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1Public Law 93–288, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 

2 42 U.S.C. 5172. 

3Public Law 115–123, 132 Stat. 64. 

4 42 U.S.C. 5172(b)(3). 

OMB Number: 1651–0048. 

Current Actions: Extension. 

Type of Review: Extension (without 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Abstract: The ‘‘Declaration of Person 

Who Performed Repairs or Alterations,’’ 

as required by 19 CFR 10.8, is used in 

connection with the entry of articles 

entered under subheadings 9802.00.40 

and 9802.00.50, Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS, 

https://hts.usitc.gov/current). Articles 

entered under these HTSUS provisions 

are articles that were in the U.S., were 

exported temporarily for repairs or 

alterations, and are returned to the 

United States. Upon their return, duty is 

only assessed on the value of the repairs 

performed abroad and not on the full 

value of the article. The declaration 

under 19 CFR 10.8 includes information 

such as a description of the article and 

the repairs or alterations; the value of 

the article and the repairs or alterations; 

and a declaration by the owner, 

importer, consignee, or agent having 

knowledge of the pertinent facts. The 

information in this declaration is used 

by CBP to determine the value of the 

repairs or alterations, and to assess duty 

only on the value of those repairs or 

alterations. 

These requirements apply to the trade 

community who are familiar with CBP 

regulations and the tariff schedules and 

are required by law to provide this 

declaration. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Declaration for Repairs or Alterations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,236. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 20,472. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes (0.5 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 10,236. 

Dated: September 26, 2024. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22524 Filed 9–30–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2024–0029] 

Public Assistance Mitigation Cost 

Share Incentives Policy 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

accepting comments on its newly issued 

Public Assistance Mitigation Cost Share 

Incentives Policy, FEMA Interim Policy 

FP–104–24–002. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket ID: FEMA–2024– 

0029, via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Pesapane, Director, Public 

Assistance Division, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, fema-recovery-papolicy@fema.dhs.gov, (202) 646–3834. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments and related materials. 

We will consider all comments and 

materials received during the comment 

period. 

If you submit a comment, include the 

docket ID, indicate the specific section 

of this document to which each 

comment applies, and give the reason 

for each comment. All submissions may 

be posted, without change, to the public 

docket at https://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. For more about privacy and the 

docket, visit https://

www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice. 

The interim policy is available in 

docket ID FEMA–2024–0029. For access 

to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for the docket ID. 

II. Background 

Under section 406 of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, as amended 1 (Stafford 

Act), the President may provide 

financial assistance to eligible 

applicants for the repair, restoration, 

reconstruction, or replacement of an 

eligible facility damaged by a major 

disaster at a minimum Federal cost 

share of 75 percent.2

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 3

amended the Stafford Act to add the 

new provision 406(b)(3) authorizing 

FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) program 

to increase the minimum Federal cost 

share for measures that increase 

readiness for, and resilience from, a 

major disaster.4

This interim Public Assistance 

Mitigation Cost Share Incentives Policy 

applies to PA-eligible applicants, 

including State, local, Tribal, and 

Territorial governments and certain 

private nonprofit organizations, and 

implements section 406(b)(3) by 

providing guidance regarding eligible 

measures that meet FEMA’s criteria for 

the Federal cost share increase up to 85 

percent. 

III. Maximizing the Value of Public 

Feedback 

The impacts of Federal policies tend 

to be widely dispersed on society. 

Members of the public are likely to have 

useful information, data, and 

perspectives on the benefits and 

burdens of FEMA’s existing programs 

and policies. FEMA seeks public 

feedback relevant to FEMA’s interim 

Public Assistance Mitigation Cost Share 

Incentives Policy. 

The following is meant to assist 

members of the public in formulating 

comments. This notice contains a list of 

five questions, the answers to which 

will assist FEMA in understanding how 

and why incentive measures in the 

interim policy are supported or opposed 

by stakeholders, and additional 

incentive measures that should be 

considered for inclusion in a future 

version of the policy. FEMA encourages 

public comment on these questions and 

seeks any other national-level data that 

commenters believe are relevant to 

FEMA’s interim policy review. Below 

are recommendations for commenters to 

use when making comments in response 

to the questions, so that FEMA can 

better evaluate potential changes to the 

interim policy: 

• Commenters should explain, with 

as much detail as possible, why an 

aspect of the interim policy should be 

modified and provide specific 

suggestions of ways the agency can 

better achieve its objectives. 


