Notice2024-29011
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
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Published
December 11, 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 an extension of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the State Administrative Plan for the procedural guide that details how the State will administer the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99890-99891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29011]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0023; OMB No. 1660-0026]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of extension 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 an extension of a currently
approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the State Administrative Plan for the procedural guide that
details how the State will administer the Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (HMGP).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 10, 2025.
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#1e585b535f33577078716c737f6a777170335d7172727b7d6a7771706d33537f707f797b737b706a5e787b737f307a766d30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eea8aba3afc3a78088819c838f9a878180c3ad8182828b8d9a8781809dc3a38f808f898b838b809aae888b838fc08a869dc0898198">[email protected]</span></a> or
Travis Battiest, Section Chief for Tools, SOPS, and Implementation,
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Division, Mitigation Directorate, FEMA, at
(202) 714-8052 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85f1f7e4f3ecf6abe7e4f1f1ece0f6f1c5e3e0e8e4abe1edf6abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1959380978892cf8380959588849295a187848c80cf858992cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA regulations in 44 CFR 206.437 require
development and updates to the Administrative Plan by Applicants or
Recipients as a condition of receiving Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
(HMGP) funding under Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 93-288, as
amended) (42 U.S.C. 5170c). Applicants or Recipients can be any State
of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, or the government of a Federally-recognized Tribe that chooses
to act as an Applicant or Recipient.
The regulation at 44 CFR 206.437 requires a State to have a FEMA-
approved Administrative Plan to receive HMGP funding. At its minimum,
the Administrative Plan will include the designated State agency or
Indian Tribal government that will act as the Recipient, identify the
State Hazard Mitigation Officer or Tribal Hazard Mitigation Officer,
identify staffing requirements, and establish a guide for
implementation activities and procedures to account for non-Federal
cost sharing. Additional information requirements are guided by the
type of mitigation activities being pursued.
The State, territorial, or Tribal government must establish
procedures to guide the administration of the HMGP in the
Administrative Plan, as outlined in the listed activities below.
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FEMA will review the information provided to ensure proper
documentation of each activity.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adopted in its entirety
the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR part 200) on December 26, 2014.
This rule eliminates overlapping and duplicative requirements for
stakeholders, including States, territories and Indian Tribal
governments, by using general terms such as ``recipient'' or ``pass-
through entity.'' FEMA is also avoiding unnecessary duplication,
overlap and the demand for maintenance of requirements under HMGP in
two documents, the State Administrative Plan, and the Tribal
Administrative Plan. FEMA instead is offering and referring to one
common set of requirements in an ``Administrative Plan.'' The term
``State Administrative Plan'' is now referred to ``Administrative Plan
for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.''
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on August 19, 2024, at 89 FR 67101 with a 60-day
public comment period. Three public comments were received. Two of the
comments discuss policy concerns with the HMGP and are not germane to
this information collection. The third public comment is a statement of
support from a private non-profit organization and FEMA thanks them for
their comment.
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: Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0026.
FEMA Forms: Not applicable.
Abstract: The State Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP) is a procedural guide that details how the State,
territory, or Tribal government will administer the HMGP. The State,
territory, or Tribal government (who acts as a recipient) must have a
current administrative plan approved by the appropriate FEMA Regional
Administrator before receiving HMGP funds. The administrative plan may
take any form including a chapter within a comprehensive State,
territory, or Tribal mitigation program strategy.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 35.
Estimated Number of Responses: 70.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 560.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $37,257.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $26,581.
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. 2024-29011 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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