Document ID: FEMA-2023-0019-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Fire Management Assistance Grant Program
Posted Date: 2023-08-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54633-54634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17280]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0019; OMB No. 1660-0058]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Fire Management Assistance Grant Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision 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 change, of a currently approved information collection. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 
comments concerning the information collected as required for Fire 
Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) eligibility determinations, 
grants management, and compliance with other Federal laws and 
regulations.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0019. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    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: To ensure your comments, and or 
recommendations are directed to the best point of contact, as well as 
to provide internal quality assurance measures, please direct all 
inquiries to Antonio Jones, FMAG Program Manager, at (540) 326-1928 or 
[email protected]. You may contact the Information 
Management Division for copies of the

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proposed collection of information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected is required for 
Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) eligibility 
determinations, grants management, and compliance with other Federal 
laws and regulations. The FMAGP was established under section 420 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 
U.S.C 5187, as amended by Sec.  303 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 
2000 and authorizes the President to provide assistance to any state or 
local government for the mitigation, management, and control of any 
fire on public or private forest land or grassland that threatens such 
destruction as would constitute a major disaster. 44 CFR part 204 
specifies the information collections necessary to facilitate the 
provision of assistance under the FMAGP. Additionally, the information 
collection is used by both FEMA Regional and State staff to facilitate 
the declaration request and grant administration processes of FMAGP, as 
well as end of year internal reporting of overall declaration requests 
and estimated grant outlays.

Collection of Information

    Title: Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0058.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-165 (formerly FEMA 
Form 078-0-1), Principal Advisor's Report; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-166 
(formerly FEMA Form 078-0-1), Request for Fire Management Assistance 
Declaration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-167 (formerly FEMA Form 089-0-24), 
Request for Fire Management Assistance Subgrant; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-
23-100, Application for Management Costs; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-23-101, 
Project Application for Emergency Protective Measures; FEMA Form FF-
104-FY-23-102, Project Application for Firefighting Activities; FEMA 
Form FF-104-FY-23-103 Time Extensions; No form, FEMA-State Agreement 
and Amendment; No form, State Administrative Plan for Fire Management 
Assistance; No form, Appeal Letter; No form, Duplication of Benefits 
Letter; and No form, Training Sessions.
    Abstract: The information collected is required for Fire Management 
Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) eligibility determinations, grants 
management, and compliance with other Federal laws and regulations. The 
FMAGP was established under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act and authorizes the President to provide 
assistance to any state or local government for the mitigation, 
management, and control of any fire on public or private forest land or 
grassland that threatens such destruction as would constitute a major 
disaster. Federal regulations specify the information collections 
necessary to facilitate the provision of assistance under the FMAGP. 
Additionally, the information collection is used by both FEMA Regional 
and State staff to facilitate the declaration request and grant 
administration processes of FMAGP, as well as end of year internal 
reporting of overall declaration requests and estimated grant outlays.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 278.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 953.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,211.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $105,406.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $682,930.

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.

Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-17280 Filed 8-10-23; 8:45 am]
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