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The estimated annual burden is as 

follows: 

Section of final rule Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

42 CFR 121.3(c)(4) Appeal for OPTN membership ............ 2 1 2 3 6 

42 CFR 121.9(d) Appeal for designation ............................. 2 1 2 6 12 

Total .............................................................................. 4 ........................ 4 ........................ 18 

Send comments to Susan G. Queen, 

PhD, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: March 5, 2007. 

Alexandra Huttinger, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review 

and Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–4412 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on a proposed 

revised information collection. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 

comments concerning the National 

Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 

Community Rating System (CRS) 

Coordinator’s Manual, accompanying 

worksheets and application form. The 

CRS Coordinator’s Manual is the 

primary document used by CRS 

participating communities that 

describes the CRS program and the 

community-based floodplain 

management activities performed by 

participating communities. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP 

CRS was established by Congress in 

section 541, Community Rating System 

and Incentives for Community 

Floodplain Management, of the National 

Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994. 

The CRS was established to (1) Reduce 

flood losses; (2) facilitate accurate 

insurance rating, and; (3) promote the 

awareness of flood insurance. The CRS 

encourages these goals by providing 

flood insurance premium discounts to 

policy holders in those communities 

that implement activities and programs 

that directly support the goals stated 

above. Communities are only eligible to 

participate in the CRS if they have been 

found to be compliant with the 

floodplain management requirements of 

the NFIP, as determined by the 

applicable FEMA Regional Office. The 

data collected from CRS communities, 

as described in the CRS Coordinator’s 

Manual and by using the worksheets, is 

used and is necessary to evaluate if the 

community is implementing the 

activities to which it has agreed. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Community Rating System 

(CRS) Program—Application 

Worksheets and Commentary. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0022. 

Form Numbers: FEMA FORM 81–73, 

Community Rating System Application. 

Abstract: CRS Application Cover 

Page, Recertification Worksheet and 

Modification/Cycle Cover Page are used 

by a community to apply or renew CRS 

program participation and specify what 

activities will be performed by the 

community. CRS Activity Worksheets 

are used by the community to provide 

details in the selected activities based 

on the CRS Coordinator’s Manual. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

8,450 hours. 

ANNUAL HOUR BURDEN

Project/activity Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

responses 

Hour burden 

per response 

(hours) 

Annual 

responses 

Total annual 

hour burden 

(hours) 

(A) (B) (C) (D) = (A × B) (E) = (C × D) 

Application Form/Worksheet ...................................... 150 1 31 150 4,650 

Maintenance Form/Worksheet ................................... 950 1 4 950 3,800 

Total .................................................................... 1,100 .......................... .......................... 1,100 8,450 

Estimated Cost: There is no expected 

cost to the respondents. The estimated 

annual cost to the Federal Government 

is $2,288,792. 

Comments: Written comments are 

solicited to (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed data collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of the agency, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) 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; 

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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 submission of 


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responses. Comments must be 

submitted on or before May 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should 

submit written comments to Chief, 

Records Management and Privacy, 

Information Resources Management 

Branch, Information Technology 

Services Division, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Room 609, Washington, DC 20472. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact William H. Lesser, Program 

Specialist, Mitigation Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, at 

(202) 646–2807 for additional 

information. You may contact the 

Records Management Branch for copies 

of the proposed collection of 

information at facsimile number (202) 

646–3347 or e-mail address: FEMAInformation-Collections@dhs.gov. 

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

John A. Sharetts-Sullivan, 

Chief, Records Management and Privacy 

Information Resources Management Branch, 

Information Technology Services Division, 

Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E7–4430 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1687–DR] 

Alabama; Amendment No. 1 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 Alabama (FEMA–1687–DR), 

dated March 3, 2007, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 6, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Alabama is hereby amended to 

include the Public Assistance program 

and the Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program for the following areas among 

those areas determined to have been 

adversely affected by the catastrophe 

declared a major disaster by the 

President in his declaration of March 3, 

2007: 

Dale, Dallas, Henry, Montgomery, and 

Wilcox Counties for Individual Assistance. 

Coffee County for Public Assistance (already 

designated for Individual Assistance). 

Henry and Wilcox Counties for Public 

Assistance. 

All counties within the State of Alabama 

are eligible to apply 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 Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050, Individuals and Households 

Program—Other Needs; 97.036, Public 

Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation 

Grant Program.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Under Secretary for Federal Emergency 

Management and Director of FEMA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1687–DR] 

Alabama; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Alabama 

(FEMA–1687–DR), dated March 3, 2007, 

and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 3, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

March 3, 2007, the President declared a 

major disaster under the authority of the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 

5121–5206 (the Stafford Act), as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Alabama 

resulting from severe storms and tornadoes 

on March 1, 2007, 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. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act). 

Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster 

exists in the State of Alabama. 

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 Individual 

Assistance in the designated areas and any 

other forms of assistance under the Stafford 

Act that you deem appropriate subject to 

completion of Preliminary Damage 

Assessments (PDAs), unless you determine 

that the incident is of such unusual severity 

and magnitude that PDAs are not required to 

determine the need for supplemental Federal 

assistance pursuant to 44 CFR 206.33(d). 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance be supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Other Needs Assistance will be 

limited to 75 percent of the total eligible 

costs. If Public Assistance and Hazard 

Mitigation are later warranted, Federal 

funding under these programs will also be 

limited to 75 percent of the total eligible 

costs. Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration to the extent 

allowable under the Stafford Act. 

The time period prescribed for the 

implementation of section 310(a), 

Priority to Certain Applications for 

Public Facility and Public Housing 

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for 

a period not to exceed six months after 

the date of this declaration. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Director, Department of Homeland Security, 

under Executive Order 12148, as amended, 

Gracia B. Szczech, of FEMA is appointed to 

act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for 

this declared disaster. 

I do hereby determine the following area of 

the State of Alabama to have been affected 

adversely by this declared major disaster: 

Coffee County 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 Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individual and 

Household Housing; 97.049, Individual and 

Household Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050, Individual and Household Program—

Other Needs; 97.036, Public Assistance 

Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Under Secretary for Federal Emergency 

Management and Director of FEMA. 

[FR Doc. E7–4432 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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