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States Treasury will use the information 

to ensure proper expenditure of Federal 

funds. Once a claim is received, a copy 

of FEMA determination and the claim is 

forwarded to the Treasury Department. 

The Treasury Department will pay for 

fire services or its parent jurisdiction for 

any moneys in the treasurer subject to 

reimbursement, to the Federal 

department or agency under whose 

jurisdiction the fire occurred. 

Affected Public: Federal Government, 

and State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 

ANNUAL HOUR BURDEN

Data collection activity/instrument 

No. of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

responses 

Hour burden 

per response 

Annual 

responses 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(A) (B) (C) (D) = (A × B) (C × D) 

Claims Information ............................................................... 4 4 1.5 16 24 

Total .............................................................................. 4 4 1.5 16 24 

Estimated Cost: The annualized cost 

burden for Fire Chiefs to complete and 

process a claim is estimated to be 

$15,360 annually. The estimated annual 

cost to the Federal Government is 

$654.00. 

Comments: Written 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. Comments must be 

submitted on or before November 17, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should 

submit written comments to Office of 

Management, Records Management 

Division, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, Mail Drop Room 

301. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Tim Ganley, Fire Program 

Specialist, U.S. Fire Administration, 

(301) 447–1358 for additional 

information. You may contact the 

Records Management Branch for copies 

of the proposed collection of 

information at facsimile number (202) 

646–3347 or e-mail address: FEMAInformation-Collections@dhs.gov. 

Dated: September 11, 2008. 

John A. Sharetts-Sullivan, 

Director, Records Management Division, 

Office of Management, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E8–21769 Filed 9–16–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and 

request for comments; Reinstatement, 

with change, of a previously approved 

collection for which approval has 

expired, 1660–0054; FEMA Form 080–2, 

FEMA Form 080–3, FEMA Form 080–4, 

FEMA Form 080–5, FEMA Form 080–6, 

FEMA Form 080–7, FEMA Form 080–8, 

FEMA Form 080–10, and FEMA Form 

080–12. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

submitting a request for review and 

approval of a collection of information 

under the emergency processing 

procedures in Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) regulation 5 CFR 

1320.13. FEMA is requesting that this 

information collection be approved by 

12/01/2008. The approval will authorize 

FEMA to use the collection through 6/ 

01/2009. FEMA plans to follow this 

emergency request with a request for a 

3-year approval. The request will be 

processed under OMB’s normal 

clearance procedures. To help us with 

the timely processing of the emergency 

and normal clearance submissions to 

OMB, FEMA invites the general public 

to comment on the proposed collection 

of information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

authority for Assistance to Firefighters 

Grant Program (AFG) and Fire 

Prevention and Safety (FPS) is derived 

from the Federal Fire Protection and 

Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 et 

seq.), as amended. The authority for 

Staffing for Adequate Fire and 

Emergency Response (SAFER) is 

derived from 15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq. This 

submission is necessary in order for 

DHS to effectively implement a 

competitive grant program and meet the 

fiscal deadlines. 

Collection of Information: 

Title: Assistance to Firefighters Grant 

Applications. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Reinstatement, with change, of a 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

OMB Number: 1660–0054. 

Abstract: Information sought under 

this submission will comprise the grant 

applications for AFG, FPS and SAFER. 

The information is necessary to assess 

the needs of the applicants as well as 

the benefits to be obtained from the use 

of funds. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit, State, 

Local and Tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents: 64,050. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 3.03 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 193,995 hours. 

Estimated Cost: The estimated annual 

cost to the Federal Government is 

$6,127,441. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Comments: Written comments are 

solicited to (a) evaluate whether the 

reinstated 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 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) enhance the 


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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 technology, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. Submit comments to OMB 

within 30 days of the date of this notice. 

To ensure that FEMA is fully aware of 

any comments or concerns that you 

share with OMB, please provide us with 

a copy of your comments. FEMA will 

continue to accept comments from 

interested persons through November 

17, 2008. Submit comments to the 

FEMA address listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT caption. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments on the 

proposed information collection to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Reinstatement, with change, of 

a previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired— 

Assistance to Firefighters Grant 

Applications, facsimile number (202) 

395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Records 

Management Division, Office of 

Management, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, Mail Drop Room 

301, facsimile number (202) 646–3347, 

or at e-mail address FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov. 

Dated: September 11, 2008. 

John A. Sharetts-Sullivan, 

Director, Records Management Division, 

Office of Management, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E8–21770 Filed 9–16–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3292–EM] 

Alabama; 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 Alabama 

(FEMA–3292–EM), dated August 30, 

2008, and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 30, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

August 30, 2008, the President declared 

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 Alabama resulting 

from Hurricane Gustav beginning on August 

29, 2008, 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. 5121–5206 (the 

Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such 

an emergency exists in the State of Alabama. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, 

to save lives, protect property and public 

health and safety, or 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), including direct 

Federal assistance, under the Public 

Assistance program. This assistance excludes 

regular time costs for subgrantees’ regular 

employees. In addition, you are authorized to 

provide such other forms of assistance under 

Title V of the Stafford Act as you may deem 

appropriate. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance be 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 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, W. Michael Moore, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the State of 

Alabama have been designated as 

adversely affected by this declared 

emergency: 

All 67 counties in the State of Alabama for 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

including 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.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–21670 Filed 9–16–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3293–EM] 

Florida; 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 Florida 

(FEMA–3293–EM), dated September 7, 

2008, and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 7, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

September 7, 2008, the President 

declared an emergency 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 Florida resulting 

from Hurricane Ike beginning on September 

5, 2008, 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. 5121–5206 (the 


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