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THSGP recipients were required to 

complete only the THIRA, they had to 

address all 32 core capabilities. This 

year, as they complete the THIRA and 

SPR, THSGP recipients will only be 

required to address 8 of the 32 core 

capabilities. Therefore, Tribal 

Governments’ estimated average burden 

per response (in hours) has decreased 

from 408 to 290 hours. Only THSGP 

recipients are required to complete the 

THIRA/SPR, but FEMA encourages 

other Tribes to do so as well. 

FEMA is hosting three in-person 

technical assistance sessions this year to 

help communities understand and 

complete the THIRA/SPR, and offered 

invitational travel for grantees required 

to complete the THIRA/SPR. The 

technical assistance sessions themselves 

are free for communities to attend, with 

no admission fee, nor are there any 

penalties for obtaining FEMA’s help. 

FEMA is also developing tools, 

materials, and guidance to help 

communities learn and complete the 

new methodology. Communities 

requiring assistance with their THIRA/ 

SPR can also reach out to their Regional 

Preparedness Analysts and Planning 

Officers or the THIRA/SPR helpdesk at 

FEMA-SPR@fema.dhs.gov. These 

materials and services are provided at 

no cost to Tribes or other communities. 

It is also important to note that 

completing the THIRA and SPR are 

allowable expenses under the grant 

award. FEMA acknowledges the 

inherent sovereignty of Tribal 

governments, the trust responsibility of 

the Federal Government, and the nationto-nation relationship between the U.S. 

government and Tribal governments as 

established by the U.S. Constitution, 

statutes, treaties, court decisions, 

executive orders, regulations, and 

policies as a foundation of the Tribal 

Homeland Security Grant Program. 

The purpose of this notice is to notify 

the public that FEMA will submit the 

information collection abstracted below 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

for review and clearance. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Threat and Hazard 

Identification and Risk Assessment 

(THIRA)—Stakeholder Preparedness 

Review (SPR) Reporting Tool. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0131. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form 008–0–19 (THIRA), Threat and 

Hazard Identification and Risk 

Assessment (THIRA) Reporting Tool; 

FEMA Form 008–0–20 (SPR), 

Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) 

Reporting Tool; FEMA Form 008–0–23, 

THIRA/SPR After-Action Call 

Questions. 

Abstract: The assessment is structured 

by the 32 core capabilities from the 2015 

National Preparedness Goal. States, 

Territories, urban areas, and Tribes 

provide information on capability 

targets, their current capability levels 

and capability gaps for each core 

capability. Respondent States, 

Territories, Tribes and urban areas 

gather the information and complete the 

THIRA and SPR following the 

‘‘Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 

(CPG) 201, Third Edition.’’ 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

113. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 113. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 84,414. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $4,328,749.92. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $12,404,962. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $2,648,063.63. 

Comments 

Comments may be submitted as 

indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 

above. 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 

responses. 

Tammi Hines, 

Privacy Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 

Administrative Officer, Mission Support, 

Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4372– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001] 

Massachusetts; 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 Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts (FEMA–4372–DR), dated 

June 25, 2018, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued June 

25, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated June 

25, 2018, the President issued a major 

disaster declaration under the authority 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 

U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), 

as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts resulting from a severe winter 

storm and flooding during the period of 

March 2–3, 2018, 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 Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts. 

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 

Commonwealth. Consistent with the 

requirement that Federal assistance be 

supplemental, any Federal funds provided 

under the Stafford Act for Hazard Mitigation 

will be limited to 75 percent of the total 

eligible costs. Federal funds provided under 

the Stafford Act for Public Assistance also 

will be limited to 75 percent of the total 

eligible costs, with the exception of projects 

that meet the eligibility criteria for a higher 

Federal cost-sharing percentage under the 

Public Assistance Alternative Procedures 

Pilot Program for Debris Removal 

implemented pursuant to section 428 of the 

Stafford Act. 


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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, James N. Russo, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this major 

disaster. 

The following areas of the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts have 

been designated as adversely affected by 

this major disaster: 

Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Nantucket, 

Norfolk, and Plymouth Counties for Public 

Assistance. 

All areas within the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts 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. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4369– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001] 

Alaska; 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 Alaska (FEMA– 

4369–DR), dated June 8, 2018, and 

related determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued June 

8, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated June 

8, 2018, the President issued a major 

disaster declaration under the authority 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 

U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), 

as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Alaska resulting 

from a severe storm on December 4, 2017, 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 Alaska. 

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 area and Hazard 

Mitigation throughout the State. Consistent 

with the requirement that Federal assistance 

be supplemental, any Federal funds provided 

under the Stafford Act for Hazard Mitigation 

will be limited to 75 percent of the total 

eligible costs. Federal funds provided under 

the Stafford Act for Public Assistance also 

will be limited to 75 percent of the total 

eligible costs, with the exception of projects 

that meet the eligibility criteria for a higher 

Federal cost-sharing percentage under the 

Public Assistance Alternative Procedures 

Pilot Program for Debris Removal 

implemented pursuant to section 428 of the 

Stafford Act. 

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, Thomas J. Dargan, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

major disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Alaska have been designated as 

adversely affected by this major disaster: 

The Kenai Peninsula Borough for Public 

Assistance. 

All areas within the State of Alaska 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. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2018–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1840] 

Changes in Flood Hazard 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists communities 

where the addition or modification of 

Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood 

depths, Special Flood Hazard Area 

(SFHA) boundaries or zone 

designations, or the regulatory floodway 

(hereinafter referred to as flood hazard 

determinations), as shown on the Flood 

Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and 

where applicable, in the supporting 

Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, 

prepared by the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) for each 

community, is appropriate because of 

new scientific or technical data. The 

FIRM, and where applicable, portions of 

the FIS report, have been revised to 

reflect these flood hazard 

determinations through issuance of a 

Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in 

accordance with Federal Regulations. 

The LOMR will be used by insurance 

agents and others to calculate 

appropriate flood insurance premium 

rates for new buildings and the contents 

of those buildings. For rating purposes, 

the currently effective community 

number is shown in the table below and 

must be used for all new policies and 

renewals. 

DATES: These flood hazard 

determinations will be finalized on the 

dates listed in the table below and 

revise the FIRM panels and FIS report 

in effect prior to this determination for 

the listed communities. 


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