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resulting from flooding during the period of 

April 10 to April 26, 2023, 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 et seq. (the 

‘‘Stafford Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such 

a major disaster exists in the State of 

Montana. 

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 in the designated areas and 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. 

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. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration for the approved 

assistance 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 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Jon K. Huss, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this major 

disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Montana have been designated as 

adversely affected by this major disaster: 

Blaine, Daniels, Hill, Park, Roosevelt, 

Sheridan, and Valley Counties and the Fort 

Peck Tribes for Public Assistance. 

All areas within the State of Montana are 

eligible 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; 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. 

Deanne Criswell, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21025 Filed 9–26–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. CISA–2023–0016] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Technical Assistance 

Request and Evaluation 

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Emergency 

Communications Division (ECD) within 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency (CISA) will submit the 

following information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance. 

CISA previously published this 

information collection request (ICR) in 

the Federal Register on June 6, 2023 for 

a 60-day public comment period. No 

comments were received by CISA. This 

is a revision and reinstatement of the 

existing collection. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow an additional 30-days 

for public comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until October 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information 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, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kendall Carpenter, 202.744.1580, 

Kendall.Carpenter@cisa.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Emergency Communications Division, 

formed under title XVIII of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 

U.S.C. 571 et seq., as amended, provides 

emergency communications-related 

technical assistance at no charge to 

State, regional, local, and tribal 

government officials. To receive this 

technical assistance, stakeholders must 

submit a request form identifying their 

priorities. For ECD to assess the value of 

the services it provides through 

technical assistance; an evaluation form 

is also requested of those receiving 

technical assistance. 

ECD uses the Technical Assistance 

Request Form (DHS Form 9043) to 

identify the number and type of 

technical assistance services needed by 

the State, Territory, local, and Tribal 

agencies. This information enables ECD 

to plan and align resources accordingly. 

ECD considers each request based on 

the priority indicated by the State, as 

well as the anticipated impact of the 

service offering on the implementation 

of the Statewide Communications 

Interoperability Plan (SCIP) and the 

applicability to National Emergency 

Communications Plan (NECP). 

The evaluation form (DHS Form 9042) 

is completed by stakeholders at the 

completion of ECD technical assistance 

services and enables ECD to assess the 

quality of technical assistance services 

provided and, in a holistic fashion, 

measure the value of the services. The 

information collected through these 

evaluations is used by ECD for 

continued improvement planning. 

Approximately 100 percent of request 

and evaluation forms are submitted 

electronically by logging into the portal 

at https://www.cisa.cisa.gov/safecom/ 

ictapscip-resources. 

From the website, users are able to 

select the appropriate form, either the 

Technical Assistance Requests (DHS 

Form 9043) and/or the TA Evaluation 

forms (DHS Form 9042), to complete as 

a fillable PDF. Each form is then 

submitted by email to either 

TARequest@cisa.dhs.gov or 

TAevaluations@cisa.dhs.gov, 

respectively. 

The changes to the collection since 

the previous OMB approval include: 

Updating the web address, decreasing 

the estimated number of responses, 

decreasing the burden time, and 

increasing the cost estimates. This is a 

renewal of the existing information 

collection that expired on 7/31/2023. 

There are no substantial changes to the 


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66496 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 27, 2023 / Notices 

1The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as 

the FLETF Chair, has the authority to invite 

representatives from other executive departments 

and agencies, as appropriate. See Executive Order 

13923 (May 15, 2020). The U.S. Department of 

Commerce is a member of the FLETF as invited by 

the Chair. 

current approval. TA services by 

category type (NAME) have been added 

or removed throughout the form 

lifecycle. 

Analysis 

Agency: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security. 

Title of Collection: Technical 

Assistance Request and Evaluation. 

OMB Number: 1670–0023. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, local, Tribal, 

and Territorial governments. 

Number of Respondents: 175. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.5 

Hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 50 Hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Annual Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $2,372.50. 

Robert J. Costello, 

Chief Information Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21067 Filed 9–26–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Notice Regarding the Uyghur Forced 

Labor Prevention Act Entity List 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), as the Chair 

of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task 

Force (FLETF), announces the 

publication and availability of the 

updated Uyghur Forced Labor 

Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, a 

consolidated register of the four lists 

required to be developed and 

maintained pursuant to section 

2(d)(2)(B) of the UFLPA, on the DHS 

UFLPA website. The updated UFLPA 

Entity List is also published as an 

appendix to this notice. This update 

adds three entities to the section 

2(d)(2)(B)(ii) list of the UFLPA, which 

identifies entities working with the 

government of the Xinjiang Uyghur 

Autonomous Region to recruit, 

transport, transfer, harbor or receive 

forced labor or Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 

Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted 

groups out of the Xinjiang Uyghur 

Autonomous Region. Details related to 

the process for revising the UFLPA 

Entity List are included in this Federal 

Register notice. 

