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that such a major disaster exists in the State 

of Idaho. 

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, Timothy B. Manner, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

major disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Idaho have been designated as adversely 

affected by this major disaster: 

Blaine, Camas, Custer, Elmore, and 

Gooding Counties for Public Assistance. 

All areas within the State of Idaho 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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BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4325– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Nebraska; Amendment No. 1 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 Nebraska (FEMA–4325–DR), 

dated August 1, 2017, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: This amendment was issued 

August 21, 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 Nebraska is hereby amended to 

include the following area among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the event declared a major 

disaster by the President in his 

declaration of August 1, 2017. 

Platte County for Public Assistance. 

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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BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Determination Pursuant to Section 102 

of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 

Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 

as Amended 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Homeland 

Security has determined, pursuant to 

law, that it is necessary to waive certain 

laws, regulations and other legal 

requirements in order to ensure the 

expeditious construction of barriers and 

roads in the vicinity of the international 

land border of the United States near the 

city of Calexico in the state of 

California. 

DATES: This determination takes effect 

on September 12, 2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

principal mission requirements of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(‘‘DHS’’) include border security and the 

detection and prevention of illegal entry 

into the United States. Border security 

is critical to the nation’s national 

security. Recognizing the critical 

importance of border security, Congress 

has ordered DHS to achieve and 

maintain operational control of the 

international land border. Secure Fence 

Act of 2006, Public Law 109–367, 2, 120 

Stat. 2638 (Oct. 26, 2006) (8 U.S.C. 1701 

note). Congress defined ‘‘operational 

control’’ as the prevention of all 

unlawful entries into the United States, 

including entries by terrorists, other 

unlawful aliens, instruments of 

terrorism, narcotics, and other 

contraband. Secure Fence Act of 2006, 

Public Law 109–367, 2, 120 Stat. 2638 

(Oct. 26, 2006) (8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

Consistent with that mandate from 

Congress, the President’s Executive 

Order on Border Security and 

Immigration Enforcement Improvements 

directed executive departments and 

agencies to deploy all lawful means to 

secure the southern border. Executive 

Order 13767, § 1. To achieve this end, 

the President directed, among other 

things, that I take immediate steps to 

prevent all unlawful entries into the 

United States, to include the immediate 

construction of physical infrastructure 

to prevent illegal entry. Executive Order 

13767, § 4(a). 

Congress has provided the Secretary 

of Homeland Security with a number of 

authorities necessary to carry out DHS’s 

border security mission. One of these 

authorities is found at section 102 of the 


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Illegal Immigration Reform and 

Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 

(‘‘IIRIRA’’). Public Law 104–208, Div. C, 

110 Stat. 3009–546, 3009–554 (Sept. 30, 

1996) (8 U.S.C 1103 note), as amended 

by the REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 

109–13, Div. B, 119 Stat. 231, 302, 306 

(May 11, 2005) (8 U.S.C. 1103 note), as 

amended by the Secure Fence Act of 

2006, Public Law 109–367, 3, 120 Stat. 

2638 (Oct. 26, 2006) (8 U.S.C. 1103 

note), as amended by the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 

2008, Public Law 110–161, Div. E, Title 

V, § 564, 121 Stat. 2090 (Dec. 26, 2007). 

In section 102(a) of IIRIRA, Congress 

provided that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security shall take such 

actions as may be necessary to install 

additional physical barriers and roads 

(including the removal of obstacles to 

detection of illegal entrants) in the 

vicinity of the United States border to 

deter illegal crossings in areas of high 

illegal entry into the United States. In 

section 102(b) of IIRIRA, Congress has 

called for the installation of additional 

fencing, barriers, roads, lighting, 

cameras, and sensors on the southwest 

border. Finally, in section 102(c) of 

IIRIRA, Congress granted to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security the 

authority to waive all legal requirements 

that I, in my sole discretion, determine 

necessary to ensure the expeditious 

construction of barriers and roads 

authorized by section 102 of IIRIRA. 

