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contributions to transportation in the Post 

World War II era. The illustrated history will 

be published as a brochure and/or posted on 

the Internet, and shall be completed and 

available to the public prior to December 31, 

2013. 

(C) The FHWA will encourage State 

transportation agencies that have not done so 

within the last 5 years to update inventories 

of historic bridges in their States to better 

ensure that bridges meeting the 

considerations in Section IV above are 

identified and considered early in the 

Section 106 review process. 

VII. Definitions 

If not specifically addressed below, terms 

used within this Program Comment shall be 

defined consistent with the definitions 

provided in 36 CFR Part 800. 

‘‘Common Bridge’’ is, for purposes of this 

Program Comment, a common post-1945 

bridge or culvert of a type identified in 

Section V. 

‘‘Program Comment’’ is an alternative to 

Section 106 review that allows a Federal 

agency to request the ACHP to comment on 

a category of undertakings in lieu of 

conducting individual reviews under 

Sections 800.4 through 800.6 of the 

regulations (36 CFR Part 800). 

‘‘Qualified cultural resource specialist’’ 

means an individual meeting the Secretary of 

the Interior’s professional qualifications for 

historian or architectural historian by virtue 

of education and experience to carry out 

historic preservation work. 

Authority: 36 CFR 800.14(e). 

Dated: November 8, 2012. 

John M. Fowler, 

Executive Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2012–0046] 

Protected Critical Infrastructure 

Information (PCII) Office SelfAssessment Questionnaire 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for 

comments; New Information Collection 

Request: 1670—NEW. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), National Protection and 

Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of 

Infrastructure Protection (IP), 

Infrastructure Information Collection 

Division (IICD), Protected Critical 

Infrastructure Information (PCII) 

Program will submit 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 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until January 15, 2013. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to DHS/NPPD/IP/IICD, 245 Murray 

Lane, SW., Mail Stop 0602, 

Arlington,VA 20598–0602. Emailed 

requests should go to Joseph Maltby, 

joseph.maltby@dhs.gov. Written 

comments should reach the contact 

person listed no later than January 15, 

2013. Comments must be identified by 

‘‘DHS–2012–0046’’and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Email: Include the docket number 

in the subject line of the message. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress 

created the PCII Program under the 

Critical Infrastructure Information Act 

of 2002 for DHS to encourage voluntary 

information sharing by owners and 

operators of critical infrastructure and 

protected systems. IICD administers the 

PCII Program. The PCII Program is 

implemented by 6 CFR part 29, 

Procedures for Handling Critical 

Infrastructure Information; Final Rule 

(the Regulation), issued in 2006. PCII 

refers to critical infrastructure 

information not customarily in the 

public domain and related to the 

security of critical infrastructure or 

protected systems, which is voluntarily 

submitted to DHS for homeland security 

purposes and validated under the 

authority of the PCII Program Manager. 

The PCII Program provides a statutory 

exemption from release of information 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

and state and local sunshine laws, and 

prohibits the use of the information in 

civil litigation. 

The PCII Program is responsible for 

ensuring compliance with the 

regulation’s uniform procedures for the 

handling, use, dissemination, and 

safeguarding of PCII. In this capacity, 

the PCII Program oversees a community 

of stakeholders, including submitters of 

critical infrastructure information, 

authorized users of PCII and accredited 

Federal, state and local entities with 

homeland security duties. The PCII 

Program is required by its authorizing 

regulation to assist the PCII Officers in 

overseeing their own accredited PCII 

programs at the state and local level. See 

6 CFR 29.4(d). This questionnaire is 

designed to gather information from 

PCII Officers that will be used by the 

NPPD/IP PCII Program to assess state 

and local programs, their compliance 

with PCII rules and requirements, and 

the specific needs of their accredited 

programs. These assessments are 

designed to help the DHS PCII Program 

and Officers to ensure that PCII is being 

properly protected and to limit the 

potential for mishandling and improper 

disclosures. OMB is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

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; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Office of 

Infrastructure Protection, Infrastructure 

Information Collection Division, 

Protected Critical Infrastructure 

Information Program. 

Title: Protected Critical Infrastructure 

Information (PCII) Office SelfAssessment Questionnaire. 

OMB Number: 1670–NEW. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: PCII Officers. 

Number of Respondents: 80 

(estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 80 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0 (This 

assessment will reside on existing PCII 

information storage systems). 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $8,316. 

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Dated: November 8, 2012. 

Scott Libby, 

Acting Chief Information Officer, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3350– 

EM; Docket ID FEMA–2011–0001] 

Massachusetts; Emergency and 

Related Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of an 

emergency for the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts (FEMA–3350–EM), dated 

October 28, 2012, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 28, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

October 28, 2012, the President issued 

an emergency declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 

(the Stafford Act), as follows: 

I have determined that the emergency 

conditions in the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts resulting from Hurricane 

Sandy beginning on October 27, 2012, and 

continuing, are of sufficient severity and 

magnitude to warrant an emergency 

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 an 

emergency exists in the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, 

to save lives and to protect property and 

public health and safety, and to lessen or 

avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 

designated areas. Specifically, you are 

authorized to provide assistance for 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

limited to direct Federal assistance, under 

the Public Assistance program. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance is supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance will be limited to 

75 percent of the total eligible costs. 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 emergency assistance 

and administrative expenses. 

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, Department of Homeland 

Security, under Executive Order 12148, 

as amended, Justo Herna ́ndez, of FEMA 

is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts have 

been designated as adversely affected by 

this declared emergency: 

All counties in the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts for emergency protective 

measures (Category B), limited to direct 

federal assistance, under the Public 

Assistance 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. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3360– 

EM; Docket ID FEMA–2011–0001] 

New Hampshire; Emergency and 

Related Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of an 

emergency for the State of New 

Hampshire (FEMA–3360–EM), dated 

October 30, 2012, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 30, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

October 30, 2012, the President issued 

an emergency declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 

(the Stafford Act), as follows: 

I have determined that the emergency 

conditions in the State of New Hampshire 

resulting from Hurricane Sandy beginning on 

October 26, 2012, and continuing, are of 

sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant 

an emergency 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 

an emergency exists in the State of New 

Hampshire. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, 

to save lives and to protect property and 

public health and safety, and to lessen or 

avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 

designated areas. Specifically, you are 

authorized to provide assistance for 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

limited to direct Federal assistance, under 

the Public Assistance program. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance is supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance will be limited to 

75 percent of the total eligible costs. 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 emergency assistance 

and administrative expenses. 

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, Department of Homeland 

Security, under Executive Order 12148, 

as amended, Kevin L. Hannes, of FEMA 

is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the State of 

New Hampshire have been designated 

as adversely affected by this declared 

emergency: 

All counties in the State of New Hampshire 

for emergency protective measures (Category 

B), limited to direct federal assistance, under 

the Public Assistance program. 

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