
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 236 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76744-76745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing 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: NDHTF@dhs.gov.

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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