Notice2023-12070
Agency Information Collection Activities; Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local Government Historic Preservation Programs & Management of Historic Preservation Fund Grants
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Published
June 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the National Park Service (NPS) are proposing to revise a currently approved information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37093-37095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12070]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-CR-NPS0035688; PPWOCRADP3, PCU00RP15.R50000 234P104215 (223);
OMB Control Number 1024-0038]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Procedures for State,
Tribal, and Local Government Historic Preservation Programs &
Management of Historic Preservation Fund Grants
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the National Park Service (NPS) are proposing to revise a currently
approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR-
ICCO), National Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, (MS-242)
Reston, VA 20191 (mail); or to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7978f8683958286b89788898394a7899794c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f0f171e1b0d1a1e200f10111b0c3f110f0c51181009">[email protected]</span></a> (email). Please
reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1024-
0038 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR contact Seth Tinkham, Grants Management Specialist,
State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7023243c2037301e00035e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87d4d3cbd7c0c7e9f7f4a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a> (email);
or at 202-354-2020 (phone). Please reference OMB Control Number 1024-
0038 in the subject line of your comments. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY,
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TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make international calls to the point
of contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval under the PRA.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our information collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility.
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
(4) How might the agency 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 response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: This collection is authorized by Section 101(b) of the
National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (54 U.S.C. 302301),
which specifies the role of States, Tribes, and local governments in
the Historic Preservation Program (HPP). This information collection
has an impact on State, Tribal, and local governments that wish to
participate formally with the National Park Service in the HPP.
Information is also requested to meet grant management and monitoring
of responsibilities for States, Tribes, local government, and other
eligible grant recipients under 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq. and 2 CFR 200.
Each year Congress directs the NPS to use part of the annual
appropriation from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) for the State
grant program and the Tribal grant programs to assist States and Tribes
in carrying out their statutory role in the HPP. Through competitive
grant programs, Congress also directs NPS to provide financial
assistance to a variety of eligible grant recipients to support the
broad cultural resource mandates of the National Historic Preservation
Act and for other purposes.
We use these information collections to manage our statutory
partnerships and for managing grants (usually to those same partners).
We are requesting to update the name of this collection from
``Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local Government Historic
Preservation Programs'' to ``Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local
Government Historic Preservation Programs & Management of Historic
Preservation Fund Grants.'' This change is to clarify our roles in
managing our statutory partnerships and competitive (project) grants
and formula grants.
The information from this collection is required to determine if
State, Tribal, and local governments meet minimum standards and
requirements for participation in the HPP and to meet program-specific
requirements as well as government-wide requirements for Federal grant
programs. This revision will seek approval for new collections to
support competitive (project) grants, clarify collection requirements
for formula grants, and reduce one collection related to the HPP.
Due to an unprecedented funding increase, we anticipate an increase
in the number of applicants and awarded grants. We are requesting
approval for the 10 new forms (listed below). The forms will enable us
to prudently manage, monitor, track, and steward federal funding
resources and our investment in the nation's historic resources and
collections.
<bullet> Interim Progress Report Worksheet (applies to all project
grants): This worksheet will provide an organized and systematic way
for grant recipients to provide a performance progress report that
relates grant-supported project work to expenditures. The report also
assists with tracking grantee compliance with award terms and
conditions related to environmental and historic resource protection
laws.
<bullet> Final Report Worksheet (applies to all project grants):
This worksheet will be used to reconcile the proposed project budget
with actual expenditures, including final verification that grantee
administrative and indirect costs expenditures did not exceed the
statutory maximum. The worksheet also describes grant-assisted
accomplishments and serves as the final performance report. Finally,
the worksheet gathers data on the impact of the grant award.
<bullet> Project Image Form (applies to all project grants): This
form is used to gather representative photographs, prints, drawings, or
other visual depictions of the historic resources impacted by the
project. Project images are used to depict damage to or illustrate
areas needing repair in historic resources.
<bullet> Budget Narrative (applies to all project grants): This
form will provide a standardized way for applicants to relate budget
data depicted in aggregate on the SF-424A and/or SF-424C to specific
work items. The data in the budget narrative are used to perform an
initial price/cost analysis as part of assessing the reasonability of
project budgets as well as compliance with program funding limitations.
<bullet> Project Description Worksheet (applies to all project
grants): This worksheet will be used in the merit review selection
process to rank and select projects for funding. The project
description worksheet will be used by applicants to describe their
project, relate project work to the specific grant program, and
demonstrate the reasonableness of project budgets and staff
qualifications.
<bullet> Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund Grant
Final Report Worksheet (applies to the named grant program only): Due
to the funding requirements and program goals for the Emergency
Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund grants, a program-specific
final report worksheet is required. This worksheet will require
grantees to describe the full scope of grant-assisted disaster recovery
operations and provide vital feedback to improve the delivery of
federal financial assistance post-disaster.
<bullet> National Register Eligibility Worksheet (applies only to
grant
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applications for development/construction work): For those grant
programs which support project work on resources that are listed in, or
eligible for listing in, the National Register of Historic Places, this
worksheet will be used to document the name of the resource(s) as
listed or determined eligible for listing. Additionally, this worksheet
records the National Register listing number (called NRIS) for listed
resources. This worksheet is necessary to determine whether the
proposed project work is eligible for funding.
<bullet> Subgrant project description (applies to Paul Bruhn
Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program and Emergency Supplemental
Historic Preservation Fund grants only): The information collected will
include the scope of work, name and address of subgrantee, subgrant
budget, and subgrant final accomplishments. This information is
required as part of prime recipient monitoring, to assist with review
and compliance with environmental and historic resource protections
laws, and to record expenditures of prime award funding bypass through
entities.
<bullet> National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) screening
worksheet (applies to all grants): NEPA screening worksheet data are
used to assess the environmental impact of grant and sub-grant assisted
work.
<bullet> Project information submittals for National Historic
Landmarks or World Heritage Sites (applies to all grants): Information
submitted under this collection is used to meet statutory requirements
for the protection of this nation's most valuable historic resources.
Specifically, this project information is analyzed for compliance with
the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology
and Historic Preservation.
We are proposing to discontinue the HPF Online Closeout/EOY (State
Sources of Non-federal Matching Share Report).
The NPS uses the information collected to ensure compliance with
the National Historic Preservation Act, as well as government-wide
grant requirements issued and implemented through 43 CFR 12 and 2 CFR
200.
Title of Collection: Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local
Government Historic Preservation Programs & Management of Historic
Preservation Fund Grants.
OMB Control Number: 1024-0038.
Form Number: NPS Forms 10-2060 through 10-2065.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Tribal, local governments, and
grant applicants or recipients who wish to participate formally in the
National Historic Preservation Program and/or who wish to apply for or
receive Historic Preservation Fund grant assistance.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 47,908.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 10 minutes to
40 hours depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 44,640.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance, Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-12070 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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