Document ID: FEMA-2014-0020-0003
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Posted Date: 2014-08-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 50681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20048]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0020; OMB No. 1660-0058]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 September 24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 500 C Street, Washington, DC 20472-3100, 
facsimile number (202) 212-4701, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA published a 60-day Federal Register 
Notice inviting public comments on May 28, 2014, 79 FR 30633. FEMA 
received one comment from one respondent. The commenter stated that 
government funds should not be used for pre-fire activities but rather 
homeowners should be responsible and take necessary steps to avoid 
fires. The commenter did approve of funds being used for cleanup. They 
also stated that government should be smaller. FEMA appreciates 
receiving this comment although the comment is not directly related to 
the cost and hour burden. If a grant is approved, the funds only pay 
for minimum pre-fire activities and these must be pre-approved in order 
to be eligible for funding. The funds used for pre-fire activities pay 
for pre-positioning equipment and personnel so a fire can be more 
quickly mitigated and contained, which helps reduce government fire-
fighting costs.

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 078-0-1, Request for Fire 
Management Assistance Declaration; FEMA Form 089-0-24, Request for Fire 
Management Sub-grant; FEMA Form 078-0-2, Principal Advisor's Report.
    Abstract: The information collection is required to make grant 
eligibility determinations for the Fire Management Assistance Grant 
Program (FMAGP). These eligibility-based grants and subgrants provide 
assistance to any eligible State, Indian 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 data/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, local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 178.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 811 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $42,626.16. There are no annual costs to respondents' 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$532,814.00.

    Dated: August 14, 2014.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2014-20048 Filed 8-22-14; 8:45 am]
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