[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15893-15894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6072]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on a proposed revised information collection. In accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments 
concerning State Administrative Plan details on how the State will 
administer the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The development of the State Administrative 
Plan is required 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. Section 404 mandates that 
FEMA must approve State Administrative Plan before awarding any project 
grant assistance to a community or State applicant. The plans must 
comply with administrative requirements in 44 CFR Parts 13 and 206 and 
provide information for environmental and floodplain management review 
in conformance with 44 CFR parts 9 and 10.

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Collection of Information

    Title: State Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation Grant 
Program.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0026.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Abstract: The State Administrative Plan is a procedural guide that 
details how the State will administer the HMGP. The State must have a 
current administrative plan approved by the appropriate FEMA Regional 
Director before receiving HGMP funds. The administrative plan may take 
any form including a chapter within a comprehensive State mitigation 
program strategy. The State may forward an administrative plan to the 
Regional Director for approval at any time prior to or immediately 
after the request for a disaster declaration.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:

                                               Annual Burden Hours
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    Project/activity (survey,                                      Burden hours
form(s), focus group, worksheet,     Number of     Frequency of         per           Annual       Total annual
              etc.)                 respondents      responses      respondent       responses     burden hours
                                             (A)             (B)             (C)   (D) = (A x B)   (E) = (C x D)
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Review & Update State                         32             1.5               8              48             384
 Administrative Plan............
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    Total.......................              32             1.5               8              48             384
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    Estimated Cost: The total annual estimated costs for Urban and 
regional planners or their equivalent State offices, to collect 
information at the State level, for information associated with the 
State Administrative Plans, is estimated to be $10,188. (384 burden 
hours x $26.53 per hour = $10,188.). The estimated cost to the Federal 
Government review and approve each State Administrative Plan is 
estimated to be $7,654 annually.
    Comments: Written 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. Comments must be submitted on or before June 
4, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Chief, 
Records Management and Privacy, Information Resources Management 
Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 609, Washington, DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Cecelia Rosenberg, Chief, 
Grants Policy Section, Mitigation Division, (202) 646-3321 for 
additional information. You may contact the Records Management Branch 
for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile 
number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: March 15, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management and Privacy, Information Resources Management 
Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-6072 Filed 4-2-07; 8:45 am]
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