Document ID: FEMA-2014-0005-0043
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Individual Assistance Declarations Factors Guidance
Posted Date: 2016-09-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 184 (Thursday, September 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 65369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22796]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0005]

Individual Assistance Declarations Factors Guidance

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting 
comments on the Individual Assistance Declarations Factors Guidance.

DATES: Comments must be received by October 24, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2014-0005 and 
may be submitted by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. Please note that this proposed 
policy is not a rulemaking and the Federal Rulemaking Portal is being 
utilized only as a mechanism for receiving comments.
    Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, 8NE, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20472-3100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Millican, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (phone) 202-
212-3221 or (email) FEMA-IA-Regulations@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation

    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket ID. 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, which can be viewed by clicking on the ``Privacy Notice'' link 
in the footer of www.regulations.gov.
    You may submit your comments and material by the methods specified 
in the ADDRESSES section. Please submit your comments and any 
supporting material by only one means to avoid the receipt and review 
of duplicate submissions.
    Docket: The proposed guidance is available in docket ID FEMA-2014-
0005. 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 the docket ID. Submitted comments 
may also be inspected at FEMA, Office of Chief Counsel, 8NE, 500 C 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20472.

II. Background

    Section 1109 of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 \1\ 
requires FEMA, in cooperation with State, local, and Tribal emergency 
management agencies, to review, update, and revise through rulemaking 
the factors found at 44 CFR 206.48(b) that FEMA uses to determine 
whether to recommend provision of Indiviual Assistance during a major 
disaster. On November 12, 2015, FEMA published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking as part of its effort to meet the requirements in section 
1109 of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013. 80 FR 70116. FEMA 
is now seeking comment on its proposed Individual Assistance 
Declarations Factors Guidance, which is intended to provide additional 
information to the public regarding the manner in which FEMA is 
proposing to evaluate a request for a major disaster declaration 
authorizing Individual Assistance.
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    \1\ Public Law 113-2, Sec.  1109.
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    The proposed guidance does not have the force or effect of law.
    FEMA seeks comment on the proposed guidance, which is available 
online at http://www.regulations.gov in docket ID FEMA-2014-0005, and 
whether there is any additional information that FEMA could include in 
the guidance to provide further clarity. Based on the comments 
received, FEMA may make appropriate revisions to the proposed guidance, 
and as appropriate, revisions to the final rule. When FEMA issues a 
final guidance, FEMA will publish a notice of availability for the 
final guidance in the Federal Register and make the final guidance 
available at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Authority:  Pub. L. 113-2.

    Dated: September 14, 2016.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2016-22796 Filed 9-21-16; 8:45 am]
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