Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 9, 2024 / Notices 81925 

1For the purposes of this notice, the relevant 

grants programs are the Urban Area Security 

Initiative, the Tribal Homeland Security Grant 

Program, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, the 

Port Security Grant Program, the Transit Security 

Grant Program, and the Regional Catastrophic 

Preparedness Grant Program. FEMA’s authority to 

administer these programs is provided below. 

Rockville, MD 20892 (Video Assisted 

Meeting). 

Contact Person: Annie Walker-Abbey, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific 

Review Program, Division of Extramural 

Activities, National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of 

Health, 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3E70A, 

Rockville, MD 20892, 240–627–3390, 

aabbey@niaid.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, 

and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 

Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 3, 2024. 

Lauren A. Fleck, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23361 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse 

and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications 

and/or contract proposals and the 

discussions could disclose confidential 

trade secrets or commercial property 

such as patentable material, and 

personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications and/or contract proposals, 

the disclosure of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special 

Emphasis Panel, Preclinical Medications 

Screening in Dependence Models of Alcohol 

Use Disorders. 

Date: November 1, 2024. 

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract 

proposals. 

Place: National Institute of Health, 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 

Alcoholism, 6700B Rockledge Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). 

Contact Person: Ranga V. Srinivas, Ph.D., 

Chief, Extramural Project Review Branch, 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 

Alcoholism, 6700 B Rockledge Drive, Room 

2114, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 

MD 20892, (301) 451–2067, srinivar@

mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.273, Alcohol Research 

Programs, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 3, 2024. 

David W. Freeman, 

Supervisory Program Analyst, Office of 

Federal Advisory Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23321 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Amended 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the meeting of the Pathophysiology of 

Obesity and Metabolic Disease Study 

Section, October 29, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 

October 30, 2024, 06:30 p.m., National 

Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on October 01, 2024, 89 FR 

79935. 

This meeting is being amended to 

change the contact person from Dr. 

Heather Marie Brockway to Elaine 

Sierra-Rivera. The meeting is closed to 

the public. 

Dated: October 3, 2024. 

David W. Freeman, 

Supervisory Program Analyst, Office of 

Federal Advisory Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23350 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2024–0027] 

MSA Delineations Used in FEMA’s 

Grant Programs 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the 

Metropolitan Areas Protection and 

Standardization Act of 2021, the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) requests public comment on the 

adoption of updated Metropolitan 

Statistical Area delineations for use in 

certain of FEMA’s grant programs. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than December 9, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket ID: FEMA–2024– 

0027, via the Federal eRulemaking 

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

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edgardo Santos, Risk Methodology 

Branch Chief, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, FEMA-MSAProcess@fema.dhs.gov, (800) 368–6498. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Interested persons are invited to 

participate in this notice by submitting 

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 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 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. 

For access to the docket to read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

II. Background 

A. FEMA Grant Programs and Core 

Based Statistical Areas 

FEMA has the statutory authority to 

deliver numerous disaster and nondisaster financial assistance programs in 

support of its mission, and that of the 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), largely through grants and 

cooperative agreements. Preparedness 

grants 1 support our citizens and first 

responders to ensure we work together 

as a nation to build, sustain and 

improve our capability to prepare for, 

protect against, respond to, recover from 

and mitigate terrorism and other highconsequence disasters and emergencies. 

When determining eligibility for the 

Urban Area Security Initiative, the 

Tribal Homeland Security Grant 

Program, the Nonprofit Security Grant 

Program, the Port Security Grant 

Program, the Transit Security Grant 


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