80 FR 13591 - Notice of Public Meetings on the Proposed Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, As Revised Through the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-05832 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 13591-13592] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-05832] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket ID FEMA-2015-0006] Notice of Public Meetings on the Proposed Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, As Revised Through the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice is to announce two public meetings to solicit public input on the proposed ``Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management.'' DATES: The first public meeting will be held in Fairfax, VA on March 24, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The second public meeting will be held by webinar on March 25, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). ADDRESSES: The first public meeting will be held in Fairfax, VA, at George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Jackson Center Building #30, Fairfax, VA 22030. The second public meeting will be by webinar. For information on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by March 20. Due to space constraints of the facility, seating will be limited to 300 participants for the Fairfax, VA meeting. To reserve a seat in advance for this meeting, or the webinar, please provide a request via email or mail with the contact information of the participant (including name, mailing address, and email address), the meeting(s) to be attended, and include the subject/attention line (or on the envelope if by mail): Reservation Request for FFRMS Meeting. Advance reservations must be received 3 business days prior to each meeting to ensure processing. Unregistered participants will be accepted after all participants with reservations have been accommodated and will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis, provided the person capacity is not exceeded. To submit reservations, please email: FEMA-FFRMS@fema.dhs.gov or send by mail to the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT caption. To facilitate public participation, members of the public are invited to [[Page 13592]] provide written comments on the issues to be considered at the public meetings. Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-3100. Instructions: All submissions received must include the docket ID FEMA-2015-0006. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and search for the Docket ID FEMA-2015- 0006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley Garner, 202-646-3901 or FEMA-FFRMS@fema.dhs.gov. Mailing Address: FFRMS, 1800 South Bell Street, Room 627, Arlington, VA 20598-3030. The Web site is https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 30, 2015, the President signed Executive Order 13690, directing FEMA, on behalf of the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, to publish for public comment draft revised Floodplain Management Guidelines to provide guidance to agencies on the implementation of Executive Order 11988, as amended, consistent with a new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. These draft revised Guidelines were developed by the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group in consultation with the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force. FEMA is publishing this Notice on behalf of the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, which is chaired by FEMA, to solicit and consider public input on the draft revised Guidelines at two public meetings. Background information about these topics is available on the FFRMS Web site at https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms or in the docket for this Notice at www.regulations.gov, Docket ID FEMA-2015-0006. These meetings are exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group is an intergovernmental committee and falls under the intergovernmental committee exception to FACA, 41 CFR 102-3.40(g). Authority: Executive Order 11988, as amended; Executive Order 13690. Dated: March 6, 2015. Roy Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2015-05832 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111-47-P
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procurement. HP cites HQ 560677, dated Scenario 3: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
February 3, 1998, to support the argument In Scenario 3, all of the hardware SECURITY
that the assembly operations coupled with components are assembled in Country A and
the BIOS download transform discrete and imported into Country F. The operations that Federal Emergency Management
inoperable components into a finished occur in Country F are BIOS download, OS Agency
product with a different name, character and download, testing, quality control and
use. In HQ 560677, CBP considered two [Docket ID FEMA–2015–0006]
packaging. The issue is whether the
different notebook computers manufactured downloading of the BIOS and OS
in the U.S. with parts and components from Notice of Public Meetings on the
substantially transforms the notebook
various countries. In the first scenario, the Proposed Revised Guidelines for
computer. As indicated above, the
imported chassis included the LCD and the programming of a device that defines its use
Implementing Executive Order 11988,
CPU from various countries, but the BIOS generally constitutes a substantial Floodplain Management, As Revised
and memory modules were not included. transformation. Software downloading by Through the Federal Flood Risk
Other imported components were the hard itself, however, does not amount to Management Standard
disk drive (Thailand), BIOS chip (U.S.), programming, which involves writing, testing
floppy disk drive (China), AC adapter AGENCY: Federal Emergency
and implementing code necessary to make a Management Agency, DHS.
(China), CD ROM (Japan), fax modem cards computer function in a certain way. See HQ
(U.S.), a docking station (Taiwan), and H241177 (Dec. 3, 2013) supra, see also Data ACTION: Notice.
memory board (Korea, Japan, or Singapore). General supra.
The assembly process in the U.S. consisted SUMMARY: This notice is to announce
Consistent with the Customs rulings cited two public meetings to solicit public
of installing the BIOS chip (which was of above, we find that the BIOS and OS
U.S. origin), the memory modules, the hard input on the proposed ‘‘Revised
downloading does not result in a substantial
disk drive, the network interface card, and transformation in Country F. Given these
Guidelines for Implementing Executive
downloading the flash BIOS into non-volatile facts, we find that the country where the last Order 11988, Floodplain Management.’’
