Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 177 / Wednesday, September 12, 2018 / Notices 46179 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Initial Review Group; Kidney, Urologic and 

Hematologic Diseases D Subcommittee. 

Date: October 16–18, 2018. 

Time: 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One 

Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin 

Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Barbara A. Woynarowska, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator, 

Review Branch, DEA, NIDDK, National 

Institutes of Health, Room 7007, 6707 

Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892– 

5452, (301) 402–7172, woynarowskab@

niddk.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Initial Review Group; Digestive Diseases and 

Nutrition C Subcommittee. 

Date: October 17–19, 2018. 

Time: 6:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Residence Inn Bethesda, 7335 

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Maria E. Davila-Bloom, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Review 

Branch, DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of 

Health, Room 7017, 6707 Democracy 

Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 

594–7637, davila-bloomm@

extra.niddk.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Initial Review Group; Diabetes, 

Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases B 

Subcommittee. 

Date: October 24–26, 2018. 

Time: 5:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Residence Inn Capital View, 2850 

South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA 

22202. 

Contact Person: John F. Connaughton, 

Ph.D., Chief, Scientific Review Branch, 

Review Branch, DEA, NIDDK, National 

Institutes of Health, Room 7007, 6707 

Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892– 

5452, (301) 594–7797, connaughtonj@

extra.niddk.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes, 

Endocrinology and Metabolic Research; 

93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 

Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology 

and Hematology Research, National Institutes 

of Health, HHS) 

Dated: September 6, 2018. 

David D. Clary, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4383– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001] 

Wisconsin; 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 Wisconsin 

(FEMA–4383–DR), dated August 10, 

2018, and related determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued 

August 10, 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 

August 10, 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 Wisconsin 

resulting from severe storms, straight-line 

winds, and flooding during the period of 

June 15 to June 19, 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 State of 

Wisconsin. 

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 

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, David G. 

Samaniego, of FEMA is appointed to act 

as the Federal Coordinating Officer for 

this major disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Wisconsin have been designated as 

adversely affected by this major disaster: 

Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Clark, Douglas, 

and Iron Counties for Public Assistance. 

All areas within the State of Wisconsin 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. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19783 Filed 9–11–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3399– 

EM; Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001] 

Hawaii; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of 

an Emergency Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of an emergency declaration for State of 

Hawaii (FEMA–3399–EM), dated 

August 22, 2018, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: This change occurred on August 

24, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 


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46180 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 177 / Wednesday, September 12, 2018 / Notices 

1See, Regulatory and Administrative Waivers 

Granted for Public and Indian Housing Programs to 

Assist with Recovery and Relief in Hurricane 

Katrina Disaster Areas, 70 FR 57716 (October 3, 

2005); Regulatory and Administrative Waivers 

Granted for Public and Indian Housing Programs to 

Assist with Recovery and Relief in Hurricane Rita 

Disaster Areas; and Additional Administrative 

Relief for Hurricane Katrina, 70 FR 66222 

(November 1, 2005); Extension of Regulatory and 

Administrative Waivers Granted for Public and 

Indian Housing Programs to Assist With Recovery 

and Relief in Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 

Disaster Areas, 71 FR 78022 (December 27, 2006); 

Regulatory and Administrative Waivers Granted for 

Public and Indian Housing Programs to Assist with 

Recovery and Relief in Hurricane Wilma Disaster 

Areas, 71 FR 12988 (March 13, 2006); Regulatory 

and Administrative Waivers Granted for Public and 

Indian Housing Programs to Assist with Recovery 

and Relief in Superstorm Sandy Disaster Areas, 77 

FR 71439 (November 30, 2012); and Relief From 

HUD Requirements Available to PHAs to Assist 

With Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of 

Families Affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, 

Maria and Future Natural Disasters Where Major 

Disaster Declarations Might be Issued in 2017, 82 

FR 46821 (October 6, 2017). 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Willie G. Nunn, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this emergency. This action terminates the 

appointment of William Roche as 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

emergency. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19779 Filed 9–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6050–N–02] 

Relief From HUD Requirements 

Available During Calendar Year (CY) 

