[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21529-21530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06621]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0031; OMB No. 1660-NW157]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; Generic Clearance for FEMA's Major Disaster, 
Emergency Response, Emergency Recovery, and Hazard Mitigation Programs

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

ACTION: 30-Day notice of new collection 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. The submission seeks comments 
concerning a new generic information collection allowing FEMA to 
individually update instruments needed to provide financial, non-
financial, program management, and technical assistance for FEMA's 
major disaster, emergency response, emergency recovery, and hazard 
mitigation activities.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: [email protected] or 
Jennie Orenstein, Branch Chief, FEMA's Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration's Policy, Tools and Training Branch, at 
[email protected] or (202) 212-4071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-288, as amended), 42 U.S.C. 5121-
5207

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(Stafford Act) provides broad authority to FEMA for disaster and 
emergency relief operations, reducing risk to people and property from 
hazards, and related activities and operations. The Stafford Act 
authorizes FEMA to provide financial and technical assistance to assist 
state, local, territorial, and Tribal (SLTT) governments and certain 
private non-profit (PNP) entities with the response to and recovery 
from Presidentially declared major disasters and emergencies, and the 
implementation of hazard mitigation measures and related activities 
that reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from 
hazards and their effects.
    The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (``NFIA''), as amended, 
and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4001, et seq.) authorize FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program 
(NFIP), including a wide range of related activities. For instance, the 
NFIA authorizes FEMA to provide financial assistance for planning and 
carrying out projects and activities designed to reduce the risk of 
flood damage to NFIP-insured structures.
    FEMA routinely receives additional guidance from Congress, through 
new legislation, and the President through Executive Orders (E.O.). 
Congressional and E.O. mandates often require significant adjustments 
to previously approved information collections to provide timely 
assistance to survivors and are often required within weeks. FEMA is 
proposing moving instruments from currently approved information 
collections into this new generic information collection to provide the 
necessary flexibility to update individual existing instruments and 
create new instruments as new guidance from Congress and the President 
is received, deliver timely assistance to survivors (both before and 
after a disaster), and maintain compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on December 11, 2023, at 88 FR 85898 with a 60-day 
public comment period. No comments were received. 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: Generic Clearance for FEMA's Major Disaster, Emergency 
Response, Emergency Recovery, and Hazard Mitigation Programs.
    Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NW157.
    FEMA Forms: Not Applicable.
    Abstract: The Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to provide financial, 
non-financial, program management and technical assistance to state, 
local, territorial, and Tribal (SLTT) governments and certain private 
non-profit (PNP) entities with the response to and recovery from 
Presidentially declared major disasters and emergencies, and the 
implementation of hazard mitigation measures and related activities 
that reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from 
hazards and their effects. The information collected is required for 
FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) programs, the Revolving Loan 
Fund capitalization program, and the Public Assistance (PA) Program, 
for ongoing program implementation and optimization.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Private, Non-
Profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 671,356.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 671,356.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 633,775.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $39,908,812.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $21,641,036.

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. 2024-06621 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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