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Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 597.
Number of Responses: 1,223.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17,154 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $1,094,112.60. 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 $770,401.
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.
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2016–24624 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2016–0028; OMB No.
1660–0117]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA’s Grants
Reporting Tool (GRT)
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
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agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on an extension, without
change, of a currently approved
information collection. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the collection of information
necessary for the Grants Reporting Tool
(GRT).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 12, 2016.
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–2016–0028. 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 https://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 Act notice that is available via
the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Everett Yuille, Branch Chief, FEMA,
Grant Programs Directorate, 202–510–
3901. You may contact the Records
Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at
email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 2
CFR, Part 200 (Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal
Awards), establishes uniform
administrative rules for assistance
awards and sub-awards to State, local
and Indian tribal governments. FEMA
has determined that in order to have
consistent implementation of FEMA
grant administration policies, to reduce
duplicative and tedious data entry, to
more effectively measure preparedness
gains, and to streamline application
submission and management for
Recipients, Regions, State and local
partners, it is necessary to automate the
reporting processes.
The Homeland Security Presidential
Directive (HSPD–5) related to the
‘‘Management of Domestic Incidents’’
gives the Secretary the authority to
gather information related to domestic
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incidents and mandates the Secretary
provide standardized, quantitative
reports on the readiness and
preparedness of the Nation—at all levels
of government—to prevent, prepare for,
respond to, and recover from domestic
incidents.
The Homeland Security Presidential
Directive (HSPD–8) related to ‘‘National
Preparedness’’ authorizes the Federal
Government to deliver Federal
preparedness awards to the States.
Applicants must apply the funds to the
highest priority preparedness
requirements at the appropriate level of
government. Federal preparedness
assistance is based upon the adoption of
statewide comprehensive all-hazards
preparedness strategies, consistent with
the national preparedness goal. HSPD–
8 authorizes the Secretary to review and
approve strategies submitted by the
States and establishes the requirement
that applicants must have adopted
approved statewide strategies in order to
receive Federal grant funds. Further,
HSPD–8 authorizes Federal departments
and agencies to develop appropriate
mechanisms to ensure rapid obligation
and disbursement of funds from their
programs to the States, such as the
Grants Reporting Tool (GRT). HSPD–8
mandates Federal departments and
agencies report annually on the
obligation, expenditure status, and the
use of funds associated with Federal
preparedness assistance programs.
Section 430 of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002, as amended (6 U.S.C. 238),
authorized the Office for Domestic
Preparedness (ODP, which was
transferred to FEMA by the Post Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of
2006, Public Law 109–295) to have
primary responsibility for national
preparedness, including directing and
supervising terrorism preparedness
grant programs for emergency response
providers and incorporating the Strategy
priorities into planning guidance on an
agency level for the overall national
preparedness efforts. ODP (now FEMA)
was authorized to develop a process for
receiving meaningful input from State
and local government to assist the
development of the national strategy for
combating terrorism and other
homeland security activities.
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA’s Grants Reporting Tool
(GRT).
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0117.
FEMA Forms: None.
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Abstract: The GRT is a web-based
reporting system designed to help State
Administrative Agencies (SAAs) meet
all reporting requirements as identified
in the grant guidance of FEMA’s
portfolio of preparedness grants
sponsored by FEMA’s Grant Programs
Directorate (GPD). The information
enables FEMA to evaluate applications
and make award decisions, monitor
ongoing performance and manage the
flow of Federal funds, and to
appropriately close out grants or
cooperative agreements. GRT supports
the information collection needs of each
grant program processed in the system.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Number of Responses: 168.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,156 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $77,659.12. 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 $1,166,604.30.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2016–0001]
[Docket ID FEMA–2016–0001]
Notice of Adjustment of Minimum
Project Worksheet Amount
Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per
Capita Impact Indicator
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
AGENCY:
Comments
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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.
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2016–24622 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
Notice.
ACTION:
FEMA gives notice that the
minimum Project Worksheet Amount
under the Public Assistance program for
disasters and emergencies declared on
or after October 1, 2016, will be
increased.
SUMMARY:
Effective Date: October 1, 2016,
and applies to major disasters and
emergencies declared on or after
October 1, 2016.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Logan, Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3834.
The
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act 42 U.S.C.
5121–5207 and 44 CFR 206.202(d)(2)
provide that FEMA will annually adjust
the minimum Project Worksheet amount
under the Public Assistance program to
reflect changes in the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers
published by the Department of Labor.
