Document ID: FEMA-2019-0013-0001
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: 2019-06-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28067-28068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12746]

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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: Proposed Collection; 
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, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public 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 
grant application information necessary to assess the needs and 
benefits of applicants for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program 
and Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 16, 2019.

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-2019-0013. 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: William Dunham, Fire Program 
Specialist, Grant Program Directorate, 202-786-9813. You may contact 
the Information Management Division for

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copies of the proposed collection of information at email address: 
FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information sought under this submission 
will comprise of applications for Assistance to Firefighters Grant 
Program (AFG) and Fire Prevention and Safety (FPS) grants, Semi-Annual 
Performance Report, and Final Performance report. The authorizing 
legislation allows FEMA to fund fire department activities. The 
authority for AFG and FPS is derived from the Federal Fire Protection 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 et seq.), as amended. The 
information collected through the programs' applications is the minimum 
necessary to evaluate grant applications and is necessary for FEMA to 
comply with mandates delineated in AFG laws.

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 FEMA Form 080-0-2, 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, Fire Grants 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 and 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: State, Local or Tribal Government, and Not-for-
profit institutions.
    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.

William H. Holzerland,
Sr. Director, Information Management Division, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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