[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9167-9168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02626]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0006; OMB No. 1660-0110]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) Investment 
Justification & NSGP Prioritization Tracker

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice of extension 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 to take this opportunity to comment on an extension 
of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning 
the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The NSGP provides funding 
support for security-related enhancements to nonprofit organizations 
that are at high risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 9, 2024.

ADDRESSES: 
    To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2024-0006. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any 
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this 
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Silveira, Branch Chief, FEMA 
Grant Programs Directorate, Preparedness Grants Program, 202-786-9598 
[email protected]. You may contact the Information Management 
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The collection of information for the 
Nonprofit Security Grant Program is mandated by sections 2003 and 2004 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), as amended by 
section 101, Title I of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-053). These sections mandate that 
applicants submit plans to describe the proposed division of 
responsibilities and distribution of funding among the local and tribal 
government in the high-risk urban area; mandate that applicants submit 
information in support of the application as the Administrator may 
reasonably require; mandate that applicants submit their application to 
each State for review before submission of such application to the 
Department; and delineate and describe the actions Governors must take 
if deeming that an application is inconsistent with their States' 
Homeland Security Strategy.
    This program is designed to promote coordination and collaboration 
in emergency preparedness activities among public and private community 
representatives, State, and local government agencies.

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Collection of Information

    Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Nonprofit Security Grant Program 
(NSGP).
    Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0110.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-115 (formally 089-25), NSGP 
Investment Justification; FEMA Form FF-207-FY-21-114 (formerly 089-24), 
NSGP Prioritization of Investments Tracker.
    Abstract: The Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding 
support for security related enhancements to nonprofit organizations 
that are at high risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack. The 
program seeks to integrate the preparedness activities of nonprofit 
organizations that are at high risk of a terrorist or other extremist 
attack with broader state and local preparedness efforts. The NSGP 
Investment Justification summarizes the nonprofit organization's 
mission, vulnerability assessment, and proposed project(s) details. The 
Prioritization of Investments Tracker is for State Administrative 
Agencies to use to prioritize which NSGP subapplicants/projects are 
recommended for funding.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments; Not for 
Profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,056.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 6,056.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,840.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $807,221.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $354,515.

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. 2024-02626 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
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