FEMA gives notice of an increase to
$3,100 for the minimum amount that
will be approved for any Project
Worksheet under the Public Assistance
program for all major disasters and
emergencies declared on or after
October 1, 2016.
FEMA bases the adjustment on an
increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers of 1.1 percent
for the 12-month period that ended in
August 2016. This is based on
information released by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department
of Labor on September 16, 2016.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.036, Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters).
Notice.
FEMA gives notice that the
statewide per capita impact indicator
under the Public Assistance program for
disasters declared on or after October 1,
2016, will be increased.
SUMMARY:
Effective Date: October 1, 2016,
and applies to major disasters declared
on or after October 1, 2016.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Logan, Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3834.
44 CFR
206.48 provides that FEMA will adjust
the statewide per capita impact
indicator under the Public Assistance
program to reflect changes in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers published by the
Department of Labor.
FEMA gives notice that the statewide
per capita impact indicator will be
increased to $1.43 for all disasters
declared on or after October 1, 2016.
FEMA bases the adjustment on an
increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers of 1.1 percent
for the 12-month period that ended in
August 2016. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor released the information on
September 16, 2016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.036, Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters).
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2016–24634 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am]
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W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70432-70433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24622]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2016-0028; OMB No. 1660-0117]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
to comment on an extension, without change, of a currently approved
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of
information necessary for the Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 12, 2016.
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-2016-0028. 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 https://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 Act
notice that is available via the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Yuille, Branch Chief, FEMA,
Grant Programs Directorate, 202-510-3901. You may contact the Records
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of
information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 2 CFR, Part 200 (Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
for Federal Awards), establishes uniform administrative rules for
assistance awards and sub-awards to State, local and Indian tribal
governments. FEMA has determined that in order to have consistent
implementation of FEMA grant administration policies, to reduce
duplicative and tedious data entry, to more effectively measure
preparedness gains, and to streamline application submission and
management for Recipients, Regions, State and local partners, it is
necessary to automate the reporting processes.
The Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-5) related to
the ``Management of Domestic Incidents'' gives the Secretary the
authority to gather information related to domestic incidents and
mandates the Secretary provide standardized, quantitative reports on
the readiness and preparedness of the Nation--at all levels of
government--to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from
domestic incidents.
The Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-8) related to
``National Preparedness'' authorizes the Federal Government to deliver
Federal preparedness awards to the States. Applicants must apply the
funds to the highest priority preparedness requirements at the
appropriate level of government. Federal preparedness assistance is
based upon the adoption of statewide comprehensive all-hazards
preparedness strategies, consistent with the national preparedness
goal. HSPD-8 authorizes the Secretary to review and approve strategies
submitted by the States and establishes the requirement that applicants
must have adopted approved statewide strategies in order to receive
Federal grant funds. Further, HSPD-8 authorizes Federal departments and
agencies to develop appropriate mechanisms to ensure rapid obligation
and disbursement of funds from their programs to the States, such as
the Grants Reporting Tool (GRT). HSPD-8 mandates Federal departments
and agencies report annually on the obligation, expenditure status, and
the use of funds associated with Federal preparedness assistance
programs.
Section 430 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended (6
U.S.C. 238), authorized the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP,
which was transferred to FEMA by the Post Katrina Emergency Management
Reform Act of 2006, Public Law 109-295) to have primary responsibility
for national preparedness, including directing and supervising
terrorism preparedness grant programs for emergency response providers
and incorporating the Strategy priorities into planning guidance on an
agency level for the overall national preparedness efforts. ODP (now
FEMA) was authorized to develop a process for receiving meaningful
input from State and local government to assist the development of the
national strategy for combating terrorism and other homeland security
activities.
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).
Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0117.
FEMA Forms: None.
[[Page 70433]]
Abstract: The GRT is a web-based reporting system designed to help
State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) meet all reporting requirements as
identified in the grant guidance of FEMA's portfolio of preparedness
grants sponsored by FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate (GPD). The
information enables FEMA to evaluate applications and make award
decisions, monitor ongoing performance and manage the flow of Federal
funds, and to appropriately close out grants or cooperative agreements.
GRT supports the information collection needs of each grant program
processed in the system.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Number of Responses: 168.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,156 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the
hour burden is $77,659.12. 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
$1,166,604.30.
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.
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2016-24622 Filed 10-11-16; 8:45 am]
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