Document ID: FEMA-2009-0001-0089
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: FEMA Preparedness Grants; Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program
Posted Date: 2010-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 36)]
[Notices]               
[Page 8389-8390]
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: 
Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; new information 
collection; OMB No. 1660-NEW; FEMA Form 089-2, IECGP Investment 
Justification.

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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 March 26, 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: Interoperable Emergency 
Communications Grant Program (IECGP).
    Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NEW.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 089-2, IECGP Investment 
Justification.
    Abstract: The IECGP 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. Respondents 
are

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comprised of State, local, and tribal entities.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56. The estimated number of 
respondents has increased since publication of the 60-day Federal 
Register Notice at 74 FR 59227, Nov. 17, 2009.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 572 hours. The 
average hour burden per respondent has decreased since publication of 
the 60-day Federal Register Notice at 74 FR 59227, Nov. 17, 2009.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,032 hours. The total annual 
burden hours has decreased since publication of the 60-day Federal 
Register Notice at 74 FR 59227, Nov. 17, 2009.
    Estimated Cost: There are no annual reporting or recordkeeping 
costs associated with this collection.

Larry Gray
Director, Office of Records Management, Office of Management, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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