Document ID: FEMA-2021-0006-0004
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Fire Management Assistance Grant Program
Posted Date: 2021-10-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58083-58084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22851]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2021-0006; OMB No. 1660-0058]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Fire Management Assistance Grant Program

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

ACTION: 30 Day notice of renewal 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 November 19, 2021.

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: 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 [email protected] or 
Antonio Jones, FMAG Program Specialist, Office of Response & Recovery, 
FEMA, at [email protected] or (540) 320-1928.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on February 24, 2021, at 
86 FR 11318 with a 60-day public comment period. Three comments were 
received during that period and one comment (FEMA-2021-0006-0002) was 
not germane. The other two comments (FEMA-2021-0006-0003 and FEMA-2021-
0006-0004) recommended that FEMA discontinue the Fire Management 
Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP). FEMA has considered these comments, 
but declines to make any changes to the FMAGP as a result of it. The 
FMAGP was established under Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C 
5187, as amended by Sec.  303 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, 
which 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. FEMA has implemented 
this program through 44 CFR part 204. Absent a change to the Stafford 
Act, FEMA will continue implementing the FMAGP. Moreover, discontinuing 
this program would negatively impact many Regions and states that 
receive grant funding under this program for disaster recovery 
purposes. 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: Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.
    Type of information collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0058.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-165 (formerly FEMA 
Form 078-0-2), Request for Fire Management Assistance Declaration; FEMA 
Form FF-104-FY-21-167 (formerly FEMA Form 089-0-24),

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Request for Fire Management Sub-grant; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-166 
(formerly FEMA Form 078-0-1), Principal Advisor's Report.
    Abstract: The information collection is required to make grant 
eligibility determinations for the Fire Management Assistance Grant 
Program. These eligibility-based grants and subgrants provide 
assistance to any eligible state, tribal government, or local 
government for the mitigation, management, and control of a fire on 
public or private forest land or grassland that is threatening such 
destruction as would constitute a major disaster. The information 
gathered in the forms is used to determine the severity of the 
threatening fire, current and forecast weather conditions, and 
associated factors related to the fire and its potential threat as a 
major disaster.
    Affected Public: State, Tribal, or Local Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 178.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 553.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 811.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $68,294.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $630,971.

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. 2021-22851 Filed 10-19-21; 8:45 am]
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