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and administration across all core 

capabilities and mission areas. The 

authorizing authority of the HSGP is 

section 2002 of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–296) (See 6 

U.S.C. 603–609, as amended). 

This revision of the information 

collection removes the OPSG Daily 

Activity Report, FEMA Form FF–207– 

FY–21–113 (formerly 089–0–27) that 

was created at the behest of CBP to 

fulfill CBP’s requirements under OPSG 

and is only used to collection 

information from the public by CBP. 

FEMA has previously included this 

instrument under this collection as a 

service to CBP, but including an 

instrument used by CBP under a 

collection granting FEMA the authority 

to collect information does not provide 

the proper service to CBP, FEMA or the 

public. 

Collection of Information 

Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants: 

Homeland Security Grant Program 

(HSGP). 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0125. 

FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–207– 

FY–21–110 (formerly 089–1), 

Investment Justification for Homeland 

Security Grant Program (HSGP), State 

Homeland Security Program (SHSP) and 

Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI); 

FEMA Form FF–207–FY–21–111 

(formerly 089–16), Operation 

Stonegarden (OPSG) Operations Order 

and Budget Template; FEMA Form FF– 

207–FY–21–112 (formerly 089–20), 

Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) 

Inventory of Operation Orders; FEMA 

Instruction FI–207–FY–24–100, Urban 

Area Working Group (UAWG) 

Overview/Structure (including Point-ofContact (POC)); FEMA Instruction FI– 

207–FY–24–101, Operational Overtime 

Documentation; FEMA Instruction FI– 

207–FY–24–102, Multiyear Training 

and Exercise Plan; FEMA Instruction 

FI–207–FY–24–103, Urban Area 

Security Initiative (UASI) Governance 

Charter; FEMA Instruction FI–207–FY– 

24–104, Senior Advisory Committee 

(SAC) Charter; FEMA Instruction FI– 

207–FY–24–105, Urban Area Working 

Group (UAWG) Allocation 

Methodology; FEMA Instruction FI– 

207–FY–24–106, State Homeland 

Security Program (SHSP) and Urban 

Area Security Initiative (UASI) PassThrough Requirements; FEMA 

Instruction FI–207–FY–24–107, Critical 

Emergency Supplies; and FEMA 

Instruction FI–207–FY–24–108, 

SAFECOM Compliance Letter. 

Abstract: The Homeland Security 

Grant Program (HSGP) is an important 

tool among a comprehensive set of 

measures to help strengthen the Nation 

against risks associated with potential 

terrorist attacks. FEMA uses the 

information to evaluate applicants’ 

familiarity with the national 

preparedness architecture and identify 

how elements of this architecture have 

been incorporated into planning, 

operations, and investments at the 

regional, state and local levels. The 

HSGP is a primary funding mechanism 

for building and sustaining national 

preparedness capabilities. The HSGP is 

comprised of three separate grant 

programs: the State Homeland Security 

Program (SHSP), the Urban Area 

Security Initiative (UASI), and 

Operation Stonegarden (OPSG). 

Together, these grants fund a range of 

preparedness activities, including 

planning, organization, equipment 

purchase, training, exercises, and 

management and administration costs. 

Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

709. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 827. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 319,488. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $26,821,018. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $1,546,239. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA- 2023–0023; OMB No. 

1660–0114] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection, 

Comment Request; FEMA 

Preparedness Grants: Port Security 

Grant Program (PSGP) 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-day notice of revision and 

request for comments. 

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, with change, of a currently 

approved information collection. In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice seeks comments concerning the 

information collection activities 

required to administer the Port Security 

Grant Program (PSGP) and an additional 

new form to facilitate extension 

requests. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 18, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate 

submissions to the docket, please 

submit comments at http://

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2023–0023. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the Agency name and Docket 

ID. Regardless of the method used to 

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 and Security Notice that is 


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available via a link on the homepage of 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Duane Davis, Section Chief, FEMA, 

Grant Programs Directorate, 202–680– 

4060, duane.davis@fema.dhs.gov. You 

may contact the Information 

Management Division for copies of the 

proposed collection of information at 

email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

102 of the Maritime Transportation 

Security Act of 2002, as amended (46 

U.S.C. 70107), authorizes the PSGP to 

provide for the risk-based allocation of 

funds to implement Area Maritime 

Transportation Security Plans and 

facility security plans among port 

authorities, facility operators, and State 

and local government agencies required 

to provide port security services and to 

train law enforcement personnel under 

46 U.S.C. 70132. Before awarding a 

grant under the program, the Secretary 

for Homeland Security shall provide for 

review and comment by the appropriate 

Federal Maritime Security Coordinators 

and the Maritime Administrator. In 

administering the grant program, the 

Secretary shall consider national 

economic, energy, and strategic defense 

concerns based upon the most current 

risk assessments available. 

The PSGP is a Department of 

Homeland Security grant program that 

focuses on infrastructure protection 

activities. The PSGP is one tool in the 

comprehensive set of measures 

authorized by Congress and 

implemented by the Administration to 

strengthen the Nation’s critical 

infrastructure against risks associated 

with potential terrorist attacks. The bulk 

of U.S. critical infrastructure is owned 

and/or operated by state, local and 

private sector partners. The PSGP 

provides funds to state, local, and 

private sector partners to support 

increased port-wide risk management 

and protect critical surface 

transportation infrastructure from acts 

of terrorism, major disasters, and other 

emergencies. 

FEMA is making two changes with 

this revision. First, FEMA is removing 

the template for a Memorandum of 

Understanding (or Agreement) from this 

collection because this informal 

template has not been required in Fiscal 

Years 2022 or 2023. Second, FEMA is 

introducing an extension request form 

to help reviewers understand the nature 

and cause of performance delays, inform 

GPD of grant recipients who are failing 

to meet policy and legislative grant 

requirements, and streamline current 

processes. 

This proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on September 6, 2023, at 88 FR 

60964 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: FEMA Preparedness Grants: 

Port Security Grant Program (PSGP). 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0114. 

FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–207– 

FY–23–108 (formerly 089–05), PSGP 

Investment Justification; FEMA Form 

FF–207–FY–23–109 (formerly 088–0–1), 

Grant Programs Directorate Performance 

Report (GPD–PR), and FEMA Form FF– 

207–FY–23–110, Grant Programs 

Directorate Extension Request (GPDExtension). 

Abstract: Section 102 of the Maritime 

Transportation Security Act of 2002, as 

amended (46 U.S.C. 70107), authorizes 

the PSGP to provide for the risk-based 

allocation of funds to implement Area 

Maritime Transportation Security Plans 

and facility security plans among port 

authorities, facility operators, and State 

and local government agencies required 

to provide port security services and to 

train law enforcement personnel under 

46 U.S.C. 70132. Before awarding a 

grant under the program, the Secretary 

for Homeland Security shall provide for 

review and comment by the appropriate 

Federal Maritime Security Coordinators 

and the Maritime Administrator. In 

administering the grant program, the 

Secretary shall take into account 

national economic, energy, and strategic 

defense concerns based upon the most 

current risk assessments available. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government and Private Sector. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

966. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

1,832. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 17,446. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $1,462,290. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $1,853,355. 

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; 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket Number DHS–2023–0017] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: USSS Citizens Academy 

Application, Electronic Form 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security will submit the following 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until January 16, 2024. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.1 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number Docket # 

DHS–2023–0017, at: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number Docket # DHS–2023– 

0017. All comments received will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 


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