Document ID: FEMA-2021-0009-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Fire Prevention and Safety Grants- Grant Application Supplemental Information
Posted Date: 2021-03-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 47 (Friday, March 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14137-14138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05181]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2021-0009; OMB No. 1660-0054]

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

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 (FEMA), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a currently 
approved collection with revisions. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the 
applications for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, 
the Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grants program, the Staffing for 
Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants program, and the 
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program--COVID-19 Supplemental (AFG-
S). These programs focus on enhancing the safety of the public and 
firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 11, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-
2021-0009. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID, and 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: William Dunham, Fire Program 
Specialist, FEMA, Grant Programs Directorate, 202-786-9813. You may 
contact the Information Management Division for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority for these grant programs are 
derived from the Coronavirus Aid,

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Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Div. B (Pub. L. 116-136); 
and Sections 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974, Public Law 93-498, as amended (15 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  2229, 
2229a). The information collected is grant application information that 
is necessary to assess the needs of the applicants as well as the 
benefits to be obtained from the use of funds. The information 
collected through the program's application is the minimum necessary to 
evaluate grant applications and is necessary for FEMA to comply with 
mandates delineated in the law.

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.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 080-0-2; FEMA Form 080-0-3; FEMA Form 080-0-
0-13; FEMA Form 080-0-0-16; FEMA Form 080-0-4; FEMA Form 087-0-0-2.
    Abstract: FEMA uses this information to ensure that FEMA's 
responsibilities under the legislation can be fulfilled accurately and 
efficiently. The information will be used to objectively evaluate each 
of the anticipated applicants to determine which of the applicants' 
proposals in each of the activities are the closest to the established 
program priorities.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-for-Profit 
Institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,608.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 24,088.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 191,501.5.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $12,069,921.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: There are 
no maintenance costs associated with this information collection.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: There are no 
record keeping, capital, start-up costs associated with this 
information collection.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: The cost to 
the Federal Government is $423,597.

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 L. Brown,
Senior Manager, Records Management Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-05181 Filed 3-11-21; 8:45 am]
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