[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21532-21533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06624]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0034; OMB No. 1660-NW172]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; Generic Clearance for FEMA's Preparedness 
Grant 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. FEMA invites the general public to 
take this opportunity to comment on a new information collection. In 
accordance

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with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice seeks comments concerning a new generic collection to oversee 
FEMA's Office of Grants Administration programmatic and financial 
stewardship of non-disaster grant awards.

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 
Amy Bulgrien, Senior Advisor, FEMA, Office of Grants Administration at 
[email protected] and 202-880-7522.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Office of Grants Administration (OGA) 
was created to oversee the programmatic management, financial 
management and administration of non-disaster grants. These programs 
help make the country more resilient and support the Nation's needs 
before, during, and after disasters. Non-disaster grants also help 
develop and sustain capabilities at the state, local, Tribal, and 
territorial levels to mitigate, prevent, protect against, respond to, 
and recover from terrorism or other high-consequence disasters and 
emergencies. The instruments in this collection are required to apply 
for FEMA funds and the data collected through these instruments is used 
by FEMA to evaluate grant applications, assess applicant risk, monitor 
awards for compliance, and comply with Federal laws and regulations. 
OGA manages and ensures accountability of FEMA preparedness grant 
programs under sections 430, 503(b)(2)(G), 504(a)(12), 2021-2023, and 
2220-A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. OGA programmatically 
manages and financially administers certain non-disaster and 
preparedness grants and conducts environmental planning and historic 
preservation activities for these grants, including homeland security 
and preparedness grants (with statutory authority for certain waivers) 
pursuant to titles V, XVIII, and XX of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002; section 503(b)(2)(B), (G), and (H) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 313(b)(2)(B), (G), and (H)); section 1809 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 579); titles XIV and XV of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007; 46 
U.S.C. 70107; sections 635 and 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 723 and 762); title VI of the 
Stafford Act, as amended; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. 
App.; sections 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2229, 2229a); section 3006 of the 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, as amended; section 204 of the REAL ID 
Act of 2005; the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, 
Div. B (Pub. L. 116-136); and grant programs authorized in annual 
appropriations acts or future preparedness grant program authorities.
    FEMA's OGA is submitting this request for a generic collection to 
streamline integration of stakeholder feedback on instruments. This 
collection will ensure all Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
control number expiration dates are aligned across the OGA portfolio.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on December 12, 2023, at 88 FR 86141 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 Preparedness Grant Programs.
    Type of Information Collection: New Collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NW172.
    FEMA Forms: Not Applicable.
    Abstract: FEMA's Office of Grants Administration was created to 
oversee the programmatic management, financial management, and 
administration of non-disaster grants. Non-disaster grant programs help 
make the country more resilient and support the nation's needs before, 
during, and after disasters. Non-disaster grants help develop and 
sustain capabilities at the state and local, tribal, and territorial 
levels to mitigate, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover 
from terrorism or other high-consequence disasters and emergencies. 
Instruments in this collection are required to apply for FEMA funds; 
data collected via the instruments is used by FEMA to evaluate grant 
applications, assess applicant risk, monitor awards for compliance, and 
comply with Federal laws and regulations.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Businesses or 
other For-profits; Not-for Profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 35,552.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 55,244.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,737,291.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $100,067,963.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $3,173,288.

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. 2024-06624 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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