Document ID: FEMA-2022-0022-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Fire Prevention and Safety Grants-Grant Application Supplemental Information
Posted Date: 2022-11-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73011-73013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25899]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2022-0022; OMB No. 1660-0054]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and 
Fire Prevention and Safety Grants-Grant Application Supplemental 
Information

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

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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. This notice invites the general 
public to comment on the extension of a currently approved collection, 
with changes, concerning the applications for the Assistance to 
Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, the Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) 
Grants program, the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response 
(SAFER) Grants program, and the Assistance to Firefighters Grant 
Program--COVID-19 Supplemental (AFG-S). These programs focus on 
enhancing the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to 
fire and fire-related hazards. The changes proposed will acknowledge 
the FEMA Grants Outcomes (FEMA GO) system as the new collection 
instrument for the AFG, AFG-S, SAFER, and FP&S programs. The individual 
forms will be combined into a question bank to allow the FEMA GO system 
to fully utilize its technology to simplify the process by reducing 
unnecessary questions.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 28, 2022.

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 
William Dunham, Fire Program Specialist, FEMA, Grant Programs 
Directorate, at 202-786-9813 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority for these grant programs is 
derived from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) 
Act, Div. B (Pub. L. 116-136); and Sections 33 and 34 of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, Public Law 93-498, as amended 
(15 U.S.C 2229, 2229a). The information collected is grant application 
information that is necessary to assess the needs of the applicants as 
well as the benefits to be obtained from the use of funds. The 
information collected through the program's application is the minimum 
necessary to evaluate grant applications and is necessary for FEMA to 
comply with mandates delineated in the law.
    FEMA is consolidating several forms associated with these programs 
into the FEMA GO electronic system, FF-207-FY-21-116. Transitioning and 
consolidating these forms into the electronic system will allow FEMA to 
retire the following forms: FEMA Form 080-0-2, AFG Application (General 
Questions and Narrative); FEMA Form 080-0-2a, Activity Specific 
Questions for AFG Vehicle Applicants; FEMA Form 080-0-2b, Activity 
Specific Questions for AFG Operations and Safety Applications; FEMA 
Form 080-3, Activity Specific Questions for Fire Prevention and Safety 
Applicants; FEMA Form 080-0-3a, Fire Prevention and Safety; FEMA Form 
080-0-3b, Research and Development; FEMA Form 080-0-0-13, Semi-Annual 
Performance Plan; FEMA Form 080-0-0-16, Final Performance Plan; FEMA 
Form 080-0-4, SAFER (General Questions for All Applicants); FEMA Form 
080-0-4a, SAFER Hiring of Firefighters Application (Questions and 
Narrative); FEMA Form 080-0-4b, SAFER Recruitment and Retention of 
Volunteer Firefighters Application (Questions and Narrative); FEMA Form 
087-0-0-2, SAFER Quarterly Report and Payment Request Form; and the 
AFG-S Application.
    Temporary forms, FF-207-FY-22-120, AFG Programmatic Performance 
Report, FF-207-FY-22-123, FP&S Programmatic Performance Report, FF-207-
FY-22-124, SAFER Hiring Programmatic Performance Report, and FF-207-FY-
22-125, SAFER Recruitment and Retention Programmatic Performance 
Report, will be used to collect required performance reports until the 
system is able to collect this information electronically.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on August 2, 2022, at 87 FR 47227 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: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Fire Prevention 
and Safety Grants-Grant Application Supplemental Information.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0054.
    FEMA Forms: FF-207-FY-21-116, Assistance to Firefighters Grant 
(AFG) Programs; FF-207-FY-22-120; Assistance to Firefighters Grant 
(AFG) Programmatic Performance Report; FF-207-FY-22-123, Fire 
Preventions and Safety (FP&S) Programmatic Performance Report; FF-207-
FY-22-124, Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) 
Hiring Programmatic Performance Report; and FF-207-FY-22-125, Staffing 
for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Recruitment and 
Retention Programmatic Performance Report.
    Abstract: The Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grants program, the 
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants 
program, and the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program--COVID-19 
Supplemental (AFG-S) focus on enhancing the safety of the public and 
firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. FEMA uses 
this information to ensure that FEMA's responsibilities under the 
legislation can be fulfilled accurately and efficiently. The 
information will be used to objectively evaluate each of the 
anticipated applicants to determine which of the applicants' proposals 
in each of the activities are the closest to the established program 
priorities.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-for-Profit 
Institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,112.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 24,112.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 191,720.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $12,345,373.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $433,412.

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

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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. 2022-25899 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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