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vessels and associated equipment and 

on other major safety matters. 

Agenda 

Day 1 

The agenda for the National Boating 

Safety Advisory Council meeting is as 

follows: 

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 

(1) Opening remarks. 

(2) Receipt and discussion of the 

following reports: 

(a) Chief, Office of Auxiliary and 

Boating Safety, Update on the U.S. Coast 

Guard’s implementation of National 

Boating Safety Advisory Council 

Resolutions and Recreational Boating 

Safety Program report. 

(b) Alternate Designated Federal 

Officer’s report concerning Council 

administrative and logistical matters. 

(3) Presentation on the U.S. Coast 

Guard Rulemaking Process 

(4) Subcommittee Session(s): 

Boats and Associated Equipment 

Subcommittee 

Issues to be discussed include 

alternatives to pyrotechnic visual 

distress signals; grant projects related to 

boats and associated equipment; and 

updates to 33 CFR 181 ‘‘Manufacturer 

Requirements’’ and 33 CFR 183 ‘‘Boats 

and Associated Equipment.’’ 

Prevention Through People 

Subcommittee 

Issues to be discussed include 

paddlesports participation, overview of 

State boating Safety programs, and 

licensing requirements for on-water 

boating safety instruction providers. 

(5) Public comment period. 

(6) Meeting Recess. 

Day 2 

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 

The day will be dedicated to 

Subcommittee sessions: 

(1) Recreational Boating Safety 

Strategic Planning Subcommittee. 

Issues to be discussed include 

progress on implementation of the 

2017–2021 Strategic Plan. 

(2) Regulatory Reform Review 

Subcommittee. 

Issues to be discussed include the 

subcommittee’s progress on reviewing 

recreational boating safety regulations 

found in 33 CFR Subchapter S. 

Day 3 

Thursday, October 12, 2017 

The full Council will resume meeting: 

(1) Receipt and Discussion of the 

Boats and Associated Equipment, 

Prevention through People, Recreational 

Boating Safety Strategic Planning, and 

Regulatory Reform Review 

Subcommittee reports. 

(2) Discussion of any 

recommendations to be made to the U.S. 

Coast Guard. 

(3) Public comment period. 

(4) Voting on any recommendations to 

be made to the U.S. Coast Guard. 

(5) Adjournment of meeting. 

There will be a comment period for 

the National Boating Safety Advisory 

Council members and a comment period 

for the public after each report 

presentation, but before each is voted on 

by the Council. The Council members 

will review the information presented 

on each issue, deliberate on any 

recommendations presented in the 

Subcommittees’ reports, and formulate 

recommendations for the Department’s 

consideration. 

The meeting agenda and all meeting 

documentation can be found at: http:// 

homeport.uscg.mil/NBSAC. 

Alternatively, you may contact Mr. Jeff 

Ludwig as noted in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above. 

Public comments or questions will be 

taken throughout the meeting as the 

Council discusses the issues and prior 

to deliberations and voting. There will 

also be a public comment period at the 

end of the meeting. Speakers are 

requested to limit their comments to 3 

minutes. Please note that the public 

comment period may end before the 

period allotted, following the call for 

comments. Contact the individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above to register as a 

speaker. 

Jennifer F. Williams, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Inspections and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2017–0013; OMB No. 

1660–0072] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Mitigation Grant 

Programs/e-Grants 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a reinstatement, without 

change, of a previously approved 

information collection for which 

approval has expired. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, this notice seeks comments 

concerning the collection of information 

necessary to implement grants for the 

Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) 

program and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation 

(PDM) program. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 18, 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 oira.submission@

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, email address 

FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Jennie 

Orenstein, Branch Chief, HMA 

Division—Grants Policy, (202) 212– 

4071. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FMA 

program is authorized by Section 1366 

of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4104c. The 

FMA program, under 44 CFR part 79, 

provides funding for measures taken to 

reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of 

flood damage to buildings, 

manufactured homes, and other 

structures insured under the National 

Flood Insurance Program. The BiggertWaters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 

2012 (Pub. L. 112–141) eliminated the 

Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) and 

Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) programs, 

and made significant changes to the 

FMA program by consolidating the 

former RFC and SRL programs into 

FMA. Cost-share requirements were 

changed to allow more Federal funds for 

properties with repetitive flood claims. 

The PDM program is authorized by 

Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5133, as 

amended by Section 102 of the Disaster 

Mitigation Act of 2000, Public Law 106– 

390, 114 Stat. 1553. It provides grants 


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for cost-effective mitigation actions 

prior to a disaster event to reduce 

overall risks to the population and 

structures, while also reducing reliance 

on funding from actual disaster 

declarations. 

In accordance with OMB Circular A– 

102, FEMA requires that all parties 

interested in receiving FEMA mitigation 

grants submit an application package for 

grant assistance. Applications and subapplications for the PDM and FMA 

programs are submitted via the e-Grants 

system. The e-Grants system was 

developed and updated to meet the 

intent of the e-Government initiative, 

authorized by Public Law 106–107. This 

initiative required that all government 

agencies both streamline grant 

application processes and provide for 

the means to electronically create, 

review, and submit a grant application 

via the Internet. Title 2 CFR 200.335, 

promulgated in 2013, encourages 

Federal awarding agencies and nonFederal entities to, whenever 

practicable, collect, transmit, and store 

Federal award-related information in 

open and machine readable formats 

rather than in closed formats or on 

paper. 

This proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 9, 2017 at 82 FR 21548 

with a 60-day public comment period. 

No public comments were received. 

This information collection expired on 

June 30, 2017. FEMA is requesting a 

reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. Although FEMA initially 

proposed to revise this information 

collection by adding a new Quarterly 

Progress Report form, a new form is not 

necessary. The e-Grants system already 

collects information on the status of 

funded FMA/PDM mitigation activities 

on a quarterly basis after award. The 

information that is collected is limited 

to project status, work completed, 

number of properties acquired or 

relocated, and addresses of properties 

acquired or relocated during a given 

quarter. Therefore, FEMA is requesting 

a reinstatement of the collection without 

change. 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: Mitigation Grant Programs/eGrants. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. 

OMB Number: 1660–0072. 

FEMA Forms: None. 

Abstract: FEMA’s Flood Mitigation 

Assistance and Pre-Disaster Mitigation 

programs utilize an automated grant 

application and management system 

called e-Grants. These grant programs 

provide funding for the purpose of 

reducing or eliminating the risks to life 

and property from hazards. The e-Grants 

system includes all of the application 

information needed to apply for funding 

under these grant programs. 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

56. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

4,312. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 18,788. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $927,939. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: None. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: None. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $6,598,456.16. 

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 11, 2017. 

Tammi Hines, 

Acting Records Management Program Chief, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19790 Filed 9–15–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2017–0024; OMB No. 

1660–0137] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Emergency Notification System (ENS) 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice and 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 18, 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, or email 

address FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov. Or, Melton 

Roland, ENS Program Manager, FEMA/ 

ORR, Melton.Roland@fema.dhs.gov, or 

telephone at 540–665–6152. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 20, 2017 at 82 FR 

28083 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. 


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