[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00173]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2013-0006]


Tribal Declarations Pilot 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 Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance.

DATES: Comments must be received by April 7, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2013-0006 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: Jessica Specht, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 202-212-
2288.

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-2013-
0006. 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

    The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 amended the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (Stafford Act), to provide federally-recognized 
Indian Tribal governments the option to request a Presidential 
emergency or major disaster declaration.\1\ FEMA is proposing to 
establish a pilot program to manage declaration requests from Indian 
Tribal governments, and is seeking comment on its proposed Tribal 
Declarations Pilot Guidance to implement such a program.
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    \1\ Public Law 113-2, Sec.  1110.
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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-2013-0006. Based 
on the comments received, FEMA may make appropriate revisions to the 
proposed guidance. 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 guidance available at http://www.regulations.gov. The final 
guidance will not have the force or effect of law.

    Authority: Pub. L. 113-2.

    Dated: December 30, 2015.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2016-00173 Filed 1-7-16; 8:45 am]
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