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• Commenters should provide 

specific national-level data that 

document the costs, burdens, and 

benefits of potentially new requirements 

to the extent they are available. 

Commenters might also address how 

FEMA can best obtain and consider 

accurate, objective information and data 

about the costs, burdens, and benefits of 

the interim policy and whether there are 

existing sources of data that FEMA can 

use to evaluate the effects of the interim 

policy over time. 

• Commenters should identify with 

specificity administrative burdens, 

program requirements, information 

collection burdens, waiting time, or 

unnecessary complexity that may 

impose unjustified barriers in general, 

or that may have adverse effects on 

equity for all, including those in 

disadvantaged communities. 

• Commenters should provide the 

number of the question(s) being 

answered in the commenter’s response 

(e.g. In response to question #5 . . . ). 

IV. Specific Information Requested 

FEMA seeks comment on the interim 

policy, specifically on: 

1. How will the activities incentivized 

through the interim policy increase 

resilience or decrease future risk? Please 

explain. 

2. Will there be specific challenges 

faced by disadvantaged communities in 

meeting the requirements of the interim 

policy? In particular, will disadvantaged 

communities have challenges in 

adopting the building or energy codes 

necessary for the 10% increase in cost 

share? Please explain. 

3. Are the incentives outlined in the 

policy sufficient to encourage additional 

investment or activity that would not 

have otherwise occurred? Why or why 

not? 

4. Are there alternative measures that 

FEMA should consider incentivizing 

through the policy that would help to 

achieve greater readiness and resilience 

to future disasters? Some examples are 

outlined in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 

2018, which authorized FEMA to 

provide the cost share incentives under 

the PA program, including: adoption of 

a mitigation plan, participation in the 

community rating system, and making 

investments in disaster relief, insurance, 

and emergency management programs. 

Please comment on those examples and/ 

or provide additional examples. 

5. Are there ways to make the interim 

policy more accessible or to decrease 

public burden in its implementation? 

Please provide examples. 

Based on the comments received, 

FEMA may make appropriate revisions 

to the interim policy. When or if FEMA 

issues a final policy, FEMA will publish 

a notice of availability in the Federal 

Register and make the final policy 

available at https://

www.regulations.gov. Responses to this 

notice do not bind FEMA to any further 

actions related to the responses. The 

final policy will not have the force and 

effect of law. 

Authority: The Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, as amended (Stafford 

Act), 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.; 44 CFR part 

206. 

Deanne Criswell, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22270 Filed 9–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0046] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Inter-Agency 

Alien Witness and Informant Record 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 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 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal website at http://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2006–0062. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0046 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2006–0062. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone 

number (240) 721–3000 (This is not a 

toll-free number; comments are not 

accepted via telephone message.). Please 

note contact information provided here 

is solely for questions regarding this 

notice. It is not for individual case 

status inquiries. Applicants seeking 

information about the status of their 

individual cases can check Case Status 

Online, available at the USCIS website 

at http://www.uscis.gov, or call the 

USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283 

(TTY 800–767–1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 15, 2024, at 89 FR 

42483, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS did receive 4 

comments in connection with the 60- 

day notice. 

You may access the information 

collection instrument with instructions, 

or additional information by visiting the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

USCIS–2006–0062 in the search box. 

Comments must be submitted in 

English, or an English translation must 

be provided. The comments submitted 

to USCIS via this method are visible to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

and comply with the requirements of 5 

CFR 1320.12(c). All submissions will be 

posted, without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to 

consider limiting the amount of 

personal information that you provide 

in any voluntary submission you make 

to DHS. DHS may withhold information 

provided in comments from public 

viewing that it determines may impact 

the privacy of an individual or is 

offensive. For additional information, 

please read the Privacy Act notice that 

is available via the link in the footer of 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(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; 


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