Determination and Waiver 

Section 1 

The United States Border Patrol’s El 

Centro Sector is an area of high illegal 

entry. In fiscal year 2016 alone, the 

United States Border Patrol (‘‘Border 

Patrol’’) apprehended over 19,000 illegal 

aliens and seized approximately 2,900 

pounds of marijuana and approximately 

126 pounds of cocaine. Since the 

creation of DHS, and through the 

construction of border infrastructure 

and other operational improvements, 

the Border Patrol has been able to make 

significant gains in border security 

within the El Centro Sector; however, 

more work needs to be done. The El 

Centro Sector remains an area of high 

illegal entry for which there is an 

immediate need to construct border 

barriers and roads. 

To begin to meet the need for 

enhanced border infrastructure in the El 

Centro Sector, DHS will take immediate 

action to replace existing primary 

fencing. Fence replacement in the El 

Centro Sector is among DHS’s highest 

priority border security requirements. 

The fence replacement will take place 

along an approximately three mile 

segment of the border that starts at the 

Calexico West Land Port of Entry and 

extends westward. This approximately 

three mile segment of the border is 

referred to herein as the ‘‘Project Area’’ 

and is more specifically described in 

Section 2 below. 

The replacement of primary fencing 

within the Project Area will further 

Border Patrol’s ability to deter and 

prevent illegal crossings. The existing 

primary fencing was installed in the 

1990s, using a design that is no longer 

optimal for Border Patrol operations. 

The existing fourteen foot, landing matstyle fencing will be replaced with an 

eighteen to twenty-five foot barrier that 

employs a more operationally effective 

design that is intended to meet Border 

Patrol’s operational requirements. In 

addition, DHS will, where necessary, 

make improvements to an existing 

patrol road within the Project Area to 

ensure that it meets Border Patrol’s 

operational standards. Replacing the 

existing primary fence with a new, more 

operationally effective design and 

improving the existing patrol road will 

improve Border Patrol’s operational 

efficiency and, in turn, further deter and 

prevent illegal crossings. 

Section 2 

I determine that the following area in 

the vicinity of the United States border, 

located in the State of California within 

the United States Border Patrol’s El 

Centro Sector is an area of high illegal 

entry (the ‘‘Project Area’’): Starting at 

the Calexico West Land Port of Entry 

and extending approximately three 

miles westward. 

There is presently a need to construct 

physical barriers and roads in the 

vicinity of the border of the United 

States to deter illegal crossings in the 

Project Area. In order to ensure the 

expeditious construction of the barriers 

and roads in the Project Area, I have 

determined that it is necessary that I 

exercise the authority that is vested in 

me by section 102(c) of the IIRIRA as 

amended. 

Accordingly, pursuant to section 

102(c) of IIRIRA, I hereby waive in their 

entirety, with respect to the 

construction of roads and physical 

barriers (including, but not limited to, 

accessing the Project Area, creating and 

using staging areas, the conduct of 

earthwork, excavation, fill, and site 

preparation, and installation and 

upkeep of physical barriers, roads, 

supporting elements, drainage, erosion 

controls, and safety features) in the 

Project Area, the following statutes, 

including all federal, state, or other 

laws, regulations and legal requirements 

of, deriving from, or related to the 

subject of, the following statutes, as 

amended: The National Environmental 

Policy Act (Pub. L. 91–190, 83 Stat. 852 

(Jan. 1, 1970) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)), 

the Endangered Species Act (Pub. L. 93– 

205, 87 Stat. 884 (Dec. 28, 1973) (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)), the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act (commonly 

referred to as the Clean Water Act (33 

U.S.C. 1251 et seq.)), the National 

Historic Preservation Act (Pub. L. 89– 

665, 80 Stat. 915 (Oct. 15, 1966), as 

amended, repealed, or replaced by 

Public Law 113–287 (Dec. 19, 2014) 

(formerly codified at 16 U.S.C. 470 et 

seq., now codified at 54 U.S.C. 100101 

note and 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.)), the 

Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 

703 et seq.), the Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.), 

the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 

seq.), the Archeological Resources 

Protection Act (Pub. L. 96–95 (16 U.S.C. 

