Notice2022-10975
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT)
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Published
May 23, 2022
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Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of information necessary for the Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31253-31254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10975]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0015; OMB No. 1660-0117]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of reinstatement and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a
reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for
which approval has expired. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of
information necessary for the Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 22, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket ID FEMA-
2022-0015. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID, and will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes
it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and Security Notice that is
available via a link on the homepage of <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Garza, Acting Senior Advisor,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ef4fbf0f0f7f8fbecb0f9ffece4ffdef8fbf3ffb0faf6edb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc96999292959a998ed29b9d8e869dbc9a99919dd298948fd29b938a">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 786-9602. You may contact the
Information Management Division for copies of the proposed collection
of information at email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a1c1f171b7713343c3528373b2e33353477193536363f392e3335342977173b343b3d3f373f342e1a3c3f373b743e3229743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bddded6dab6d2f5fdf4e9f6faeff2f4f5b6d8f4f7f7fef8eff2f4f5e8b6d6faf5fafcfef6fef5efdbfdfef6fab5fff3e8b5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grants Reporting Tool (GRT) is a web-
based reporting system designed to help State Administrative Agencies
(SAAs) meet all reporting requirements as identified in the grant
guidance of FEMA's portfolio of preparedness grants managed by the
FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate (GPD).
Title 2 CFR, part 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards), establishes
uniform administrative rules for assistance awards and subawards to
State, local and Indian Tribal governments. FEMA determined that it is
necessary to automate the grant reporting process to have consistent
implementation of FEMA grant administration policies, to reduce
duplicative and tedious data entry, to measure preparedness gains more
effectively, and to streamline application submission and management
for recipients and subrecipients.
Title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 authorizes the
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the FEMA Administrator,
to provide grants to assist State, local, and Tribal governments in
preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts
of terrorism. Recipients use the GRT to submit annual investment
justifications and biannual progress reports. Further, section 2022 of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 612) mandates that FEMA
review grants awarded to states and high-risk urban areas at least
every two years and requires that recipients submit annual reports on
the use of funds awarded under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604, 605, respectively). Section 2022
also provides DHS the authority to have full access to information
regarding activities carried out under any grant DHS administers.
Additionally, Section 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management
Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA), as amended, (Pub. L. 109-295) (6 U.S.C.
762); the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act, as amended (Pub. L. 93-288) (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); the
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (Pub. L. 95-124)
(42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
as amended (Pub. L. 90448) (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) authorize FEMA to
administer the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program.
The primary purpose of the EMPG program is to provide grants to assist
State, local, Tribal and territorial emergency management agencies to
implement the National Preparedness System (NPS) and to support the
National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation. Recipients
funding under this authorization use the GRT to submit biannual
progress reports.
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
OMB Number: 1660-0117.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-207-FY-22-121, Biannual Strategy
Implementation Report (BSIR).
Abstract: The GRT is a web-based reporting system designed to help
State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) and directly eligible tribes meet
all reporting requirements as identified in the grant guidance of
FEMA's portfolio of preparedness grants sponsored by FEMA's Grant
Programs Directorate (GPD). The information enables FEMA to evaluate
applications and make award decisions, monitor ongoing performance, and
manage the flow of
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Federal funds, and to appropriately close out grants. GRT supports the
information collection needs of each grant program processed in the
system.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 81.
Estimated Number of Responses: 162.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,471.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $111,442.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,259,210.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-10975 Filed 5-20-22; 8:45 am]
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