Document ID: FEMA-2019-0013-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Fire Prevention and Safety Grants- Grant Application Supplemental Information
Posted Date: 2019-08-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45510-45511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18668]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2019-0013; OMB No. 1660-0054]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and 
Fire Prevention and Safety Grants-Grant Application Supplemental 
Information

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 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.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 30, 2019.

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 
dhsdeskofficer@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or 
William Dunham, Fire Program Specialist, Grant Program Directorate, 
202-786-9813.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2019 at 84 FR 
28067 with a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received. 
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: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Fire Prevention 
and Safety Grants-Grant Application Supplemental Information.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0054.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 080-2, AFG Application (General 
Questions and Narrative); FEMA Form 080-0-2a, Activity Specific 
Questions for AFG
    Vehicle Applicants; FEMA Form 080-0-2b, Activity Specific Questions 
for AFG Operations and Safety Applications; FEMA Form 080-0-3, Activity 
Specific Questions for Fire Prevention and Safety Applicants; FEMA Form 
080-0-3a, Fire Prevention and Safety; FEMA Form 080-0-3b, Research and 
Development; and FEMA Form 080-0-0-13, Semi-Annual Performance Report; 
FEMA Form 080-0-0-16 Final Performance Report.
    Abstract: The FEMA forms for this collection are used to 
objectively evaluate each of the anticipated applicants to determine 
which applicants' submission in each of the AFG & FP&S activities are 
close to the established program priorities. FEMA also uses the 
information to determine eligibility and whether the proposed use of 
funds meets the requirements and intent of AFG legislation.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 27,220.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 29,830.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 167,290.34.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $ 9,426,559.74.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: N/A.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: N/A.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: 
$3,315,334.75.

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,
Deputy Directory, Information Management Division, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2019-18668 Filed 8-28-19; 8:45 am]
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