470aa et seq.)), the Paleontological 

Resources Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

470aaa et seq.), the Federal Cave 

Resources Protection Act of 1988 (16 

U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), the Safe Drinking 

Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.), the 

Noise Control Act (42 U.S.C. 4901 et 

seq.), the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

amended by the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 

seq.), the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the 

Archaeological and Historic 

Preservation Act (Pub. L. 86–523, as 

amended, repealed, or replaced by 

Public Law 113–287 (Dec. 19, 2014) 

(formerly codified at 16 U.S.C. 469 et 

seq., now codified at 54 U.S.C. 312502 

et seq.)), the Antiquities Act (formerly 

codified at 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq., now 

codified 54 U.S.C. 320301 et seq.), the 

Historic Sites, Buildings, and 

Antiquities Act (formerly codified at 16 

U.S.C. 461 et seq., now codified at 54 

U.S.C. 3201–320303 & 320101–320106), 

the Farmland Protection Policy Act (7 

U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act (Pub. L. 

94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)), section 

10 of the Reclamation Project Act of 

1939 (53 Stat. 1196, as amended by 64 

Stat. 463 (43 U.S.C. 387)), National Fish 

and Wildlife Act of 1956 (Pub. L. 84– 

1024 (16 U.S.C. 742a, et seq.)), the Fish 

and Wildlife Coordination Act (Pub. L. 

73–121 (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.)), the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

551 et seq.), the Rivers and Harbors Act 

of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403), the Eagle 

Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668 et seq.), 

the Native American Graves Protection 

and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et 

seq.), the American Indian Religious 

Freedom Act (42 U.S.C. 1996), and the 


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Religious Freedom Restoration Act (42 

U.S.C. 2000bb). 

I reserve the authority to make further 

waivers from time to time as I may 

determine to be necessary under section 

102 of the IIRIRA, as amended. 

Dated: September 5, 2017. 

Elaine Duke, 

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6001–N–31] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: FHA-Insured Mortgage 

Loan Servicing of Delinquent, Default 

and Foreclosure With Service 

Members Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 

13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ivery W. Himes, Director, Office of 

Single Family Asset Management, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–1672. This is not a toll-free number. 

Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: FHAInsured Mortgage Loan Servicing of 

Delinquent, Default and Foreclosure 

with Service Members Act. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0584. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Form Numbers: 

HUD–2008–5–FHA Save Your Home 

Tips to Avoid Foreclosure Brochure 

HUD 9539 Request for Occupied 

Conveyance 

HUD 92070 Servicemembers Civil Relief 

Act Notice Disclosure 

HUD 92068–A Monthly Delinquent 

Loan Report 

HUD–50012 Mortgagee’s Request for 

Extensions of Time 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: This 

information collection covers the 

mortgage loan servicing of FHA-insured 

loans that are delinquent, in default or 

in foreclosure. The data and information 

provided is essential for managing 

HUD’s programs and the FHA’s Mutual 

Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI). 

Respondents (i.e. affected public): 

Business or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

357 (FHA); 250 (VA); 7000 

(Conventional Prime); 199 

(Conventional Sub-Prime). 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

138,356,378. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Average Hours per Response: 10 

minutes to 15 minutes. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 10,912,815. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (3) Ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond; including through the 

use of appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

Dated: September 1, 2017. 

Dana T. Wade, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19326 Filed 9–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6001–N–32] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Application for Fee or 

Roster Personnel (Appraisers and 

Inspectors) Designation and Appraisal 

Reports 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 

13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Walker, Director, Home 


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