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1 50 U.S.C. 4558(c)(1). 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2021–0022; OMB No. 

1660–0062] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; State/Local/Tribal 

Hazard Mitigation Plans 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public to take this 

opportunity to comment on a revision of 

a currently approved information 

collection. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice seeks comments concerning the 

nature of the information collection, the 

categories of respondents, the estimated 

burden (i.e., the time, efforts and 

resources used by respondents to 

respond) and cost, and actual data 

collection instruments FEMA will use 

regarding the state, local, and tribal 

hazard mitigation plan creation process. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2021–0022. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID, 

and 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 read the Privacy and Security 

Notice that is available via a link on the 

homepage of www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Smith, Planning & Safety 

Branch Chief, Planning, Safety, and 

Building Science Division, Risk 

Management Directorate, Federal 

Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, FEMA; 

Kathleen.Smith2@fema.dhs.gov and 

(202) 646–4372. You may contact the 

Information Management Division for 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information at email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@

fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

(Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5165, as 

amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act 

of 2000 (DMA 2000), Public Law 106– 

390, provides the framework for linking 

pre-and post-disaster mitigation 

planning and initiatives with public and 

private interests to ensure an integrated, 

comprehensive approach to disaster loss 

reduction. Title 44 CFR part 201 

provides the mitigation planning 

requirements for State, local, Tribal, or 

Territorial governments to identify the 

natural hazards that impact them, to 

identify actions and activities to reduce 

any losses from hazards, and to 

establish a coordinated process to 

implement the plan, taking advantage of 

a wide range of resources. 

Collection of Information 

Title: State/Local/Tribal Hazard 

Mitigation Plans. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0062. 

FEMA Forms: FEMA Form not 

applicable. 

Abstract: In order to be eligible for 

certain types of Federal emergency 

management non-emergency assistance, 

state, local, Tribal or Territorial 

governments are required to have a 

current FEMA-approved hazard 

mitigation plan that meets the criteria 

established in 44 CFR part 201. 

Affected Public: State, local, Tribal or 

Territorial government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

224. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

1,131. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 175,928. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $10,291,788. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $30,760,976. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $10,497,648. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $1,936,738. 

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. 

Millicent L. Brown, 

Acting Records Management Branch Chief, 

Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2020–0016] 

Meetings To Implement Pandemic 

Response Voluntary Agreement Under 

Section 708 of the Defense Production 

Act 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Announcement of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) held two 

meetings to implement the Voluntary 

Agreement for the Manufacture and 

Distribution of Critical Healthcare 

Resources Necessary to Respond to a 

Pandemic. 

DATES: The first meeting took place on 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021, from 1 to 

3 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The second 

meeting took place on Wednesday, 

September 8, 2021, from 1 to 3 p.m. ET. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Glenn, Office of Business, 

Industry, Infrastructure Integration, via 

email at OB3I@fema.dhs.gov or via 

phone at (202) 212–1666. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

these meetings is provided as required 

by section 708(h)(8) of the Defense 

Production Act (DPA), 50 U.S.C. 

4558(h)(8), and consistent with 44 CFR 

part 332. 

The DPA authorizes the making of 

‘‘voluntary agreements and plans of 

action’’ with representatives of industry, 

business, and other interests to help 

provide for the national defense.1 The 


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2 85 FR 18403 (Apr. 1, 2020). 

3 DHS Delegation 09052, Rev. 00.1 (Apr. 1, 2020); 

DHS Delegation Number 09052 Rev. 00 (Jan. 3, 

2017). 

4 85 FR 50035 (Aug. 17, 2020). The Attorney 

General, in consultation with the Chairman of the 

Federal Trade Commission, made the required 

finding that the purpose of the voluntary agreement 

may not reasonably be achieved through an 

agreement having less anticompetitive effects or 

without any voluntary agreement and published the 

finding in the Federal Register on the same day. 85 

FR 50049 (Aug. 17, 2020). 

5See 85 FR 78869 (Dec. 7, 2020). See also 85 FR 

79020 (Dec. 8, 2020). 

6See 86 FR 27894 (May 24, 2021). See also 86 FR 

28851 (May 28, 2021). 

7See 50 U.S.C. 4558(h)(7). 

8 ‘‘[T]he individual designated by the President in 

subsection (c)(2) [of section 708 of the DPA] to 

administer the voluntary agreement, or plan of 

action.’’ 50 U.S.C. 4558(h)(7). 

