[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 236 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76744-76745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30972]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0009]
National Disaster Housing Task Force Concept of Operations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting
comments on the National Disaster Housing Task Force (NDHTF) Concept of
Operations (CONOPS). The CONOPS describes the Federal coordination of
disaster housing assistance in preparation for, response to and
recovery from all levels of disasters, including catastrophic events.
Additionally, it outlines the implementation of the National Disaster
Housing Strategy (Strategy).
DATES: Comments must be received by January 10, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2008-0009 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 the proposed
CONOPS is not a rulemaking and the Federal eRulemaking Portal is being
utilized only as a mechanism for receiving comments.
Mail: Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Room 840, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitchell Wyllins, National Disaster
Housing Task Force, Room 428, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472-
3100, telephone 202-646-3173, and e-mail mailto: [email protected].
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 http://www.regulations.gov.
You may submit your comments and material by the methods specified
under the ADDRESSES caption. Please submit your comments and any
supporting material by only one means to avoid the receipt and review
of duplicate submissions.
Docket: The proposed CONOPS is available in docket ID FEMA-2008-
0009. 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, Room
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840, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
II. Background
The NDHTF CONOPS explains the Federal Government's normal disaster
housing support role in operational terms, along with the Federal
Government's responsibility to maintain readiness to assume a greater
role in housing disaster survivors when required. It conveys national
guidance, operating principles, and a vision for public (Federal,
State, Tribal, local), and individual coordination. It defines the
roles, programs, authorities, and responsibilities of all entities,
emphasizing the cooperative efforts required for disaster survivors and
affected communities to recover from a disaster. Additionally, the
CONOPS outlines the national activities that will be pursued in moving
toward accomplishing the goals of the Strategy. Implementing the
Strategy strengthens the Nation's collective capability and resolve to
fulfill all partner responsibilities to the American people in times of
disaster or emergency, regardless of cause, scope, or complexity. The
CONOPS describes how the NDHTF intends to connect critical programs,
based in a wide variety of Federal agency authorities, to produce a
unified effort.
Congress mandated that FEMA create the Strategy in the Post-Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, Public Law 109-295. The
Strategy, published in January 2009 and available at http://www.regulations.gov under docket ID FEMA-2008-0009, frames the full
range of options that unified disaster housing efforts should consider
to better meet the needs of disaster survivors and affected
communities. The Strategy calls for the establishment of the NDHTF to
provide a full-time, multi-agency focus on disaster housing related
issues, to elevate the significance of disaster housing preparedness in
all jurisdictions, and to oversee implementation of the Strategy.
Additionally, the Strategy sets the goal of the NDHTF to create this
CONOPS through a collaborative process among the various local, State,
Tribal, and Federal partners, nongovernmental organizations, and the
private sector to meet the needs of all disaster survivors.
Authority: 6 U.S.C. 772; 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207.
Dated: December 3, 2010.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-30972 Filed 12-8-10; 8:45 am]
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