Notice2024-06624
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Generic Clearance for FEMA's Preparedness Grant Programs
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Published
March 28, 2024
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. FEMA invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a new information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21532-21533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06624]
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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: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Generic Clearance for FEMA's Preparedness
Grant Programs
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of new collection 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. FEMA invites the general public to
take this opportunity to comment on a new information collection. In
accordance
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with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 April 29, 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#1355565e523e5a7d757c617e72677a7c7d3e507c7f7f7670677a7c7d603e5e727d7274767e767d675375767e723d777b603d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="793f3c34385430171f160b14180d101617543a1615151c1a0d1016170a54341817181e1c141c170d391f1c1418571d110a571e160f">[email protected]</span></a> or
Amy Bulgrien, Senior Advisor, FEMA, Office of Grants Administration at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82e3effbace0f7eee5f0ebe7ecc2e4e7efe3ace6eaf1ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f5e5246115d4a53584d565a517f595a525e115b574c11585049">[email protected]</span></a> and 202-880-7522.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Office of Grants Administration (OGA)
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 conducts environmental planning and historic
preservation activities for these grants, including homeland security
and preparedness grants (with 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 OGA 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.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on December 12, 2023, at 88 FR 86141 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: 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: $3,173,288.
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. 2024-06624 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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