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State and county Location and case 

No. Chief executive officer of community Community map repository Date of modification Community No. 

Ellis (FEMA 

Docket No.: 

B–1816).

City of Waxahachie 

(17–06–1666P).

The Honorable Kevin Strength, Mayor, 

City of Waxahachie, 401 South Rogers 

Street, Waxahachie, TX 75165.

Public Works Department, 401 

South Rogers Street, 

Waxahachie, TX 75165.

May 31, 2018 ................. 480211 

Ellis (FEMA 

Docket No.: 

B–1816).

Unincorporated 

areas of Ellis 

County (17–06– 

1666P).

The Honorable Carol Bush, Ellis County 

Judge, 101 West Main Street, 

Waxahachie, TX 75165.

Ellis County Courthouse, 101 

West Main Street, 

Waxahachie, TX 75165.

May 31, 2018 ................. 480798 

Tarrant (FEMA 

Docket No.: 

B–1816).

Town of Westlake 

(17–06–3364P).

The Honorable Laura Wheat, Mayor, 

Town of Westlake, 1500 Solana Boulevard, Building 7, Suite 7200, Westlake, 

TX 76262.

Planning and Development Department, 1500 Solana Boulevard, Building 7, Suite 

7200, Westlake, TX 76262.

May 31, 2018 ................. 480614 

Williamson 

(FEMA Docket No.: B– 

1816).

City of Leander (17– 

06–3902P).

The Honorable Christopher Fielder, 

Mayor, City of Leander, P.O. Box 319, 

Leander, TX 78646.

City Hall, 200 West Willis 

Street, Leander, TX 78641.

June 8, 2018 .................. 481536 

Virginia: 

Stafford (FEMA 

Docket No.: 

B–1810).

Unincorporated 

areas of Stafford 

County (17–03– 

2308P).

Mr. Thomas C. Foley, Stafford County 

Administrator, P.O. Box 339, Stafford, 

VA 22555.

Stafford County Department of 

Planning and Zoning, 1300 

Courthouse Road, Stafford, 

VA 22554.

May 31, 2018 ................. 510154 

Wise (FEMA 

Docket No.: 

B–1816).

City of Norton (18– 

03–0175P).

The Honorable William J. Mays, Mayor, 

City of Norton, P.O. Box 618, Norton, 

VA 24273.

City Hall, 618 Virginia Avenue 

Northwest, Norton, VA 24273.

June 6, 2018 .................. 510108 

Wise (FEMA 

Docket No.: 

B–1816).

Unincorporated 

areas of Wise 

County (18–03– 

0175P).

Mr. Shannon C. Scott, Wise County Administrator, P.O. Box 570, Wise, VA 

24293.

Wise County Building and Zoning Department, 206 East 

Main Street, Room 210, 

Wise, VA 24293.

June 6, 2018 .................. 510174 

[FR Doc. 2018–15211 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2018–0018; OMB No. 

1660–0131] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Threat and 

Hazard Identification and Risk 

Assessment (THIRA)—Stakeholder 

Preparedness Review (SPR) Reporting 

Tool 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) will 

submit the information collection 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 

will describe the nature of the 

information collection, the categories of 

respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., 

the time, effort and resources used by 

respondents to respond) and cost, and 

the actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and sent via 

electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@

omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Information 

Management Division, 500 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20472, email address 

FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Dante 

Randazzo, Supervisory Emergency 

Management Specialist, FEMA, National 

Preparedness Assessment Division, 

Dante.Randazzo@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on March 13, 2018 at 83 FR 

10864 with a 60 day public comment 

period. FEMA received a total of 17 

public comments, 11 were anonymous 

public comments that were not relevant 

to the information collection. 

Three commenters suggested that 

FEMA use the Tribal Consultation 

process for information collection 1660– 

0131. Two commenters stated that 

FEMA should not be placing additional 

unfunded requirements for Tribes to 

participate in the Tribal Homeland 

Security Grant Program (THSGP). One 

commenter stated that a Tribe should 

not be charged for FEMA’s help and 

should be able to obtain help without 

any penalties. Two commenters stated 

that the Federal Government has a trust 

responsibility to meet its treaty 

obligations to all Tribes by providing for 

base level capability and capacities. 

FEMA’s Response: The information 

collection was not revised because of 

the comments as in 2017, FEMA 

involved Tribal partners in our 

discussions about the Threat and 

Hazard Identification Risk Assessment 

(THIRA)-Stakeholder Preparedness 

Review (SPR) methodology (ultimately 

FEMA received feedback from over 150 

State, local, Tribal, and territorial 

representatives), and used their input to 

update the process. On April 10, 2018 

and April 12, 2018, FEMA provided an 

overview of the updated THIRA/SPR 

methodology that included a detailed 

walkthrough of the specific 

requirements for THSGP recipients. 

Tribal participants had an opportunity 

to ask questions and share concerns 

about the updated methodology. On 

June 4, 2018, FEMA released a fact sheet 

outlining the requirements for THSGP 

recipients. 

While THSGP recipients, generally 24 

Tribes each year, will now have to 

complete the SPR in addition to the 

THIRA, FEMA has determined that the 

new Tribal requirements will not only 

likely decrease their reporting burden, 

but produce more useful information 

Tribes can use to support other 

emergency management activities. 

FEMA will also be able to use this 

information to improve the support it 

offers to Tribes. Previously, when 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15219 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–46–P 

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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