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for cost-effective mitigation actions 

prior to a disaster event to reduce 

overall risks to the population and 

structures, while also reducing reliance 

on funding from actual disaster 

declarations. 

In accordance with OMB Circular A– 

102, FEMA requires that all parties 

interested in receiving FEMA mitigation 

grants submit an application package for 

grant assistance. Applications and subapplications for the PDM and FMA 

programs are submitted via the e-Grants 

system. The e-Grants system was 

developed and updated to meet the 

intent of the e-Government initiative, 

authorized by Public Law 106–107. This 

initiative required that all government 

agencies both streamline grant 

application processes and provide for 

the means to electronically create, 

review, and submit a grant application 

via the Internet. Title 2 CFR 200.335, 

promulgated in 2013, encourages 

Federal awarding agencies and nonFederal entities to, whenever 

practicable, collect, transmit, and store 

Federal award-related information in 

open and machine readable formats 

rather than in closed formats or on 

paper. 

This proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 9, 2017 at 82 FR 21548 

with a 60-day public comment period. 

No public comments were received. 

This information collection expired on 

June 30, 2017. FEMA is requesting a 

reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. Although FEMA initially 

proposed to revise this information 

collection by adding a new Quarterly 

Progress Report form, a new form is not 

necessary. The e-Grants system already 

collects information on the status of 

funded FMA/PDM mitigation activities 

on a quarterly basis after award. The 

information that is collected is limited 

to project status, work completed, 

number of properties acquired or 

relocated, and addresses of properties 

acquired or relocated during a given 

quarter. Therefore, FEMA is requesting 

a reinstatement of the collection without 

change. 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: Mitigation Grant Programs/eGrants. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. 

OMB Number: 1660–0072. 

FEMA Forms: None. 

Abstract: FEMA’s Flood Mitigation 

Assistance and Pre-Disaster Mitigation 

programs utilize an automated grant 

application and management system 

called e-Grants. These grant programs 

provide funding for the purpose of 

reducing or eliminating the risks to life 

and property from hazards. The e-Grants 

system includes all of the application 

information needed to apply for funding 

under these grant programs. 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

56. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

4,312. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 18,788. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $927,939. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: None. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: None. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $6,598,456.16. 

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. 

Dated: September 11, 2017. 

Tammi Hines, 

Acting Records Management Program Chief, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19790 Filed 9–15–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2017–0024; OMB No. 

1660–0137] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Emergency Notification System (ENS) 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 

will describe 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 

the actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and sent via 

electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@

omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Records 

Management Division, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472–3100, or email 

address FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov. Or, Melton 

Roland, ENS Program Manager, FEMA/ 

ORR, Melton.Roland@fema.dhs.gov, or 

telephone at 540–665–6152. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 20, 2017 at 82 FR 

28083 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. 


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Collection of Information 

Title: Emergency Notification System 

(ENS). 

Type of information collection: 

Extension, without change, of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0137. 

Form Titles and Numbers: None. 

Abstract: The ENS contains contact 

information for FEMA emergency team 

members, and for certain DHS HQ teams 

as well as USCIS and FLETC teams. The 

ENS uses this information to send 

email, call cell, home, work phones and 

SMS devices to inform team members 

they have been activated. Teams include 

FEMA HQ COOP, Hurricane Liaison 

Team (HLT), Urban Search & Rescue 

(US&R), Emergency Response Group 

(ERG), etc. The system can only be 

accessed via DHS OneNet. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Federal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

700. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 500 hours. 

Estimated Cost: The estimated annual 

cost to respondents for the hour burden 

is $14,410. There are no annual costs to 

respondents operations and 

maintenance costs for technical 

services. There are no annual start-up or 

capital costs. The cost to the Federal 

Government is $173,350.96. 

Dated: September 13, 2017. 

