Document ID: FEMA-2013-0007-0003
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Posted Date: 2013-06-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 38726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15350]

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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: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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. The submission will describe 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. This notice reflects changes to the 
collection since the publishing of the 60 day notice on March 12, 2013. 
Since the 60 day notice, FEMA has decided to use a different, more 
effective quarterly reporting collection tool to monitor Hazard 
Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grantee project activities and 
expenditure of funds, FEMA Form No. 009-0-111A. This will allow FEMA to 
more effectively better meet regulatory mandates. Previous quarterly 
reporting was covered by a different OMB ICR. FEMA estimates that use 
of this tool will change the total burden hours for this collection.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2013.

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, 
Records Management Division, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 
20598-3005, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Application and Reporting.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Form Titles and Numbers: Narratives and FEMA Form No. 009-0-111A.
    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 a 
new grantee quarterly reporting tool, FEMA Form No. 009-0-111A. This 
new instrument will enable FEMA to meet requirements set out in 44 CFR 
206.438(c).
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 37,576.
    Estimated Cost: There is no annual operation or maintenance cost 
associated with this collection.

    Dated: June 18, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2013-15350 Filed 6-26-13; 8:45 am]
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