43032 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 13, 2017 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 2017–19415 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4334– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Iowa; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA– 

4334–DR), dated August 27, 2017, and 

related determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued 

August 27, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

August 27, 2017, the President issued a 

major disaster declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 

(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Iowa resulting 

from severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line 

winds, and flooding during the period of July 

19–23, 2017, is of sufficient severity and 

magnitude to warrant a major disaster 

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 a major 

disaster exists in the State of Iowa. 

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 disaster 

assistance and administrative expenses. 

You are authorized to provide Public 

Assistance in the designated areas and 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. 

Consistent with the requirement that Federal 

assistance be supplemental, any Federal 

funds provided under the Stafford Act for 

Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 

percent of the total eligible costs. Federal 

funds provided under the Stafford Act for 

Public Assistance also will be limited to 75 

percent of the total eligible costs, with the 

exception of projects that meet the eligibility 

criteria for a higher Federal cost-sharing 

percentage under the Public Assistance 

Alternative Procedures Pilot Program for 

Debris Removal implemented pursuant to 

section 428 of the Stafford Act. 

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, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Michael L. Parker, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

major disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Iowa have been designated as adversely 

affected by this major disaster: 

Allamakee, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, 

Clayton, Fayette, and Mitchell Counties for 

Public Assistance. 

All areas within the State of Iowa are 

eligible for assistance under the Hazard 

Mitigation Grant 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. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2017–0026; OMB No. 

1660–NW103] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

Programs Customer Satisfaction 

Surveys 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of new information 

collection; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) will 

submit the information collection 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 

will describe the nature of the 

information collection, the categories of 

respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., 

the time, effort and resources used by 

respondents to respond) and cost, and 

the actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and sent via 

electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@

omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Records 

Management Division, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472–3100, email 

address FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov, or, Maggie 

Billing, Program Analyst, FEMA at (940) 

891–8709. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 30, 2017 at 82 FR 

29911 with a 60 day public comment 

period. No comments were received. 

The purpose of this notice is to notify 

the public that FEMA will submit the 

information collection abstracted below 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

for review and clearance. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Federal Emergency Management 

Agency Programs Customer Satisfaction 

Surveys. 

Type of information collection: New 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–NW103. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form 519–0–45, Preparedness Survey— 

Electronic; FEMA Form 519–0–44, 

Preparedness Survey—Phone; FEMA 

Form 519–0–47, Transitional Sheltering 

Assistance (TSA) Survey—Electronic; 

FEMA Form 519–0–46, Transitional 

Sheltering Assistance (TSA) Survey— 

Phone; FEMA Form 519–0–49, 

Temporary Housing Units (THU) 

Survey—Electronic; FEMA Form 519– 

0–48, Temporary Housing Units (THU) 

Survey—Phone; FEMA Form 519–0–51, 

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(STEP) Survey—Electronic; FEMA Form 

519–0–50, Shelter and Temporary 

Essential Power (STEP) Survey—Phone. 

Abstract: Federal agencies are 

required to survey their customers to 

determine the kind and quality of 

services customers want and their level 

of satisfaction with those services. 

Analysis from the survey is used to 

measure FEMA’s survivor-centric 

mission of being accessible, simple, 

timely and effective in meeting the 

needs of survivors. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,896. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

8,896. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,548. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: The estimated annual burden hour 

cost to respondents is $193,292. The 

estimated annual non-labor cost to 

respondents participating and traveling 

to focus groups is $30,816. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: There are no 

annual costs to respondents’ operations 

and maintenance costs for technical 

services. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: There are no annual 

start-up or capital costs. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: The cost to the 

Federal Government is $716,338. 

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. 

Dated: September 8, 2017. 

William H. Holzerland, 

Senior Director for Information Management, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4332– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Texas; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of 

a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Texas (FEMA–4332–DR), dated 

August 25, 2017, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: This amendment was issued 

September 1, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Texas is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the event declared a major 

disaster by the President in his 

declaration of August 25, 2017. 

Polk, Tyler, and Walker Counties for 

Individual Assistance and assistance for 

debris removal and emergency protective 

measures [Categories A and 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. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4330– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Vermont; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Vermont 

(FEMA–4330–DR), dated August 16, 

2017, and related determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued 

August 16, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

August 16, 2017, the President issued a 

major disaster declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 

(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Vermont resulting 

from severe storms and flooding during the 

period of June 29 to July 1, 2017, is of 

sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant 

a major disaster 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 

a major disaster exists in the State of 

Vermont. 

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 disaster 

assistance and administrative expenses. 

You are authorized to provide Public 

Assistance in the designated areas and 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. 

Consistent with the requirement that Federal 

assistance be supplemental, any Federal 

funds provided under the Stafford Act for 

Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 

percent of the total eligible costs. Federal 

funds provided under the Stafford Act for 

Public Assistance also will be limited to 75 


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