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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; State Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
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 comme...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FEMA regulations in 44 CFR 206.437 require development and updates to the State Administrative Plan by State Applicants/Recipients, as a condition of receiving HMGP funding under section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5170c. Applicant/Recipients can be any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or an Indian Tribal government (federally-recognized) that chooses to act as an Applicant/Recipient. A State is defined in section 102(4) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) as any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Collection of Information
Title:
State Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection.
OMB Number:
1660-0026.
FEMA Forms:
None.
Abstract:
The State Administrative Plan is a procedural guide that details how the State will administer the HMGP. The State, Territory, or Indian Tribal government (who acts as a recipient) must have a current administrative plan approved by the appropriate FEMA Regional Administrator before receiving HMGP funds. The administrative plan may take any form including a chapter within a comprehensive State mitigation program strategy.
Affected Public:
State, Territories, and Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
35.
Frequency of Response:
Twice Annually.
Estimated Number of Responses:
70.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
560.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost:
$32,704.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs:
There are no Operation and Maintenance Costs associated with this information collection.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs:
There are no record keeping, capital, start-up or maintenance costs associated with this information collection.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government:
$23,871.
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.
Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.