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Signed: June 4, 2009. 

Philip Reitinger, 

Deputy Under Secretary, National Protection 

and Programs Directorate Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–13618 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–0446] 

Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 

Committee; Vacancies 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of committee 

establishment and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Homeland 

Security is establishing the Merchant 

Mariner Medical Advisory Committee 

(MMMAC) under authority of 6 U.S.C. 

451 and shall operate under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.). 

Individuals interested in serving on this 

committee are invited to apply for 

membership. 

DATES: Completed application forms for 

membership should reach the Coast 

Guard on or before August 3, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of 

the charter for the Merchant Mariner 

Medical Advisory Committee or a form 

to apply for membership by writing to 

Captain Eric Christensen, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) of the Merchant 

Mariner Medical Advisory Committee, 

2100 SW 2nd St., Washington, DC 

20593. Completed applications should 

be sent to the DFO at this same address. 

A copy of this notice, the Committee 

charter, and the application form are 

available in our online docket, USCG– 

2009–0446, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant J. Court Smith, Assistant 

DFO of the Merchant Mariner Medical 

Advisory Committee; telephone 1–202– 

372–1128 or james.c.smith1@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Establishment of the Merchant Mariner 

Medical Advisory Committee. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463), 

governs the establishment of committees 

by Federal agencies. This committee 

will be established as a discretionary 

advisory committee that will operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.) and pursuant to 

the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 451. The 

Committee will advise, consult with, 

report to, and make recommendations to 

the Secretary on matters relating to the 

medical evaluation process and 

evaluation criteria for medical 

certification of merchant mariners. This 

may include but is not limited to: 

• Commenting on Physical 

Qualification Requirements; 

• Developing, communicating, and 

considering expert based and scientific 

recommendations; 

• Examining such other matters, 

related to those above, that the Secretary 

may charge the Committee with 

addressing; 

• Conducting studies, inquiries, 

workshops, and seminars in 

consultation with individuals and 

groups in the private sector and/or state 

and local government jurisdictions; 

• Reviewing work from other 

agencies’ medical advisory boards to 

recommend uniform guidelines for 

medical/functional fitness for operators 

of commercial vessels. 

The Committee will meet at least once 

a year. It may also meet for additional 

purposes. Subcommittees and working 

groups may also meet to consider 

specific problems. 

Request for Applications 

The Committee will be composed of 

fourteen members. Ten Committee 

members shall be health-care 

professionals with particular expertise, 

knowledge, or experience regarding the 

medical examinations of merchant 

mariners or occupational medicine. 

Four Committee members shall be 

professional mariners with knowledge 

and experience in mariners’ 

occupational requirements. 

Initial appointments to the MMMAC 

shall be for terms of office of one, two, 

or three years. Thereafter, members 

shall serve terms of three years. 

Approximately one-third of members’ 

terms of office shall expire each year. A 

member appointed to fill an unexpired 

term shall serve the remainder of that 

term. All members may serve more than 

one term. In the event the MMMAC 

terminates, all appointments to the 

committee shall terminate. 

In support of the policy of the Coast 

Guard on gender and ethnic diversity, 

we encourage qualified women and 

members of minority groups to apply. 

All members shall serve as Special 

Government Employees (SGE), as 

defined in section 202(a) of title 18, 

United States Code. As a candidate for 

appointment as an SGE, applicants are 

required to complete a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 

450). A completed OGE Form 450 is not 

releasable to the public except under an 

order issued by a Federal court or as 

otherwise provided under the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). Only the Designated 

Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) or the 

DAEO’s designate may release a 

Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Report. 

If you are interested in applying to 

become a member of the Committee, 

send a completed application to Captain 

Eric Christensen, DFO of the MMMAC. 

Send the application in time for it to be 

received by the DFO on or before 

August 3, 2009. 

A copy of the application form is 

available in the docket for this notice. 

To visit our online docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, enter the 

docket number for this notice USCG– 

2009–0446 in the Search box, and click 

‘‘Go >>.’’ Applicants may also request 

an application form via fax at 1–202– 

372–1918. 

Dated: June 3, 2009. 

J. A. Watson, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director, 

Prevention Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–13634 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2008–0022] 

Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation 

of Radiological Emergency Response 

Plans and Preparedness in Support of 

Nuclear Power Plants; NUREG–0654/ 

FEMA–REP–1/Rev. 1 Supplement 4 and 

FEMA Radiological Emergency 

Preparedness Program Manual 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

extending the comment period for two 

documents: The proposed Supplement 4 

(Supplement 4) to ‘‘Criteria for 

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Radiological Emergency Response Plans 

and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ NUREG–0654/FEMA– 

REP–1/Rev. 1 (NUREG–0654), and the 

proposed Radiological Emergency 

Preparedness Program Manual (the 

REPP Manual). The original comment 

period was scheduled to conclude on 

August 3, 2009. FEMA is extending the 

period until October 19, 2009. 

