Notice2024-11760
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Property Acquisition and Relocation for Open Space.
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Published
May 29, 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 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 property acquisition and relocation for open space process as part of FEMA's administration of mitigation grants programs and the removal of five instruments from the inventory of this collection that are approved under other OMB Control Numbers.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46412-46413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11760]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0007; OMB No. 1660-0103]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Property Acquisition and Relocation for Open
Space.
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. 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 property acquisition and relocation for open space process as part
of FEMA's administration of mitigation grants programs and the removal
of five instruments from the inventory of this collection that are
approved under other OMB Control Numbers.
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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 28, 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#d89e9d9599f591b6beb7aab5b9acb1b7b6f59bb7b4b4bdbbacb1b7b6abf595b9b6b9bfbdb5bdb6ac98bebdb5b9f6bcb0abf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d89e9d9599f591b6beb7aab5b9acb1b7b6f59bb7b4b4bdbbacb1b7b6abf595b9b6b9bfbdb5bdb6ac98bebdb5b9f6bcb0abf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a> or
Jennie Orenstein, Branch Chief, FEMA/Mitigation Directorate's Policy,
Tools and Training Branch, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8be1eee5e5e2eea5eceae7e7eaf9eff2cbedeee6eaa5efe3f8a5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761c1318181f135811171a1a1704120f3610131b1758121e0558111900">[email protected]</span></a> or (202)
212-4071.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 16, 2009, FEMA published a
Final Rule on Property Acquisition and Relocation for Open Space (44
CFR part 80) that governs property acquisitions for FEMA's four Hazard
Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs, three of which, Pre-
Disaster Mitigation, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and the
Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) program are authorized
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 93-288, as amended) (42 U.S.C. 5133, 5170c, and
5135) and the fourth (Flood Mitigation Assistance) under Section 1366
of the National Flood Insurance Act (NFIA) of 1968 (Pub. L. 90-448, as
amended) (42 U.S.C. 4104c). 44 CFR part 80 requires the collection of
information from grant applicants to ensure the voluntary nature of the
property acquisitions and to ensure that the property acquired remains
in open space in perpetuity.
States, Federally-recognized Tribes (Tribes) and territories as
applicants/recipients, per 44 CFR 80.5(b)(3), are responsible for
collecting and reviewing applications for acquisition projects to
ensure that the proposed activities comply with 44 CFR part 80. States,
territories and Tribes must ensure that the property acquisition is
voluntary in nature. The subapplication they submit to FEMA for
proposed projects must include information to enable FEMA's
determination of eligibility, technical feasibility, cost
effectiveness, and environmental and historic preservation compliance
(44 CFR 80.5(b)(4)). Per 44 CFR 80.5(b), once the property is acquired,
States, territories and Tribes, as well as FEMA and the subrecipients,
must enforce the terms of 44 CFR part 80 and the deed restrictions to
ensure that the property remains committed to open space use in
perpetuity. States, territories and Tribes must report on property
compliance with open space requirements after the grant is awarded.
With this revision, FEMA is removing five instruments off the
inventory for this information collection because each of these five
instruments are approved for use in a different information collection
with its own OMB Control Number. These five instruments will still be
used but do not require to be approved for use by OMB twice.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on February 14, 2024, at 89 FR 11310 with a 60-day
public comment period. One public comment was received that is not
germane to this information collection. 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: Property Acquisition and Relocation for Open Space.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0103.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-124 (formerly 086-0-31),
Statement of Voluntary Participation for Acquisition of Property for
Purpose of Open Space.
Abstract: FEMA and State, Tribal and local recipients of FEMA
mitigation grant programs will use the information collected to meet
the Property Acquisition requirements to implement acquisition
activities under the terms of grant agreements for acquisition and
relocation activities. FEMA and State/local grant recipients will also
use the information to monitor and enforce the open space requirements
for all properties acquired with FEMA mitigation grants.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 573.
Estimated Number of Responses: 573.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 573.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $34,254.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $425,794.
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. 2024-11760 Filed 5-28-24; 8:45 am]
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