RAM. In the second scenario, the imported DATES: The first public meeting will be
substantial transformation occurs is Country
chassis included the LCD screen (Taiwan), held in Fairfax, VA on March 24, 2015,
A, where the major assembly processes are
the floppy disc drive (China), and the BIOS from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern
performed. The country of origin for
chip but neither the keyboard, the CPU nor
purposes of U.S. Government procurement in Time (ET). The second public meeting
other primary chips were included. Similar
components as in the first scenario were
Scenario 3 is Country A. will be held by webinar on March 25,
imported and the assembly process in the Scenario 4: 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
U.S. consisted of installing the CPU Eastern Time (ET).
Here, all of the hardware components are
processor module (of U.S. origin), the hybrid ADDRESSES: The first public meeting
assembled in Country A and imported into
cooler, the keyboard, the memory modules, Country D. In Country D, the BIOS and OS will be held in Fairfax, VA, at George
the hard disk drive, the PCMCIA modem are downloaded and the Elitebook is tested Mason University, 4400 University
card, and downloading the flash BIOS into for quality assurance and packaged. As Drive, Jackson Center Building #30,
non-volatile RAM. CBP concluded that the indicated above, software downloading by Fairfax, VA 22030. The second public
foreign components used in the manufacture itself does not result in a substantial meeting will be by webinar.
of the notebook computers lost their separate transformation. Consistent with the Customs For information on facilities or
identities and became an integral part of a rulings cited above, we find that the country services for individuals with disabilities
notebook computer as a result of the where the last substantial transformation
operations performed in the U.S.
or to request special assistance at the
occurs is Country A, where the major meeting, please contact the person listed
HQ H241177, dated December 3, 2013, assembly processes are performed. The
Ethernet switches were assembled to in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
country of origin for purposes of U.S. CONTACT section by March 20.
completion in Malaysia and then shipped to Government procurement in Scenario 4 is
Singapore, where U.S.-origin software was Due to space constraints of the
Country A.
downloaded onto the switches. CBP found facility, seating will be limited to 300
that the software downloading performed in HOLDING: participants for the Fairfax, VA meeting.
Singapore did not amount to programming Based on the facts of this case, we find that To reserve a seat in advance for this
and that the country of origin was Malaysia, in Scenarios 1, 2, 3, and 4, the last substantial meeting, or the webinar, please provide
where the last substantial transformation transformation takes place in Country A. The a request via email or mail with the
occurred. country of origin of the Elitebook is Country contact information of the participant
In this case, the base unit is assembled in A for purposes of U.S. Government (including name, mailing address, and
Country A and it includes the antennae, procurement and country of origin marking.
printed circuit assembly, CPU, BIOS chip,
email address), the meeting(s) to be
Notice of this final determination will be
keyboard, cables, connectors, and speakers. given in the Federal Register, as required by
attended, and include the subject/
The base unit is imported into Country F and 19 CFR § 177.29. Any party-at-interest other attention line (or on the envelope if by
the BIOS from Country D is downloaded. than the party which requested this final mail): Reservation Request for FFRMS
Based on the facts in this case and consistent determination may request, pursuant to 19 Meeting. Advance reservations must be
with the Customs rulings cited above, we CFR § 177.31, that CBP reexamine the matter received 3 business days prior to each
find that under Scenarios 1 and 2, the last anew and issue a new final determination. meeting to ensure processing.
substantial transformation of the Elitebook Pursuant to 19 CFR § 177.30, any party-at- Unregistered participants will be
components occurs in Country A. Most of the interest may, within 30 days of publication accepted after all participants with
major components are sourced in Country A, of the Federal Register Notice referenced reservations have been accommodated
unlike HQ 560677, where the components above, seek judicial review of this final and will be admitted on a first-come,
came from various countries and in each determination before the Court of first-serve basis, provided the person
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scenario a major component (BIOS chip or International Trade.
CPU) was of U.S. origin, where the assembly
capacity is not exceeded. To submit
Sincerely, reservations, please email: FEMA–
occurred. Further, downloading the BIOS
Glen E. Vereb FFRMS@fema.dhs.gov or send by mail
does not substantially transform the
Acting Executive Director, Regulations and to the address listed in the FOR FURTHER
Elitebook. Therefore, we find that the country
Rulings, Office of International Trade INFORMATION CONTACT caption.
of origin for purposes of U.S. Government
procurement in Scenarios 1 and 2 is Country [FR Doc. 2015–05954 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] To facilitate public participation,
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provide written comments on the issues Dated: March 6, 2015. additional 30 days for public comments.
to be considered at the public meetings. Roy Wright, This process is conducted in accordance
Comments may be submitted by one of Deputy Associate Administrator for with 5 CFR 1320.10. CBP invites the
the following methods: Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management general public and other Federal
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// Agency. agencies to comment on proposed and/
www.regulations.gov. Follow the [FR Doc. 2015–05832 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] or continuing information collections
instructions for submitting comments. BILLING CODE 9111–47–P pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
• Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division, Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C.
Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA, 500 C 3507). The comments should address:
Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND (a) Whether the collection of
20472–3100. SECURITY information is necessary for the proper
Instructions: All submissions received performance of the functions of the
must include the docket ID FEMA– U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, including whether the
2015–0006. Comments received will be [1651–0007] information shall have practical utility;
posted without alteration at http:// (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
www.regulations.gov, including any Agency Information Collection estimates of the burden of the collection
personal information provided. Activities: Application for Allowance in of information; (c) ways to enhance the
Docket: For access to the docket to Duties quality, utility, and clarity of the
read comments received, go to http:// information to be collected; (d) ways to
www.regulations.gov, and search for the AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border minimize the burden, including the use
Docket ID FEMA–2015–0006. Protection, Department of Homeland of automated collection techniques or
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Security. the use of other forms of information
Bradley Garner, 202–646–3901 or ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for technology; and (e) the annual costs to
FEMA-FFRMS@fema.dhs.gov. Mailing comments; revision of an existing respondents or record keepers from the
Address: FFRMS, 1800 South Bell collection of information. collection of information (total capital/
Street, Room 627, Arlington, VA 20598– startup costs and operations and
SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border
3030. The Web site is https:// maintenance costs). The comments that
Protection (CBP) of the Department of
www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk- are submitted will be summarized and
Homeland Security will be submitting
management-standard-ffrms. included in the CBP request for OMB
the following information collection
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On request to the Office of Management and approval. All comments will become a
January 30, 2015, the President signed Budget (OMB) for review and approval matter of public record. In this
Executive Order 13690, directing FEMA, in accordance with the Paperwork document, CBP is soliciting comments
on behalf of the Mitigation Framework Reduction Act: Application for concerning the following information
Leadership Group, to publish for public Allowance in Duties. CBP is proposing collection:
comment draft revised Floodplain Title: Application for Allowance in
that this information collection be
Management Guidelines to provide Duties.
extended with no change to the burden OMB Number: 1651–0007.
guidance to agencies on the hours. This document is published to
implementation of Executive Order Form Number: Form 4315.
obtain comments from the public and Abstract: CBP Form 4315,
11988, as amended, consistent with a affected agencies.
new Federal Flood Risk Management ‘‘Application for Allowance in Duties,’’
DATES: Written comments should be is submitted to CBP in instances of
Standard. These draft revised
received on or before April 15, 2015 to claims of damaged or defective
Guidelines were developed by the
be assured of consideration. imported merchandise on which an
Mitigation Framework Leadership
Group in consultation with the Federal ADDRESSES: Interested persons are allowance in duty is made in the
Interagency Floodplain Management invited to submit written comments on liquidation of the entry. The
Task Force. FEMA is publishing this this proposed information collection to information on this form is used to
Notice on behalf of the Mitigation the Office of Information and Regulatory substantiate an importer’s claim for
Framework Leadership Group, which is Affairs, Office of Management and such duty allowances. CBP Form 4315
chaired by FEMA, to solicit and Budget. Comments should be addressed is authorized by 19 U.S.C. 1506 and
consider public input on the draft to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs provided for by 19 CFR 158.11, 158.13
revised Guidelines at two public and Border Protection, Department of and 158.23. This form is accessible at:
meetings. Homeland Security, and sent via http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/
Background information about these electronic mail to oira_submission@ documents/CBP%20Form%204315_
topics is available on the FFRMS Web omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806. 0.pdf.
site at https://www.fema.gov/federal- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Action: CBP proposes to extend the
flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms Requests for additional information expiration date of this information
or in the docket for this Notice at should be directed to Tracey Denning, collection with no change to the burden
www.regulations.gov, Docket ID FEMA– U.S. Customs and Border Protection, hours or to Form 4315.
Type of Review: Extension (without
2015–0006. Regulations and Rulings, Office of
change).
These meetings are exempt from the International Trade, 90 K Street NE.,
Affected Public: Businesses.
Federal Advisory Committee Act 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– Estimated Number of Respondents:
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(FACA), as the Mitigation Framework 1177, at 202–325–0265. 12,000.
Leadership Group is an SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Estimated Number of Total Annual
intergovernmental committee and falls proposed information collection was Responses: 12,000.
under the intergovernmental committee previously published in the Federal Estimated Time per Response: 8
exception to FACA, 41 CFR 102–3.40(g). Register (79 FR 77019) on December 23, minutes.
Authority: Executive Order 11988, as 2014, allowing for a 60-day comment Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
amended; Executive Order 13690. period. This notice allows for an 1,600.
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| Dates | The first public meeting will be held in Fairfax, VA on March 24, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The second public meeting will be held by webinar on March 25, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). | |
| Contact | Bradley Garner, 202-646-3901 or FEMA- | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 13591 |
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