Notice2024-03695
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)
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Published
February 23, 2024
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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. FEMA invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), which includes the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), and Operation Stonegarden (OPSG). This revision removes the OPSG Daily Activity Report (FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-113 (formerly 089-0- 27)) from the collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13730-13732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03695]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0030; OMB No. 1660-0125]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Homeland Security
Grant Program (HSGP)
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
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clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. FEMA invites the general public to take this
opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved
information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), which includes the State
Homeland Security Program (SHSP), the Urban Area Security Initiative
(UASI), and Operation Stonegarden (OPSG). This revision removes the
OPSG Daily Activity Report (FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-113 (formerly 089-0-
27)) from the collection.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 25, 2024.
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#f0b6b5bdb1ddb99e969f829d9184999f9eddb39f9c9c959384999f9e83ddbd919e9197959d959e84b096959d91de949883de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8dcbc8c0cca0c4e3ebe2ffe0ecf9e4e2e3a0cee2e1e1e8eef9e4e2e3fea0c0ece3eceae8e0e8e3f9cdebe8e0eca3e9e5fea3eae2fb">[email protected]</span></a> or
Alexander Mrazik Jr., Branch Chief, FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate,
Grant Operations Division, Preparedness Grants Division, Homeland
Security Programs Branch, at (202) 786-9732 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#febf929b869f909a9b8cd0b38c9f849795b48cbe989b939fd09a968dd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d392bfb6abb2bdb7b6a1fd9ea1b2a9bab899a193b5b6beb2fdb7bba0fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency's
(FEMA's) Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) supports state, local,
tribal, and territorial governments efforts to prevent terrorism and
prepare the Nation for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest
risk to the security of the United States. The HSGP provides funding to
implement investments that build, sustain, and deliver the 32 core
capabilities essential to achieving the National Preparedness Goal of a
secure and resilient Nation. The building, sustainment, and delivery of
these core capabilities are not exclusive to any single level of
government, organization, or community, but rather, require the
combined effort of the whole community. The HSGP supports core
capabilities across the five mission areas of Prevention, Protection,
Mitigation, Response, and Recovery based on allowable costs. HSGP is
comprised of three grant programs: State Homeland Security Program
(SHSP), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), and Operation
Stonegarden (OPSG). Together, these grant programs fund a range of
activities, including planning, organization, equipment purchase,
training, exercises, and management and administration across all core
capabilities and mission areas. The authorizing authority of the HSGP
is section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-296)
(See 6 U.S.C. 603-609, as amended).
This revision of the information collection removes the OPSG Daily
Activity Report, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-113 (formerly 089-0-27) that
was created at the behest of CBP to fulfill CBP's requirements under
OPSG and is only used to collect information from the public by CBP.
FEMA has previously included this instrument under this collection as a
service to CBP, but including an instrument used by CBP under a
collection granting FEMA the authority to collect information does not
provide the proper service to CBP, FEMA or the public.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on November 17, 2023, at 88 FR 80324 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: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Homeland Security Grant Program
(HSGP).
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0125.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-110 (formerly 089-1), Investment
Justification for Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), State
Homeland Security Program (SHSP) and Urban Area Security Initiative
(UASI); FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-111 (formerly 089-16), Operation
Stonegarden (OPSG) Operations Order and Budget Template; FEMA Form FF-
207-FY-21-112 (formerly 089-20), Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) Inventory
of Operation Orders; FEMA Instruction FI-207-FY-24-100, Urban Area
Working Group (UAWG) Overview/Structure (including Point-of-Contact
(POC)); FEMA Instruction FI-207-FY-24-101, Operational Overtime
Documentation; FEMA Instruction FI-207-FY-24-102, Multiyear Training
and Exercise Plan; FEMA Instruction FI-207-FY-24-103, Urban Area
Security Initiative (UASI) Governance Charter; FEMA Instruction FI-207-
FY-24-104, Senior Advisory Committee (SAC) Charter; FEMA Instruction
FI-207-FY-24-105, Urban Area Working Group (UAWG) Allocation
Methodology; FEMA Instruction FI-207-FY-24-106, State Homeland Security
Program (SHSP) and Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Pass-Through
Requirements; FEMA Instruction FI-207-FY-24-107, Critical Emergency
Supplies; and FEMA Instruction FI-207-FY-24-108, SAFECOM Compliance
Letter.
Abstract: The Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) is an
important tool among a comprehensive set of measures to help strengthen
the Nation against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks.
FEMA uses the information to evaluate applicants' familiarity with the
national preparedness architecture and identify how elements of this
architecture have been incorporated into planning, operations, and
investments at the regional, state and local levels. The HSGP is a
primary funding mechanism for building and sustaining national
preparedness capabilities. The HSGP is comprised of three separate
grant programs: the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), the Urban
Area Security Initiative (UASI), and Operation Stonegarden (OPSG).
Together, these grants fund a range of preparedness activities,
including planning, organization, equipment purchase, training,
exercises, and management and administration costs.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 709.
Estimated Number of Responses: 827.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 319,488.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $26,821,018.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,628,369.
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
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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. 2024-03695 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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