DATES: This notice is effective June 3, 

2009. Comments must be received by 

October 19, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed Supplement 4 

and the proposed REPP Manual are 

available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may also 

view hard copies of these documents at 

the Office of Chief Counsel, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Room 

835, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20472. You may submit comments on 

the proposed Supplement 4 and the 

proposed REPP Manual, identified by 

Docket ID FEMA–2008–0022, by one of 

the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: FEMA–POLICY@dhs.gov. 

Include ‘‘Docket ID FEMA–2008–0022’’ 

in the subject line of the message. 

Fax: 703–483–2999. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Regulation & Policy Team, Office of 

Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Room 835, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket ID. Also, because FEMA is 

collecting comments on two documents 

in this docket, please also identify the 

document to which your comment 

applies. Regardless of the method used 

for submitting comments or material, all 

submissions 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 Act notice that is available on 

the Privacy and Use Notice link on the 

Administration Navigation Bar of 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and search for 

Docket ID ‘‘FEMA–2008–0022.’’ 

Submitted comments may also be 

inspected at FEMA, Office of Chief 

Counsel, Room 835, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Fiore, Deputy Chief, Radiological 

Emergency Preparedness Branch, 

Technological Hazards Division, 

National Preparedness Directorate, 

craig.fiore@dhs.gov, (703) 605–4218. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) is extending the comment 

period for two documents: the proposed 

Supplement 4 (Supplement 4) to 

‘‘Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation 

of Radiological Emergency Response 

Plans and Preparedness in Support of 

Nuclear Power Plants,’’ NUREG–0654/ 

FEMA–REP–1/Rev. 1 (NUREG–0654), 

and the proposed Radiological 

Emergency Preparedness Program 

Manual (the REPP Manual). 

NUREG–0654 is a joint document 

issued by the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) and FEMA that 

contains the Evaluation Criteria against 

which FEMA and the NRC measure the 

emergency preparedness plans of 

Nuclear Power Plant owners and 

operators and the State, local, and Tribal 

jurisdictions in which they sit. The 

REPP Manual provides additional 

implementation guidance for State, 

local, and Tribal jurisdictions. 

Supplement 4 revises and provides 

additional offsite requirements for 

emergency preparedness programs at 

the Nation’s nuclear power plants, as 

well as requirements for backup means 

for alert and notification, and 

coordination between licensees and 

offsite responders. The REPP Manual 

consolidates all of the FEMA 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness 

Program’s many operative guidance and 

policy documents into one location, and 

provides additional guidance on the 

proposed changes in Supplement 4. 

FEMA published a notice of 

availability for these two documents on 

May 18, 2009, at 74 FR 23198. The 

original comment period was scheduled 

to conclude on August 3, 2009. In 

response to public comments, FEMA 

and the NRC have jointly determined to 

extend the comment period until 

October 19, 2009. Since the May 18 

publication of the notice of availability, 

FEMA has received several comments 

requesting that the period be extended 

beyond the original 75 day period. 

These requests have suggested a range of 

more appropriate comment periods, 

lasting from 150 to 180 days. Various 

organizations cited the voluminous 

material put forth by the agencies for 

comment. Because the proposed 

regulatory amendments and guidance 

documents cover many significant legal, 

regulatory and policy matters that may 

require a time consuming review by 

licensees and their offsite counterparts, 

FEMA and the NRC have determined 

that it is in the interest of all parties to 

extend the comment period. 

Authorities: FEMA proposes to issue 

the new REPP Manual, and FEMA and 

the NRC propose to issue Supplement 4 

to NUREG–0654 under the authority of: 

Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978; 

Presidential Directive of Dec. 7, 1979; 

Executive Order 12148 ‘‘Federal 

Emergency Management’’; section 201 

of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, 42 

U.S.C. 5131, as amended by the Robert 

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act, as amended 

(Pub. L. 93–288); Homeland Security 

Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq., as 

amended by the Post Katrina Emergency 

Management Reform Act (Pub. L. 109– 

295); NRC Authorization Acts of 1980 

(Pub. L. 96–295) and 1982–1983 (Pub. L. 

97–415); Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.; Energy 

Reorganization Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 

5801 et seq.; Energy Policy Act of 2005, 

42 U.S.C. 15801 note; Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive 5: 

Management of Domestic Incidents; and 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive 8: National Preparedness; 10 

CFR part 50; 10 CFR part 50, Appendix 

E; 44 CFR part 350. 

Dated: June 4, 2009. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–13609 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5281–N–50] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; 

Emergency Comment Request; 2009 

American Housing Survey—New 

Orleans Metropolitan Sample 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

emergency review and approval, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 24, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 


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