President’s authority to facilitate 

voluntary agreements with respect to 

responding to the spread of COVID–19 

within the United States was delegated 

to the Secretary of Homeland Security 

in Executive Order 13911.2 The 

Secretary of Homeland Security further 

delegated this authority to the FEMA 

Administrator.3

On August 17, 2020, after the 

appropriate consultations with the 

Attorney General and the Chairman of 

the Federal Trade Commission, FEMA 

completed and published in the Federal 

Register a ‘‘Voluntary Agreement, 

Manufacture and Distribution of Critical 

Healthcare Resources Necessary to 

Respond to a Pandemic’’ (Voluntary 

Agreement).4 Unless terminated earlier, 

the Voluntary Agreement is effective 

until August 17, 2025, and may be 

extended subject to additional approval 

by the Attorney General after 

consultation with the Chairman of the 

Federal Trade Commission. The 

Agreement may be used to prepare for 

or respond to any pandemic, including 

COVID–19, during that time. 

On December 7, 2020, the first plan of 

action under the Voluntary 

Agreement—the Plan of Action to 

Establish a National Strategy for the 

Manufacture, Allocation, and 

Distribution of Personal Protective 

Equipment (PPE) to Respond to COVID– 

19 (PPE Plan of Action)—was finalized.5

The PPE Plan of Action established 

several sub-committees under the 

Voluntary Agreement, focusing on 

different aspects of the PPE Plan of 

Action. 

On May 24, 2021, four additional 

plans of action under the Voluntary 

Agreement—the Plan of Action to 

Establish a National Strategy for the 

Manufacture, Allocation, and 

Distribution of Diagnostic Test Kits and 

other Testing Components to respond to 

COVID–19, the Plan of Action to 

Establish a National Strategy for the 

Manufacture, Allocation, and 

Distribution of Drug Products, Drug 

Substances, and Associated Medical 

Devices to respond to COVID–19, the 

Plan of Action to Establish a National 

Strategy for the Manufacture, 

Allocation, and Distribution of Medical 

Devices to respond to COVID–19, and 

the Plan of Action to Establish a 

National Strategy for the Manufacture, 

Allocation, and Distribution of Medical 

Gases to respond to COVID–19—were 

finalized.6 These plans of action 

established several sub-committees 

under the Voluntary Agreement, 

focusing on different aspects of each 

plan of action. 

The meetings are chaired by the 

FEMA Administrator or her delegate 

and attended by the Attorney General 

and the Chairman of the Federal Trade 

Commission or their delegates. In 

implementing the Voluntary Agreement, 

FEMA adheres to all procedural 

requirements of 50 U.S.C. 4558 and 44 

CFR part 332. 

Meeting Objectives: The objectives of 

the meetings are as follows: 

1. Gather committee Participants and 

Attendees to ask targeted questions for 

situational awareness related to the 

active Plans of Action (PPE, Drug 

Products and Drug Substances, 

Diagnostic Test Kits, Medical Devices, 

and Medical Gases). 

2. Establish priorities for COVID–19 

response under the Voluntary 

Agreement. 

3. Identify tasks that should be 

completed under the appropriate SubCommittee. 

4. Identify information gaps and areas 

that merit sharing (both from FEMA to 

the private sector and vice versa). 

Meetings Closed to the Public: By 

default, the DPA requires meetings held 

to implement a voluntary agreement or 

plan of action be open to the public.7

However, attendance may be limited if 

the Sponsor 8 of the voluntary 

agreement finds that the matter to be 

discussed at a meeting falls within the 

purview of matters described in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c), such as trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information. 

The Sponsor of the Voluntary 

Agreement, the FEMA Administrator, 

found that these meetings to implement 

the Voluntary Agreement involve 

matters which fall within the purview of 

matters described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) 

and the meetings are therefore closed to 

the public. 

Specifically, these meetings to 

implement the Voluntary Agreement 

may require participants to disclose 

trade secrets or commercial or financial 

information that is privileged or 

confidential. Disclosure of such 

information allows for meetings to be 

closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). 

In addition, the success of the Voluntary 

Agreement depends wholly on the 

willing and enthusiastic participation of 

private sector participants. Failure to 

close these meetings could have a strong 

chilling effect on private sector 

participation and cause a substantial 

risk that sensitive information will be 

prematurely released to the public, 

leading to participants withdrawing 

their support from the Voluntary 

Agreement. 

This would significantly frustrate the 

implementation of the Voluntary 

Agreement. Frustration of an agency’s 

objective due to premature disclosure of 

information allows for the closure of a 

meeting pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B). 

Deanne Criswell, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2021–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–2163] 

Proposed Flood Hazard 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Comments are requested on 

proposed flood hazard determinations, 

which may include additions or 

modifications of any Base Flood 

Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, 

Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) 

boundary or zone designation, or 

regulatory floodway on the Flood 

Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and 

where applicable, in the supporting 

Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for 

the communities listed in the table 

below. The purpose of this notice is to 

seek general information and comment 

regarding the preliminary FIRM, and 

where applicable, the FIS report that the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) has provided to the affected 

communities. The FIRM and FIS report 

are the basis of the floodplain 

management measures that the 

community is required either to adopt 

or to show evidence of having in effect 


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