Document ID: FEMA-2022-0031-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Environmental and Historic Preservation Screening Form
Posted Date: 2023-02-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7990-7991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02573]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0035; OMB No. 1660-0115]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Environmental and Historic Preservation 
Screening Form

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

ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision 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 the information collection activities required to administer 
the Environmental and Historic Preservation Environmental Screening 
Form.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 9, 2023.

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 
Beth McWaters-Bjorkman, Environmental Protection Specialist, FEMA, 
Grant Programs Directorate, 202-431-8594 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) 
awards thousands of grants each year through various grant programs. 
These programs award funds for projects used to improve homeland 
security and emergency preparedness. The National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA) (Pub. L. 91-190, sec. 102 (B) and (C), 42 U.S.C. 
4332), the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) (Pub. L. 
89-665, 16 U.S.C. 470f), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 
93-205, 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and a variety of other environmental 
and historic preservation laws and Executive Orders (E.O.) require the 
Federal Government to examine the potential environmental impacts of 
its proposed actions on communities, public health and safety, and 
cultural, historic, and natural resources including endangered and 
threatened species prior to implementing those actions. The GPD process 
of considering these potential impacts is called an environmental and 
historic preservation (EHP) review which is employed to achieve 
compliance with multiple EHP authorities through one consolidated 
process.
    With input from recipients, FEMA is proposing to revise the EHP 
Screening Form for clarity and ease of use. The 2022 EHP Screening Form 
does not require any new information and includes an appendix with 
guidance on providing photographs with the EHP submission. Recipients 
are no longer required to submit Authorized Equipment List (AEL) 
numbers.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on November 4, 2022, at 87 FR 66718 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: Environmental and Historic Preservation Screening Form.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0115.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-119-FY-21-105 (formerly 024-0-1), 
Environmental and Historic Preservation Screening Form.

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    Abstract: The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) 
requires that each Federal agency examine the impact of a major Federal 
action (including the actions of recipients using grant funds) 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. This 
involves considering the environmental impact of the proposed action, 
alternatives to the proposed action, informing both decision-makers and 
the public of the impacts through a transparent process, and 
identifying mitigation measures for any potential adverse impacts (40 
CFR 1500.1, 1501.5 and 1501.6). Among other environmental laws, the 
review also involves considering the effects of the undertaking on 
historic properties under Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act and the effects of the action on any threatened or 
endangered species and their habitat under Section 7 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973. This Screening Form will facilitate the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) review of recipient Federally-
funded actions in FEMA's effort to comply with the environmental 
requirements.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government; Not-for-Profit 
Institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,300.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,300.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 16,752.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,039,877.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $6,153,716.

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. 2023-02573 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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