DATES: This notice announces the 

publication and availability of the 

UFLPA Entity List updated as of 

September 27, 2023, included as an 

appendix to this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Persons seeking additional 

information on the UFLPA Entity List 

should email the FLETF at 

FLETF.UFLPA.EntityList@hq.dhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Echeverria, Director of Trade 

Policy, Trade and Economic Security, 

Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, 

DHS. Phone: (202) 938–6365, Email: 

FLETF.UFLPA.EntityList@hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor 

Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), is 

announcing the publication of the 

updated UFLPA Entity List, a 

consolidated register of the four lists 

required to be developed and 

maintained pursuant to section 

2(d)(2)(B) of the Uyghur Forced Labor 

Prevention Act (Pub. L. 117–78) 

(UFLPA), to https://www.dhs.gov/uflpaentity-list. The UFLPA Entity List is 

available as an appendix to this notice. 

This update adds three entities to the 

section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) list of the UFLPA, 

which identifies entities working with 

the government of the Xinjiang Uyghur 

Autonomous Region to recruit, 

transport, transfer, harbor or receive 

forced labor or Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 

Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted 

groups out of the Xinjiang Uyghur 

Autonomous Region. Future revisions to 

the UFLPA Entity List, which may 

include additions, removals or technical 

corrections, will be published to https:// 

www.dhs.gov/uflpa-entitylist and in the 

appendices of future Federal Register 

notices. See Appendix 1. 

Beginning on June 21, 2022, the 

UFLPA requires the Commissioner of 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

apply a rebuttable presumption that 

goods mined, produced, or 

manufactured by entities on the UFLPA 

Entity List are made with forced labor, 

and therefore, prohibited from 

importation into the United States 

under 19 U.S.C. 1307. See section 3(a) 

of the UFLPA. As the FLETF revises the 

UFLPA Entity List, including by making 

additions, removals, or technical 

corrections, DHS, on its behalf, will post 

such revisions to the DHS UFLPA 

website (https://www.dhs.gov/uflpaentity-list) and also publish the revised 

UFLPA Entity List as an appendix to a 

Federal Register notice. 

Background 

A. The Forced Labor Enforcement Task 

Force 

Section 741 of the United StatesMexico-Canada Agreement 

Implementation Act established the 

FLETF to monitor United States 

enforcement of the prohibition under 

section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1307). See 19 U.S.C. 

4681. Pursuant to DHS Delegation Order 

No. 23034, the DHS Under Secretary for 

Strategy, Policy, and Plans serves as 

Chair of the FLETF, an interagency task 

force that includes the Department of 

Homeland Security, the Office of the 

U.S. Trade Representative, and the 

Departments of Labor, State, Justice, the 

Treasury, and Commerce (member 

agencies).1 See 19 U.S.C. 4681; 

Executive Order 13923 (May 15, 2020). 

In addition, the FLETF includes six 

observer agencies: the Departments of 

Energy and Agriculture, the U.S. Agency 

for International Development, the 

National Security Council, U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection, and U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

Homeland Security Investigations. 

B. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention 

Act: Preventing Goods Made With 

Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of 

China From Being Imported Into the 

United States 

The UFLPA requires, among other 

things, that the FLETF, in consultation 

with the Secretary of Commerce and the 

Director of National Intelligence, 

develop a strategy (UFLPA section 2(c)) 

for supporting enforcement of section 

307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, to prevent 

the importation into the United States of 

goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 

mined, produced, or manufactured 

wholly or in part with forced labor in 

the People’s Republic of China. As 

required by the UFLPA, the Strategy to 

Prevent the Importation of Goods 

Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with 

Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of 

China, which was published on the DHS 

website on June 17, 2022 (see https://

www.dhs.gov/uflpa-strategy), includes 

the initial UFLPA Entity List, a 

consolidated register of the four lists 

required to be developed and 

maintained pursuant to the UFLPA. See 

UFLPA section 2(d)(2)(B). 


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