Notice2023-27196
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for FEMA's Preparedness Grant Programs
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Published
December 12, 2023
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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 new information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice seeks comments concerning a new generic collection to oversee FEMA's Office of Grants Administration programmatic and financial stewardship of non-disaster grant awards.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86141-86142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27196]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0034; OMB No. 1660-NW172]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for FEMA's Preparedness Grant
Programs
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of new collection 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 new
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA), this notice seeks comments concerning a new generic
collection to oversee FEMA's Office of Grants Administration
programmatic and financial stewardship of non-disaster grant awards.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0034. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
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 <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: Amy Bulgrien, Senior Advisor, FEMA,
Office of Grants Administration at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ffef2e6b1fdeaf3f8edf6faf1dff9faf2feb1fbf7ecb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e6f6377206c7b62697c676b604e686b636f206a667d20696178">[email protected]</span></a> and 202-
880-7522. 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#5c1a19111d7115323a332e313d28353332711f333030393f283533322f71113d323d3b39313932281c3a39313d7238342f723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce888b838fe387a0a8a1bca3afbaa7a1a0e38da1a2a2abadbaa7a1a0bde383afa0afa9aba3aba0ba8ea8aba3afe0aaa6bde0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Office of Grants Administration was
created to oversee the programmatic management, financial management
and administration of non-disaster grants. These programs help make the
country more resilient and support the Nation's needs before, during,
and after disasters. Non-disaster grants also help develop and sustain
capabilities at the state, local, Tribal, and territorial levels to
mitigate, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from
terrorism or other high-consequence disasters and emergencies. The
instruments in this collection are required to apply for FEMA funds and
the data collected through these instruments is used by FEMA to
evaluate grant applications, assess applicant risk, monitor awards for
compliance, and comply with Federal laws and regulations. OGA manages
and ensures accountability of FEMA preparedness grant programs under
sections 430, 503(b)(2)(G), 504(a)(12), 2021-2023, and 2220-A of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002. OGA programmatically manages and
financially administers certain non-disaster and preparedness grants
and conduct environmental planning and historic preservation activities
for these grants, including homeland security and preparedness grants
(including statutory authority for certain waivers) pursuant to titles
V, XVIII, and XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; section
503(b)(2)(B), (G), and (H) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 313(b)(2)(B), (G), and (H)); section 1809 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 579); titles XIV and XV of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007; 46
U.S.C. 70107; sections 635 and 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 723 and 762); title VI of the
Stafford Act, as amended; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 5 U.S.C.
app.; sections 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2229, 2229a); section 3006 of the
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, as amended; section 204 of the REAL ID
Act of 2005; the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act,
Div. B (Pub. L. 116-136); and grant programs authorized in annual
appropriations acts or future preparedness grant program authorities.
FEMA's Office of Grants Administration is submitting this request
for a generic collection to streamline integration of stakeholder
feedback on instruments. This collection will ensure all Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number expiration dates are aligned
across the OGA portfolio.
Collection of Information
Title: Generic Clearance for FEMA's Preparedness Grant Programs.
Type of Information Collection: New Collection.
OMB Number: 1660-NW172.
FEMA Forms: Not Applicable.
Abstract: FEMA's Office of Grants Administration was created to
oversee the programmatic management, financial management, and
administration of non-disaster grants. Non-disaster grant programs help
make the country more resilient and support the nation's needs before,
during, and after disasters. Non-disaster grants help develop and
sustain capabilities at the state and local, tribal, and territorial
levels to mitigate, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover
from terrorism or other high-consequence disasters and emergencies.
Instruments in this collection are required to apply for FEMA funds;
data collected via the instruments is used by FEMA to evaluate grant
applications, assess applicant risk, monitor awards for compliance, and
comply with Federal laws and regulations.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Businesses or
other For-profits; Not-for Profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 35,552.
Estimated Number of Responses: 55,244.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,737,291.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $100,067,963.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $3,090,494.
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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. 2023-27196 Filed 12-11-23; 8:45 am]
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