Document ID: FEMA-2022-0015-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; FEMA’s Grants Reporting Tool (GRT)
Posted Date: 2022-05-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31253-31254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10975]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0015; OMB No. 1660-0117]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT)

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

ACTION: 60-Day notice of reinstatement and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a 
reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for 
which approval has expired. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of 
information necessary for the Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-
2022-0015. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID, and will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal 
information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes 
it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and Security Notice that is 
available via a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Garza, Acting Senior Advisor, 
[email protected] or (202) 786-9602. You may contact the 
Information Management Division for copies of the proposed collection 
of information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grants Reporting Tool (GRT) is a web-
based reporting system designed to help State Administrative Agencies 
(SAAs) meet all reporting requirements as identified in the grant 
guidance of FEMA's portfolio of preparedness grants managed by the 
FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate (GPD).
    Title 2 CFR, part 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards), establishes 
uniform administrative rules for assistance awards and subawards to 
State, local and Indian Tribal governments. FEMA determined that it is 
necessary to automate the grant reporting process to have consistent 
implementation of FEMA grant administration policies, to reduce 
duplicative and tedious data entry, to measure preparedness gains more 
effectively, and to streamline application submission and management 
for recipients and subrecipients.
    Title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 authorizes the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the FEMA Administrator, 
to provide grants to assist State, local, and Tribal governments in 
preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts 
of terrorism. Recipients use the GRT to submit annual investment 
justifications and biannual progress reports. Further, section 2022 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 612) mandates that FEMA 
review grants awarded to states and high-risk urban areas at least 
every two years and requires that recipients submit annual reports on 
the use of funds awarded under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604, 605, respectively). Section 2022 
also provides DHS the authority to have full access to information 
regarding activities carried out under any grant DHS administers.
    Additionally, Section 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA), as amended, (Pub. L. 109-295) (6 U.S.C. 
762); the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act, as amended (Pub. L. 93-288) (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); the 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (Pub. L. 95-124) 
(42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
as amended (Pub. L. 90448) (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) authorize FEMA to 
administer the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program. 
The primary purpose of the EMPG program is to provide grants to assist 
State, local, Tribal and territorial emergency management agencies to 
implement the National Preparedness System (NPS) and to support the 
National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation. Recipients 
funding under this authorization use the GRT to submit biannual 
progress reports.

Collection of Information

    Title: FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).
    Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0117.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-207-FY-22-121, Biannual Strategy 
Implementation Report (BSIR).
    Abstract: The GRT is a web-based reporting system designed to help 
State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) and directly eligible tribes meet 
all reporting requirements as identified in the grant guidance of 
FEMA's portfolio of preparedness grants sponsored by FEMA's Grant 
Programs Directorate (GPD). The information enables FEMA to evaluate 
applications and make award decisions, monitor ongoing performance, and 
manage the flow of

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Federal funds, and to appropriately close out grants. GRT supports the 
information collection needs of each grant program processed in the 
system.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 81.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 162.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,471.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $111,442.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,259,210.

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. 2022-10975 Filed 5-20-22; 8:45 am]
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