 

outstanding risk areas along the 

Houston Ship Channel. The Captain of 

the Port would also like to receive 

comments related to possible areas 

which can be used for Waterways 

Optimization, including improving port 

security for the channel and adjacent 

facilities. 

You may view the online docket and 

comments submitted thus far by going 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Once 

there, insert ‘‘USCG–2009–0845’’ in the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box and click ‘‘Search.’’ You 

may also visit the Docket Management 

Facility in Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the Department of 

Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

the Docket Management Facility. 

We encourage you to participate in 

this meeting by submitting comments 

either orally at the meeting or in 

writing. If you bring written comments 

to the meeting, you may submit them to 

Coast Guard personnel specified at the 

meeting to receive written comments. 

These comments will be submitted to 

our online public docket. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov and will 

include any personal information you 

have provided. 

Comments submitted after the 

meeting must reach the Coast Guard on 

or before October 30, 2009. If you 

submit a comment online via http:// 


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www.regulations.gov, it will be 

considered received by the Coast Guard 

when you successfully transmit the 

comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or 

mail your comment, it will be 

considered as having been received by 

the Coast Guard when it is received at 

the Docket Management Facility. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of comments received into any of 

our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). You may review a Privacy 

Act notice regarding our public dockets 

in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Information on Service for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

public meeting, contact LTJG Margaret 

Brown at the telephone number or email address indicated under the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice. 

Public Meeting 

The Coast Guard will hold a public 

meeting regarding the HoustonGalveston waterways on Tuesday, 

October 6, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

(noon) at Marine Safety Unit Galveston, 

3101 FM 2004, Texas City, TX 77591, 

telephone 409–978–2700. The meeting 

location is not accessible by public 

transportation. Parking is available at no 

cost. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

M.E. Woodring, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Houston-Galveston. 

[FR Doc. E9–23876 Filed 10–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5300–FA–26] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

Fiscal Year 2009 Doctoral Dissertation 

Research Grant Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Announcement of funding 

awards. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 

Reform Act of 1989, this document 

notifies the public of funding awards for 

the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Doctoral 

Dissertation Research Grant (DDRG) 

Program. The purpose of this document 

is to announce the names and addresses 

of the award winners and the amount of 

the awards to be used to help doctoral 

candidates complete dissertations on 

topics that focus on housing and urban 

development issues. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Brunson, Office of University 

Partnerships, U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, Room 

8226, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, Telephone (202) 

402–3852. To provide service for 

persons who are hearing- or speechimpaired, this number may be reached 

via TTY by dialing the Federal 

Information Relay Service on (800) 877– 

8339 or (202) 708–1455. (Telephone 

numbers, other than ‘‘800’’ TTY 

numbers, are not toll free). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DDRG 

Program was created as a means of 

expanding the number of researchers 

conducting research on subjects of 

interest to HUD. Doctoral candidates 

can receive grants of up to $25,000 to 

complete work on their dissertations. 

Grants are awarded for a two-year 

period. 

The Office of University Partnerships 

under the Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Development and Research (PD&R) 

administers this program. In addition to 

this program, the Office of University 

Partnerships administers HUD’s ongoing 

grant programs to institutions of higher 

education as well as creates initiatives 

through which colleges and universities 

can bring their traditional missions of 

teaching, research, service, and outreach 

to bear on the pressing local problems 

in their communities. 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number for this program is 

14.517. 

On July 8, 2009, a Notice of Funding 

Availability (NOFA) for this program 

was posted on Grants.gov announcing 

the availability of $200,000 in FY 2009 

for the DDRG Program. The Department 

reviewed, evaluated and scored the 

applications received based on the 

criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD 

has funded the applications announced 

below, and in accordance with Section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 

U.S.C. 3545). More information about 

the winners can be found at http:// 

www.oup.org. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance 

Under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Doctoral Dissertation Reseach Grant 

Program Funding Competition, by 

Institution, Address, Grant Amount and 

Name of Student Funded 

1. The Regents of the University of 

California, Julian Chun-Chung Chow, 

Ph.D., The Regents of the University of 

California, School of Social Welfare, 

2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 313, 

Berkeley, CA 94704–5940. Grant: 

$25,000 to Richard Smith. 

2. New York University, Jeff Manza, 

New York University, Department of 

Sociology, 665 Broadway, Suite 801, 

New York, NY 10012. Grant: $15,195.73 

to Brian McCabe. 

3. The University of Illinois at 

Chicago, Janet L. Smith, The University 

of Illinois at Chicago, Department of 

Urban Planning and Policy, 809 South 

Marshfield, 502 MB, M/C551, Chicago, 

IL 60612–7205. Grant: $25,000 to 

Andrew Greenlee. 

4. Trustees of Boston University, 

Judith G. Gonyea, Ph.D., Trustees of 

Boston University, School of Social 

Work, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, 

Boston, MA 02215. Grant: $19,450 to 

Kelly Mills-Dick. 

5. The Regents of the University of 

California, Allison Crowther, The 

Regents of the University of California, 

Department of Planning, Policy and 

Design, Office of Research 

Administration, Irvine, CA 92697–7600. 

Grant: $15,418.50 to Michael Powe. 

6. The Trustees of Princeton 

University, Mitchell Duneier, The 

Trustees of Princeton University, 

Department of Sociology, PO Box 36, 4 

New South Building, Princeton, NJ 

08544–0036. Grant: $24,975.77 to 

Alexandra Murphy. 

7. The University of Chicago, Dr. 

Andrew Abbott, The University of 

Chicago, Department of Sociology, 5801 

South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. 

Grant: $25,000 to Len Albright. 

8. New York University, Dr. Ingrid 

Gould Ellen, New York University, 

Department of Public Policy and Urban 

Planning, 665 Broadway, Suite 801, 

New York, NY 10012. Grant: $24,960 to 

Michael Lens. 

9. The President and Fellows of 

Harvard College, Dr. Richard Peiser, The 

President and Fellows of Harvard 

College, Department of Urban Planning 

and Design, 1350 Massachusetts 


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