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be made. If you would like to have 

written materials distributed to each 

member of the committee in advance of 

the meeting, you should send your 

request along with fifteen copies of the 

materials to the Coast Guard at least 10 

working days before the meeting at 

which the presentation will be made. 

Information on Services for the 

Handicapped 

For information on facilities or 

services for the handicapped or to 

request special assistance at the 

meetings, contact the Executive 

Director, Executive Secretary, or 

Assistant to the Executive Secretary as 

soon as possible.

Dated: August 11, 2005. 

R.F. Duncan, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Eighth Coast Guard District.

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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, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 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 proposed extension of 

information collections. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), this 

notice seeks comments concerning the 

collection of State and local hazard 

mitigation plans required under Section 

322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

(Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

collection of information is in 

accordance with Section 322 of the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act 

or the Act), 42 U.S.C. 5165, enacted 

under Sec. 104 the Disaster Mitigation 

Act of 2000, (DMA 2000) Pub. L. 106–

390. FEMA published regulations, 44 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

201, that require each state, local and 

tribal government have in place a 

hazard mitigation plan in order to 

receive Stafford Act assistance, 

excluding assistance provided pursuant 

to emergency provisions. The plan shall 

include sections that describe the 

planning process, an assessment of the 

risks, a mitigation strategy, and 

identification of plan maintenance and 

updating process. The purpose of the 

plan requirements is to enable State, 

tribal and local governments to better 

understand the risks they face from 

natural hazards and to make decisions 

and take actions to reduce the risks from 

those hazards. Several revisions were 

published since the February 26, 2002 

Interim Final Rule, including (1) to 

extend the date by which approved 

State and local mitigation plans will be 

required from November 1, 2003 to 

November 1, 2004 (October 1, 2002, 67 

FR 61512), (2) to clarify the date by 

which local mitigation plans would be 

required as a condition of receiving 

project grant funds under the PreDisaster Mitigation (PDM) program 

(October 28, 2003, 68 FR 61368); and (3) 

to provide State and Indian tribal 

governments with a mechanism to 

request an extension to the date by 

which they must develop State 

Mitigation Plans as a condition of grant 

assistance (September 13, 2004, 69 FR 

55094). 

Collection of Information 

Title: State/Local/Tribal Hazard 

Mitigations Plans—Section 322 of the 

Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. 

Type of Information Collection:

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0062. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Abstract: This collection is in 

accordance with our responsibilities 

under 44 CFR part 201 Hazard 

Mitigation Planning, which requires 

FEMA’s approval and determination of 

State, local and tribal eligibility for 

Stafford Act assistance. 

Affected Public: State, local and 

Tribal governments. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 571,200 hours.

FEMA project/activity 

Number of

respondents

(A) 

Frequency of 

response

(B) 

Hours per

response

(C) 

Annual burden 

hours

(A × B × C) 

State Mitigation Plan Updates ......................................................................... 21 1 320 6,720 

Enhanced Mitigation Plan Updates ................................................................. 3 1 160 480 

Local Mitigation Plan Review by States .......................................................... 500 1 8 4,000 

New Local or State Mitigation Plan Development ........................................... 250 1 2,080 520,000 

Local Mitigation Plan Updates ......................................................................... 250 1 160 40,000 

Total .......................................................................................................... 1,024 1 2,728 571,200 

Estimated Cost: The total annual 

estimated costs to States, territories, 

tribal governments and local 

communities for this information 

collection associated are $15,040,900. 

The costs were based on the wage rates 

using data from the November, 2003, 

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics (BLS), Standard 

Occupation Classification (SOC) System 

for urban and regional planners (SOC 

Code Number 19–3051) where the mean 

hourly wage for urban and regional 

planners was $26.31 per hour. 

Therefore, it is estimated that 

$15,028,272 (571,200 hours × $26.31 per 

hour) in annual costs is the total cost 

burden for all respondents to complete 

this information collection. 

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 

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responses. Comments should be 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should 

submit written comments to Chief, 

Records Management Section, 

Information Resources Management 

Branch, Information Technology 

Services Division, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security, 500 

C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, 

DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Terry Baker for additional 

information. You may contact the 

Records Management Section for copies 

of the proposed collection of 

information at facsimile number (202) 

646–3347 or e-mail address: FEMAInformation-Collections@dhs.gov.

Dated: August 16, 2005. 

George S. Trotter, 

Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources 

Management Branch, Information 

Technology Services Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) has 

submitted the following information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). The submission describes 

the nature of the information collection, 

the categories of respondents, the 

estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort 

and resources used by respondents to 

respond) and cost, and includes the 

actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

Title: Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) 

Grant Program eGrants. 

OMB Number: 1660–0071. 

Abstract: FEMA uses the PDM 

program eGrant application, evaluation, 

and award process to provide Federal 

grant assistance to grantees (State and 

federally recognized tribal government) 

who administer grant awards for subgrantee applicants (State-level agencies, 

federally recognized indian tribal 

governments, local governments, public 

colleges and universities, tribal colleges 

and universities, and regional planning 

districts and councils of governments). 

Private-non-profit (PNP) organizations 

and private colleges and universities are 

not eligible sub-applicants; however, a 

relevant State agency or local 

government may apply to the grant 

applicant for assistance on their behalf. 

The grant assistance must be used to 

develop mitigation plans in accordance 

with section 322 of the Disaster 

Mitigation Act of 2000 to implement 

pre-disaster mitigation projects that 

reduce the risks of natural and 

technological hazards on life and 

property, and to provide information 

and technical assistance on costeffective mitigation activities. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 1176. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: For 

purposes of this information collection 

extension, we are estimating the burden 

hours to be the same (that is no increase 

or decrease change) as the December, 

2004 OMB Approval 1660–0071. That 

approval included all of the required 

applications and grant forms for 

submittal either on paper or through eGrants, regardless of the method that the 

Grantee chooses to use to submit the 

information.

GRANT APPLICATION AND REPORTING FORMS

Type of collection forms Number of

respondents 

Number of

responses/

respondent 

Hours per

response and

record keeping 

Annual

burden

hours 

(A) (B) (A*B*C) 

SF–424 (Application face sheet) ................................................................ 56 2 45 minutes ........ 84.0 

Budget Information—Construction Program, FEMA Form 20–15 .............. 56 1 17.2 hours ........ 963.2 

FEMA Form 20–20—Budget—Non-Construction 1 ..................................... 56 2 9.7 hours .......... 1086.4 

FEMA Form 20–16, 20–16A, 20–16B, 20–16C (Summary of assurances 

& certifications).

56 2 1.7 hours .......... 190.4 

SF–LLL (lobbying disclosure) ..................................................................... 56 2 10 minutes ........ 18.7 

FEMA Form 20–10—Financial Status Report ............................................ 56 8 1 hour ............... 448.0 

FEMA Form 76–10A—Obligating Document For Award/Amendment ....... 56 2 1.2 hours .......... 134.40 

FEMA Form 20–17 Outlay Report and Request for Reimbursement ........ 56 20 17.2 hours ........ 19264.0 

FEMA Form 20–18—Report of Government Property ............................... 56 2 4.2 hours .......... 235.2 

FEMA 20–19—Report of Unobligated Balance (or substitute) .................. 56 2 5 minutes .......... 9.3 

Annual Audit & Audit Trail Requirements ................................................... 56 1 30 hours ........... 28.0 

Subtotal for Standard Forms (SF) & FEMA forms (FF) ...................... ........................ ........................ ........................... 22,013.4