Notice2025-06595
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) and Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP)
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Published
April 17, 2025
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 reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) and the Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP), which are FEMA grant programs that focus on transportation infrastructure protection activities.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 73 (Thursday, April 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16148-16149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06595]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0036; OMB No. 1660-0112]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Transit Security
Grant Program (TSGP) and Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of reinstatement 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 reinstatement, with change, of a
previously approved information collection. In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) and the
Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP), which are FEMA grant
programs that focus on transportation infrastructure protection
activities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 16, 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#b3f5f6fef29efaddd5dcc1ded2c7dadcdd9ef0dcdfdfd6d0c7dadcddc09efed2ddd2d4d6ded6ddc7f3d5d6ded29dd7dbc09dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84c2c1c9c5a9cdeae2ebf6e9e5f0edebeaa9c7ebe8e8e1e7f0edebeaf7a9c9e5eae5e3e1e9e1eaf0c4e2e1e9e5aae0ecf7aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a> or
Kevin Groves, Supervisory Program Analyst, FEMA, 202-330-3836, and
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#345f51425d5a1a53465b42514774525159551a505c471a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="345f51425d5a1a53465b42514774525159551a505c471a535b42">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) is
a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant program that focuses
on transportation infrastructure protection activities. The collection
of information for TSGP is mandated by Section 1406, Title XIV of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub.
L. 110-53) (codified at 6 U.S.C. 1135), which directs the Secretary to
establish a program for making grants to eligible public transportation
agencies for security improvements. Additionally, information is
collected in accordance with Section 1406(c) of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135(c))
which authorizes the Secretary to determine the requirements for grant
recipients, including application requirements. The Intercity Bus
Security Grant Program (IBSGP) is a FEMA grant program that focuses on
transportation infrastructure protection activities. The collection of
information for IBSGP is mandated by Section 1532 of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-53)
(codified at 6 U.S.C. 1182), which directs the Secretary to establish a
program for making grants to eligible private operators providing
transportation by an over-the-road bus for security improvements.
Additionally, information is collected in accordance with Section
1532(d) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act
of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1182(d)) which authorizes the Secretary to determine
the requirements for grant recipients, including application
requirements.
With this reinstatement, with change, FEMA adds the instruments for
the IBSGP to this collection for easier management and transparency.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register at 89 FR 102932, Dec. 18, 2024 with a 60-day public
comment period. FEMA received zero public comments. 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: Transit Security Grant Program
(TSGP) and Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP).
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a
previously approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0112.
FEMA Forms: TSGP Five Year Security Capital and Operational
Sustainment Plan, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-101; TSGP Investment
Justification Background Document, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-102; TSGP
Investment Justification, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-103; TSGP Public
Transit Risk Assessment Methodology (PT-RAM) Gap Analysis, FEMA Form
FF-207-FY-21-104; TSGP PT-RAM Implementation Plan, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-
21-105; TSGP PT-RAM, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-106; IBSGP Investment
Justification Form, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-23-102; IBSGP Detailed Budget
Worksheet, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-23-103; and IBSGP Vulnerability
Assessment and Security Plan, FEMA Form FF-207-FY-23-104.
Abstract: The TSGP and IBSGP are important components of the
Department's effort to enhance the security of the Nation's critical
infrastructure. The programs provide funds to owners and operators of
transit systems (TSGP) and private bus operators (IBSGP) to protect
critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public
from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit entities, State and
local governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 906.
Estimated Number of Responses: 906.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,940.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,537,792.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,188,925.
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.
Maile Rasco-Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2025-06595 Filed 4-16-25; 8:45 am]
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