Document ID: FEMA-2013-0007-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Posted Date: 2013-03-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15735-15736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05675]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2013-0007; OMB No. 1660-0076]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on an extension, without change, of a currently approved 
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Hazard Mitigation 
Grant Program application and reporting requirements.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 13, 2013.

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-2013-0007. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 835, Washington, DC 
20472-3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (703) 483-2999.
    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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cecelia Rosenberg, Chief, Grants 
Policy Branch, Mitigation Division, (202) 646-3321. You may contact the 
Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5170c, 
established the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Grant requirements and 
grants management procedures of the program are outlined in 44 C.F.R. 
Part 13 and 206 Subpart N. Grantees administer the HMGP, which is a 
post-disaster program that contributes funds toward the cost of hazard 
mitigation activities in order to reduce the risk of future damage, 
hardship, loss or suffering in any area affected by a major disaster. 
Grantees are defined as any State of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or an Indian tribal 
government that chooses to act as a grantee.

Collection of Information

    Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Application and Reporting.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    FEMA Form(s): None.
    Abstract: Grantees administer the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 
which is a post-disaster program that contributes funds toward the cost 
of hazard mitigation activities in order to reduce the risk of future 
damage, hardship, loss or suffering in any area affected by a major 
disaster. FEMA uses applications to collect information for determining 
whether to provide financial assistance in the form of grant awards and 
monitors grantee project activities and expenditure of funds through 
grantee quarterly reporting.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 56.
    Number of Responses: 3,024.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,696.
    Estimated Cost: There is no annual operation or maintenance cost 
associated with this collection.

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.

    Dated: March 1, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2013-05675 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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