826 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 5 / Thursday, January 8, 2009 / Notices 

Emphasis Panel; Systems Level 

Understanding of DNA Damage Responses. 

Date: January 21, 2009. 

Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: NIEHS/National Institutes of Health, 

Building 4401, East Campus, 79 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27709, (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Sally Eckert-Tilotta, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Nat. 

Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 

Office of Program Operations, Scientific 

Review Branch, P.O. Box 12233, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27709, (919) 541–1446, 

eckertt1@niehs.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.115, Biometry and Risk 

Estimation—Health Risks from 

Environmental Exposures; 93.142, NIEHS 

Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety 

Training; 93.143, NIEHS Superfund 

Hazardous Substances—Basic Research and 

Education; 93.894, Resources and Manpower 

Development in the Environmental Health 

Sciences; 93.113, Biological Response to 

Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114, 

Applied Toxicological Research and Testing, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: December 30, 2008. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. E8–31470 Filed 1–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2008–0200] 

Homeland Security Advisory Council 

AGENCY: The Office of Policy, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice 

of Closed Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Homeland Security 

Advisory Council (HSAC) will meet on 

January 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public. This notice supplements the 

original meeting notice. 

DATE: The HSAC will meet on Monday, 

January 12, 2009 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 

p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

DHS Headquarters at the Nebraska 

Avenue Complex, Washington, DC, 

20528. Comments must be identified by 

DHS–2008–0200 and may be submitted 

by one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: hsac@dhs.gov. Include the 

docket number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 282–9207. 

• Mail: Homeland Security Advisory 

Council, Department of Homeland 

Security, Mailstop 0850, 245 Murray 

Lane, SW., Washington, DC 20528. 

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. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the HSAC, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Homeland Security Advisory Council, 

Washington, DC 20528, (202) 447–3135, 

HSAC@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

(Pub. L. 92–463). The HSAC provides 

independent advice to the Secretary of 

the Department of Homeland Security to 

aide in the creation and implementation 

of critical and actionable policies and 

capabilities across the spectrum of 

homeland security operations. The 

HSAC periodically reports, as requested, 

to the Secretary, on such matters. The 

HSAC serves as the Secretary’s primary 

advisory body with the goal of 

providing strategic, timely and 

actionable advice. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires Federal 

Register publication 15 days prior to a 

meeting. The original HSAC meeting 

announcement was published 13 days 

prior to the meeting due to personnel 

issues. All known interested parties 

were made aware of the meetings with 

sufficient time for planning purposes. 

For agenda and other pertinent 

information please reference Federal 

Register Notice published on December 

30, 2008 at 73 FR 79894. 

Dated: January 5, 2009. 

Michael Miron, 

Acting Executive Director, Homeland Security 

Advisory Council. 

[FR Doc. E9–110 Filed 1–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3299–EM] 

New York; 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 York 

(FEMA–3299–EM), dated December 18, 

2008, and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 18, 

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 

December 18, 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 certain areas of the State of 

New York resulting from a severe winter 

storm beginning on December 11, 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. 5121–5207 (the Stafford Act). 

Therefore, I declare that such an emergency 

exists in the State of New York. 

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. 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. 


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