Document ID: FEMA-2009-0001-0096
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: FEMA Preparedness Grants; Operation Stonegarden
Posted Date: 2010-03-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 23, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 55)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13773-13774]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2009-0001]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, OMB No. 1660-NEW; FEMA Preparedness Grants: 
Operation Stonegarden (OPSG)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; new information 
collection; OMB No. 1660-NEW; FEMA Form 089-16, OPSG Operations Order 
Report; FEMA Form 089-20, Operations Order Prioritization.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
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 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 the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 22, 2010.

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 
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, Office 
of Records Management, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 20598-
3005, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address FEMA-
Information-Collections@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Operation Stonegarden (OPSG).
    Type of information collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NEW.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 089-16, OPSG Operations Order 
Report; FEMA Form 089-20, Operations Order Prioritization. The form 
titles have changed since publication of the 60-day Federal Register 
Notice at 74 FR 59210, Nov. 17, 2009.
    Abstract: The Operation Stonegarden grant 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 regional/State/local planning, 
operations, and investments. The grant provides funding to designated 
localities to enhance cooperation and coordination between Federal, 
State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in a joint mission to 
secure the U.S. borders along routes of ingress from International 
borders to include travel corridors in States bordering Mexico and 
Canada, as well as States and

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territories with international water borders.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 39.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 642 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25,038 hours.
    Estimated Cost: There is no annual reporting or recordkeeping costs 
associated with this collection.

    Dated: March 16, 2010.
Larry Gray,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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