Document ID: FEMA-2015-0020-0003
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Recovery Policy: Stafford Act Section 705, Disaster Grant Closeout Procedures
Posted Date: 2015-09-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58751-58752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24872]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2015-0020]

Recovery Policy: Stafford Act Section 705, Disaster Grant 
Closeout Procedures

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting 
comments on Recovery Policy Stafford Act Section 705, Disaster Grant 
Closeout Procedures.

DATES: Comments must be received by November 2, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2015-0020 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: Howard Stronach, Public Assistance 
Division, FEMA, 202-646-3834.

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 & Security 
Notice'' link in the footer of www.regulations.gov.
    You may submit your comments and material by the methods specified 
in the ADDRESSES section above. Please submit your comments and any 
supporting material by only one means to avoid the receipt and review 
of duplicate submissions.
    Docket: The proposed policy is available in docket ID FEMA-2015-
0020. 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

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FEMA, Office of Chief Counsel, 8NE, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20472.

II. Background

    FEMA is requesting comment on a proposed policy describing FEMA's 
procedures for implementing section 705 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Specifically, it sets 
forth guidelines FEMA proposes to follow to determine whether section 
705(c) applies to bar FEMA from deobligating grant funding. The 
proposed policy does not have the force or effect of law.
    FEMA seeks comment on the proposed policy, which is available 
online at http://www.regulations.gov in docket ID FEMA-2015-0020. Based 
on the comments received, FEMA may make appropriate revisions to the 
proposed policy. Although FEMA will consider any comments received in 
the drafting of the final policy, FEMA will not provide a response to 
comments document. When or if FEMA issues a final policy, FEMA will 
publish a notice of availability in the Federal Register and make the 
final policy available at http://www.regulations.gov. The final policy 
will not have the force or effect of law.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5205.

    Dated: September 25, 2015.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-24872 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
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