82 FR 37106 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 151 (August 8, 2017)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37106-37107]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16627]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0015; OMB No. 1660-0025]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice 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 September 7, 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, or email address [email protected]. Or, Everett Yuille, Branch Chief (Systems and 
Business Support Branch), FEMA, Grant Programs Directorate, Grant 
Operations Division, at (202) 786-9457.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on May 11, 2017 at 82 FR 
22013 with a 60 day public comment period. No comments were received. 
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: Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0025.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 080-0-0-15, Non-Disaster (ND) 
Grants System.
    Abstract: ND Grants is a web-based grants management system that 
fulfills FEMA's strategic initiative to consolidate the entire non-
disaster grants management lifecycle into a single system. Currently, 
ND Grants has functionality that supports the grantee application 
process, award acceptance, amendments, and performance reporting.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,380.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 52,598.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26,299 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: The estimated annual cost 
to respondents for the hour burden is $988,053.43.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: There are 
no annual costs to respondents' operations and maintenance costs for 
technical services.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: The cost to 
the Federal Government is $8,244,902.03.

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

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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.

    Dated: August 2, 2017.
Tammi Hines,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-16627 Filed 8-7-17; 8:45 am]
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