Document ID: FEMA-2020-0015-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Nonprofit Security Grant Program
Posted Date: 2020-05-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29471-29472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10380]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0015; OMB No. 1660-0110]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Nonprofit Security Grant 
Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 60-Day 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 
the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The NSGP provides funding 
support for security related enhancements to nonprofit organizations 
that are at high risk of a terrorist attack.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 14, 2020.

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-2020-0015. 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 and 
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samrawit Aragie, Program Analyst, FEMA 
Grant Programs Directorate, Preparedness Grants Program, 202-786-9846, 
Samrawit.aragie@fema.dhs.gov. 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 collection of information for the 
Nonprofit Security Grant Program is mandated by Sections 2003, 2004, 
and 2009 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (codified as amended at 6 
U.S.C. 604, 605, 609a) and various appropriations acts. The information 
collected (1) is required to assess the need and potential impact of 
NSGP funding requests from nonprofit organizations; and (2) allows for 
a fair method to evaluate requests and determine which applications 
will be selected for funding.

Collection of Information

    Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Nonprofit Security Grant Program 
(NSGP).
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0110.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 089-24 NSGP Prioritization of Investment 
Justifications; FEMA Form 089-25 NSGP Investment Justification.
    Abstract: The Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding 
support for security related enhancements to nonprofit organizations 
that are at high risk of a terrorist attack. The program seeks to 
integrate the preparedness activities of nonprofit organizations that 
are at high risk of a terrorist attack with broader state and local 
preparedness efforts.
    Affected Public: State or Tribal governments, and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,086.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,086.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,960.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $338,766.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $339,751.

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,

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e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Maile Arthur,
Deputy Director, Information Management Division, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-10380 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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