Document ID: FEMA-2017-0015-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System
Posted Date: 2017-05-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 90 (Thursday, May 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22013-22014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09505]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2017-0015; OMB No. 1660-0025]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System.

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on a revision of a currently approved information 
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this notice seeks comments concerning the Non-Disaster (ND) Grants 
System.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2017-0015. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Yuille, Branch Chief (Systems 
and Business Support Branch), FEMA, Grant Programs Directorate, Grant 
Operations Division, at (202) 786-9457. 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: Title 2 CFR, Part 200, Uniform 
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principals, and Audit Requirements 
for Federal Awards, establishes uniform administrative requirements, 
cost principles, and audit requirements for FEMA. In order to minimize 
the administrative burden for State and local partners to manage 
grants, it is necessary to standardize FEMA's grant administration 
processes. Currently, FEMA relies on multiple separate grants 
management systems and manual processes to perform its grants 
management functions. FEMA is revising this collection of information 
by fully integrating and automating these systems through ND Grants 
(https://portal.fema.gov), through which FEMA will implement a single, 
integrated, web-based, grants data collection and management system. 
With ND Grants, FEMA seeks to meet the intent of the E-Government 
initiative, authorized by Public Law 106-107, passed on November 20, 
1999, that requires that all government agencies both streamline grant 
application processes and provide a mechanism to electronically create, 
review, and submit a grant application via the Internet.

Collection of Information

    Title: Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0025.
    FEMA Form: FEMA Form 080-0-0-15, Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System.
    Abstract: ND Grants is a web-based grants management system that 
fulfills FEMA's strategic initiative to consolidate the entire non-
disaster grants management lifecycle into a single system. Currently, 
ND Grants has functionality that supports the grantee application 
process, award acceptance, amendments, and performance reporting.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,380.
    Number of Responses: 52,598.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26,299 hours.

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    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $988,053.43. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$8,244,902.03.

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.

    Dated: April 27, 2017.
William H. Holzerland,
Senior Director for Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-09505 Filed 5-10-17; 8:45 am]
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