82 FR 27071 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Application and Reporting

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 112 (June 13, 2017)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for reinstatement and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The reinstatement 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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27071-27072]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12216]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2016-0024; OMB No. 1660-0076]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) 
Application and Reporting

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Reinstatement.

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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 reinstatement and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The reinstatement 
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 July 13, 2017.

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 
[email protected].

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 SW., Washington, DC 20472-
3100, email address [email protected] or Jennie Orenstein, Grants Policy Branch, FEMA 
at 202-212-4071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection previously 
published in the Federal Register on October 28, 2016, at 81 FR 74463 
with a 60 day comment period. No comments were received. This 
information collection expired on October 31, 2016. FEMA is requesting 
a reinstatement of the collection with change. The changes include 
updating the term ``Grantees'' to ``Recipients'' to comply with 2 CFR 
200 and 3002; changes to account for Indian tribal governments being 
eligible as direct recipients of HMGP as a result of the Sandy Recovery 
Improvement Act of 2013, Public Law 113-2; and the annual burden hours 
increased to account for the data collection activities of Indian 
tribal governments acting as a recipient and respondent under this 
collection.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that FEMA will 
submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of 
Management and Budget for reinstatement and clearance.

Collection of Information

    Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Application and 
Reporting.
    Type of information collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved information

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collection for which approval has expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0076.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 009-0-111A, Quarterly Progress 
Reports.
    Abstract: FEMA administers the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 
which is a post-disaster program that contributes funds toward the cost 
of hazard mitigation activities in order to reduce the risk of future 
damage hardship, loss or suffering in any area affected by a major 
disaster. FEMA uses applications to provide financial assistance in the 
form of awards and, through recipient quarterly reporting, monitor 
recipient project activities and expenditure of funds.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 59.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 51,153.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual burden hour cost to 
respondents is $2,177,584. The annual costs to the Federal government 
are $1,894,720. There are no annual start-up or capital costs.

    Dated: June 7, 2017.
Richard Mattison,
Records Management Branch, Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-12216 Filed 6-12-17; 8:45 am]
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