Notice2023-02573
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Environmental and Historic Preservation Screening Form
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Published
February 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission seeks comments concerning the information collection activities required to administer the Environmental and Historic Preservation Environmental Screening Form.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7990-7991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02573]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0035; OMB No. 1660-0115]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Environmental and Historic Preservation
Screening Form
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission seeks comments
concerning the information collection activities required to administer
the Environmental and Historic Preservation Environmental Screening
Form.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b7d7e767a1672555d5449565a4f52545516785457575e584f5254554816765a555a5c5e565e554f7b5d5e565a155f5348155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0741424a462a4e696168756a66736e68692a44686b6b6264736e6869742a4a66696660626a6269734761626a6629636f7429606871">[email protected]</span></a> or
Beth McWaters-Bjorkman, Environmental Protection Specialist, FEMA,
Grant Programs Directorate, 202-431-8594 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#63060f0a19020106170b4d0e001402170611104e01090c11080e020d2305060e024d070b104d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47222b2e3d262522332f692a243026332235346a252d28352c2a26290721222a2669232f3469202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate (GPD)
awards thousands of grants each year through various grant programs.
These programs award funds for projects used to improve homeland
security and emergency preparedness. The National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA) (Pub. L. 91-190, sec. 102 (B) and (C), 42 U.S.C.
4332), the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) (Pub. L.
89-665, 16 U.S.C. 470f), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub. L.
93-205, 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and a variety of other environmental
and historic preservation laws and Executive Orders (E.O.) require the
Federal Government to examine the potential environmental impacts of
its proposed actions on communities, public health and safety, and
cultural, historic, and natural resources including endangered and
threatened species prior to implementing those actions. The GPD process
of considering these potential impacts is called an environmental and
historic preservation (EHP) review which is employed to achieve
compliance with multiple EHP authorities through one consolidated
process.
With input from recipients, FEMA is proposing to revise the EHP
Screening Form for clarity and ease of use. The 2022 EHP Screening Form
does not require any new information and includes an appendix with
guidance on providing photographs with the EHP submission. Recipients
are no longer required to submit Authorized Equipment List (AEL)
numbers.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on November 4, 2022, at 87 FR 66718 with a 60 day
public comment period. No comments were received. The purpose of this
notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the information
collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for
review and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: Environmental and Historic Preservation Screening Form.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0115.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-119-FY-21-105 (formerly 024-0-1),
Environmental and Historic Preservation Screening Form.
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Abstract: The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
requires that each Federal agency examine the impact of a major Federal
action (including the actions of recipients using grant funds)
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. This
involves considering the environmental impact of the proposed action,
alternatives to the proposed action, informing both decision-makers and
the public of the impacts through a transparent process, and
identifying mitigation measures for any potential adverse impacts (40
CFR 1500.1, 1501.5 and 1501.6). Among other environmental laws, the
review also involves considering the effects of the undertaking on
historic properties under Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act and the effects of the action on any threatened or
endangered species and their habitat under Section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973. This Screening Form will facilitate the Federal
Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) review of recipient Federally-
funded actions in FEMA's effort to comply with the environmental
requirements.
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government; Not-for-Profit
Institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,300.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,300.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 16,752.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,039,877.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $6,153,716.
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. 2023-02573 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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