Tammi Hines, 

Acting Records Management Program Chief, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19792 Filed 9–15–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket ID DHS–2017–0045] 

Meeting of The President’s National 

Security Telecommunications 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Committee management; Notice 

of Federal Advisory Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The President’s National 

Security Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee (NSTAC) will meet on 

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, in 

Washington, DC. The meeting will be 

partially closed to the public. 

DATES: The NSTAC will meet on 

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, from 

10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time (EDT). Please note that the 

meeting may close early if the 

committee has completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The October 2017 NSTAC 

Meeting’s open session will be held at 

the Department of Homeland Security 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

Facility, 500 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC, and will begin at 1:00 

p.m. For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or to request special 

assistance at the meeting, or to attend in 

person, contact NSTAC@hq.dhs.gov no 

later than Wednesday, October 4, 2017. 

Members of the public are invited to 

provide comment on the issues that will 

be considered by the committee as listed 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section below. Associated briefing 

materials that participants may discuss 

during the meeting will be available at 

www.dhs.gov/nstac for review as of 

Monday, October 2, 2017. Comments 

may be submitted at any time and must 

be identified by docket number DHS– 

2017–0045. Comments may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting written 

comments. 

• Email: NSTAC@hq.dhs.gov. Include 

the docket number DHS–2017–0045 in 

the subject line of the email. 

• Fax: (703) 705–6190, ATTN: Sandy 

Benevides. 

• Mail: Designated Federal Officer, 

Stakeholder Engagement and Critical 

Infrastructure Resilience Division, 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate, Department of Homeland 

Security, 245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 

0612, Arlington, VA 20598–0612. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket and 

comments received by the NSTAC, 

please go to www.regulations.gov and 

enter docket number DHS–2017–0045. 

A public comment period will be held 

during the meeting on Wednesday, 

October 11, 2017, from 2:40 p.m. to 3:00 

p.m. EDT. Speakers who wish to 

participate in the public comment 

period must register in advance by no 

later than Friday, October 6, 2017, at 

5:00 p.m. EDT by emailing NSTAC@

hq.dhs.gov. Speakers are requested to 

limit their comments to three minutes 

and will speak in order of registration. 

Please note that the public comment 

period may end before the time 

indicated, following the last request for 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Helen Jackson, NSTAC Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, (703) 705–6276 

(telephone) or helen.jackson@

hq.dhs.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

Appendix (Pub. L. 92–463). The NSTAC 

advises the President on matters related 

to National Security and Emergency 

Preparedness (NS/EP) 

telecommunications and cybersecurity 

policy. 

Agenda: The committee will meet in 

an open session on October 11, 2017, 

receive remarks from Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) leadership 

and other senior Government officials 

regarding the Government’s current 

cybersecurity initiatives and NS/EP 

priorities. The meeting will include a 

keynote address and a panel discussion 

on a cybersecurity moonshot, which 

looks at identifying new processes to 

address cybersecurity challenges. 

NSTAC members will also deliberate 

and vote on the Committee’s NSTAC 

Report to the President on Internet and 

Communications Resilience which 

addresses ways in which the private 

sector and Government, together, can 

improve the resilience of the Internet 

and communications ecosystem (e.g., 

botnets). 

The committee will also meet in a 

closed session to receive a classified 

briefing regarding cybersecurity threats 

and discuss future studies based on the 

Government’s NS/EP priorities and 

perceived vulnerabilities. 

Basis for Closure: In accordance with 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c), The Government in the 

Sunshine Act, it has been determined 

that two agenda items require closure, 

as the disclosure of the information 

discussed would not be in the public 

interest. The first of these agenda items, 

the classified briefing, will provide 

members with a cybersecurity threat 

briefing on vulnerabilities related to the 

communications infrastructure. 

Disclosure of these threats would 

provide criminals who seek to 

compromise commercial and 

Government networks with information 

on potential vulnerabilities and 

mitigation techniques, weakening the 

Nation’s cybersecurity posture. This 

briefing will be classified at the top 

secret level, thereby exempting 

disclosure of the content by statute. 

Therefore, this portion of the meeting is 


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