2018 to Public Housing Agencies To 

Assist With Recovery and Relief 

Efforts on Behalf of Families Affected 

by Presidentially-Declared Major 

Disasters 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice advises the public 

that HUD, in order to more effectively 

and expeditiously respond to 

Presidentially-declared Major Disaster 

Declarations (MDD), is establishing for 

CY 2018 an expedited process for the 

review of requests for relief from HUD 

regulatory and/or administrative 

requirements (‘‘HUD requirements’’) for 

public housing agencies (PHAs) that are 

located in counties that are included in 

MDDs. PHAs located in areas covered 

by MDDs issued for which a related 

disaster occurs during 2018 may request 

waivers of HUD requirements and 

receive expedited review of such 

requests utilizing the flexibilities and 

expedited waiver process set out by this 

Notice. 

DATES: Applicable: September 12, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shelia Bethea, Office of Field 

Operations, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW, Room 4112, Washington, DC 

20410–5000, telephone number 202– 

402–8120. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number via TTY by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background Information 

On several occasions in recent years, 

after Presidential disaster declarations, 

HUD has published notices to announce 

waivers and flexibilities available to 

PHAs, Tribes, and Tribally Designated 

Housing Entities located in areas 

covered by MDDs.1 In the interest of 

expediting HUD’s ability to provide 

administrative relief to PHAs in MDD 

declaration areas, based on HUD’s past 

experience, HUD is publishing this 

Notice on waivers and flexibilities that 

will be made available to PHAs on an 

expedited basis following MDDs. The 

Notice is organized as follows: • Section II describes the flexibilities 

that are currently available to MDD 

PHAs under statutes and/or regulations. 

MDD PHAs may avail themselves of 

these flexibilities, following the process 

described in Section IV of the Notice. • Section III describes certain HUD 

requirements that, if waived, may 

facilitate an MDD PHA’s ability to 

participate in relief and recovery efforts. 

An MDD PHA may request a waiver of 

a HUD requirement not listed in Section 

IV and receive expedited review of the 

request if the MDD PHA demonstrates 

that the waiver is needed to assist in its 

relief and recovery efforts. An MDD 

PHA may not adopt any requested 

waiver prior to receiving HUD approval. 

• Section V States that a Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) with 

respect to the environment has been 

made in accordance with HUD 

regulations at 24 CFR part 50, which 

implement section 102(2)(C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 

Waiver requests approved by HUD 

pursuant to this Notice will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

will identify the MDD PHAs receiving 

such approvals. The process that HUD 

will use in assessing applications for 

waivers and flexibilities is covered 

below: 

This Notice applies only during CY 

2018. 

II. Flexibilities That Are Available to 

MDD PHAs During CY 2018 

HUD is exercising discretionary 

authority consistent with 24 CFR 5.110 

to provide relief from the requirements 

described in this section. Upon 

notification to HUD and appropriate 

documentation of good cause, or upon 

HUD approval, as noted below, relief 

will be granted to MDD PHAs. Relief 

from the requirements must benefit 

families affected by the disasters, for 

example by enabling MDD PHA staff to 

focus on relief and recovery efforts. 

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline 

for requesting waivers is 4 months after 

the initial MDD. 

A. 24 CFR 905.306 (Extension of 

deadline for obligation and expenditure 

of Capital Funds). Section 9(j)(1) of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937 (1937 

Act) requires PHAs to obligate Capital 

Funds not later than 24 months after the 

date on which the funds became 

available, or the date on which the PHA 

accumulates adequate funds to 

undertake modernization, substantial 

rehabilitation, or new construction of 

units, plus the period of any extension 

approved under section 9(j)(2) of the 

Act. Section 9(j)(5)(A) of the 1937 Act 

requires a PHA to expend Capital Funds 

not later than 4 years after the date on 

which the funds become available for 

obligation, plus the period of any 

extension approved under section 

9(j)(2). Section 9(j)(2) of the 1937 Act 

authorizes the Secretary to extend the 

time period for the obligation of Capital 

Funds for such period as the Secretary 


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