Request for Information on the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System Extension of Comment Period
| Citation | 86 FR 52694 |
| Record Number | 2021-20543 |
| Published date | 22 September 2021 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
52694
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Notices
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86 FR 47128. Commenters may reference the
Request for Information for a general description of
the CRS program.
Dated: September 16, 2021.
Victoria E. Townsend,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021–20468 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2021–0021]
Request for Information on the
National Flood Insurance Program’s
Community Rating System Extension
of Comment Period
AGENCY
: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION
: Extension of comment period.
SUMMARY
: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) is
extending the public comment period
for its request for information published
August 23, 2021 on the National Flood
Insurance Program’s (NFIP) Community
Rating System (CRS). The request for
information seeks public input on
transforming the CRS program to better
align with the current understanding of
flood risk and flood risk approaches,
and to incentivize communities not only
to manage but also lower their flood risk
through floodplain management
initiatives.
DATES
: Written comments on the request
for information published at 86 FR
47128 (Aug. 23, 2021) may be submitted
until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on
Friday, October 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Written comments on the
request for information must be
submitted via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov.
Search for FEMA–2021–0021–0001 and
follow the instructions for submitting
comments. All written comments
received, including any personal
information provided, may be posted
without alteration at https://
www.regulations.gov. For access to the
docket and to read comments received
by FEMA, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
Docket ID FEMA–2021–0021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Rachel Sears, Supervisory Emergency
Management Specialist, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, FEMA-CRS-Next@
fema.dhs.gov, 202–212–3800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: On August
23, 2021, FEMA published a Request for
Information on the National Flood
Insurance Program’s Community Rating
System.
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In that RFI, FEMA asked for
public input on the ways the agency can
improve the CRS program: (1) To better
align the CRS program with the
improved understanding of flood risk
and flood risk approaches that have
developed since the program’s
inception; (2) to better incentivize
communities and policyholders to
become more resilient and to not only
manage, but lower their vulnerability to
flood risk, and (3) to support the sound
financial framework of the NFIP.
FEMA is extending the comment
period to ensure all interested parties
have sufficient opportunity to provide
comments on the CRS program. For the
details on this request, please see the
RFI published at 86 FR 47128. FEMA
will carefully consider all relevant
comments received during the entire
comment period, including comments
received after September 22, 2021.
The purpose of the request for
information is to seek input on the
NFIP’s CRS program. Individuals cannot
apply for FEMA assistance by
submitting a comment to this request for
information. If you are an individual
who has been impacted by a disaster
and you are seeking assistance from
FEMA, please visit http://
www.fema.gov/assistance/individual or
call the FEMA Helpline (1–800–621–
3362/TTY (800) 462–7585) to apply or
receive information on a pending
request.
Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2021–20543 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[CIS No. 2676–21; DHS Docket No. USCIS–
2019–0020]
RIN 1615–ZB83
Continuation of Documentation for
Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected
Status Designations for El Salvador,
Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras,
and Nepal
AGENCY
: U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION
: Notice; correction.
SUMMARY
: U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS), a
component of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), is making a
correction to the notice titled
‘‘Continuation of Documentation for
Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected
Status Designations for El Salvador,
Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and
Nepal’’ that published in the Federal
Register on September 10, 2021, at 86
FR 50725. USCIS is correcting an
omission in the Additional Notes
section of the notice to clarify that the
previously announced determination to
terminate the 2011 designation of TPS
for Haiti will not be implemented or
enforced unless and until the district
court’s orders in Saget, et al., v. Trump,
et al., No. 18–cv–1599 (E.D.N.Y. Apr.
11, 2019) (‘‘Saget’’) and Ramos, et al. v.
Nielsen, et al., No. 18–cv–01554 (N.D.
Cal. Oct. 3, 2018) (‘‘Ramos’’) are
reversed and the reversal becomes final.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
•You may contact Andria Strano,
Acting Chief, Humanitarian Affairs
Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services, Department of Homeland
Security, by mail at 5900 Capital
Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD
20746, or by phone at 800–375–5283.
•For further information on TPS,
please visit the USCIS TPS web page at
uscis.gov/tps.
•If you have additional questions
about TPS, please visit uscis.gov/tools.
Our online virtual assistant, Emma, can
answer many of your questions and
point you to additional information on
our website. If you are unable to find
your answers there, you may also call
our USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–
5283 (TTY 800–767–1833).
•Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases
may check Case Status Online, available
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