Document ID: FEMA-2020-0009-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Port Security Grant Program
Posted Date: 2020-05-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 94 (Thursday, May 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28970-28971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10379]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-FEMA-2020-0009; OMB No. 1660-0114]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Port Security Grant 
Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 30 Day notice 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. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 15, 2020.

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: Duane Davis, Section Chief, FEMA, 
Grant Programs Directorate, 202-680-4060, duane.davis@fema.dhs.gov. You 
may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 102 of the Maritime Transportation 
Security Act of 2002, as amended (46 U.S.C. 70107), established the 
Port Security Grant System (PSGP) to provide for the establishment of a 
grant program for a risk-based allocation of funds to implement Area 
Maritime Transportation Security Plans and facility security plans 
among port authorities, facility operators, and State and local 
government agencies required to provide port security services. Before 
awarding a grant under the program, the Secretary shall provide for 
review and comment by the appropriate Federal Maritime Security 
Coordinators and the Maritime Administrator. In administering the grant 
program, the Secretary shall take into account national economic and 
strategic defense concerns based upon the most current risk assessments 
available. In addition, any information collected by FEMA for this 
program is in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107(g), as amended by section 
112(c) of the Security and Accountability For Every (SAFE) Port Act of 
2006 (Pub. L. 109-347), which states: ``Any entity subject to an Area 
Maritime Transportation Security Plan may submit an application for a 
grant under this section, at such time, in such form, and containing 
such information and assurances as the Secretary may require.'' This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on February 11, 2020, at 85 FR 7779 with a 60 day public 
comment period. FEMA received one (1) unrelated comment. 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: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Port Security Grant Program 
(PSGP).

[[Page 28971]]

    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0114.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 089-5, PSGP Investment 
Justification.
    Abstract: The previous version of FEMA Form 089-5 presented 
numerous editing and submission challenges for applicants, often 
leaving required information blank within the form. Additionally, 
numerous applicants annually fail to provide required content 
information within a detailed budget worksheet or provide no detailed 
budget worksheet at all. A detailed budget worksheet is required; 
however it is not currently in a required template. This update changes 
the format and software of Form 089-5 and incorporates the detailed 
budget worksheet to help ensure accurate project accounting. By 
broadening the form to include all required project information, 
applicants will have fewer documents to track and submit; and 
subsequent agency reviews will be streamlined and improve consistency 
among application format.
    Affected Public: State, local and Tribal Governments; businesses or 
other for-profits and non-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 893.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,759.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,450 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,430,377.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: 0.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: 0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,055,219.

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, such as 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. 2020-10379 Filed 5-13-20; 8:45 am]
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