Document ID: FEMA-2019-0028-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Application for Surplus Federal Real Property Public Benefit Conveyance and BRAC Program for Emergency Management Use
Posted Date: 2019-12-19T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69758-69759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27429]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2019-0028; OMB No. 1660-0080]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Application for Surplus Federal Real Property Public 
Benefit Conveyance and BRAC Program for Emergency Management Use

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension, 
with changes, of a currently approved information collection. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

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1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the application process for 
the conveyance of Federal real property for public benefit. The purpose 
of this application is to implement the processes and procedures for 
the successful, lawful, and expeditious conveyance of real property 
from the Federal Government to public entities such as State, local, 
city, town, or other like government bodies as it relates to emergency 
management response purposes, including Fire and Rescue services. 
Compliance will ensure that properties will be fully positioned to use 
at their highest and best potentials as required by General Services 
Administration and Department of Defense regulations, Federal law, 
Executive Orders, and the Code of Federal Regulations.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 18, 2020.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2019-0028. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW, 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions 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: Anna Page Campbell, Realty Specialist, 
FEMA, Installations & Infrastructure Division, (202) 212-3631, 
Annapage.Campbell@FEMA.dhs.gov. You may contact the Information 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Excess Federal real property is defined as 
property that is no longer mission critical to the needs of the Federal 
Government. The conveyance and disposal of excess real property is 
governed by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (Property Act) as amended, 40 U.S.C. 541, et seq., 40 U.S.C. 553, 
and applicable regulations (41 CFR parts 102-75.750 through 
102.75.815).
    Under the sponsorship of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 
the Property Act gives the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration (GSA) authority to convey Federal real and related 
surplus property (without monetary consideration) to units of State and 
local government for emergency management response purposes, including 
fire rescue services. The scope and philosophy of GSA's real property 
policies are contained in 41 CFR part 102-71.

Collection of Information

    Title: Application for Surplus Federal Real Property Public Benefit 
Conveyance and BRAC Program for Emergency Management Use.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with changes, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0080.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 119-0-1, Surplus Federal Real Property 
Application for Public Benefit Conveyance.
    Abstract: Use of the Application for Surplus Federal Real Property 
Public Benefit Conveyance and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
Program for Emergency Management Use is necessary to implement the 
processes and procedures for the successful, lawful, and expeditious 
conveyance of real property from the Federal Government to public 
entities such as State, local, county, city, town, or other like 
government bodies, as it relates to emergency management response 
purposes, including fire and rescue services. Utilization of this 
application will ensure that properties will be fully positioned for 
use at their highest and best potentials as required by GSA and 
Department of Defense regulations, public law, Executive Orders, and 
the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 15.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 75.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $4,277.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $2,885.

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.

Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2019-27429 Filed 12-18-19; 8:45 am]
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