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chapter 35). The submission describes
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 includes the
actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.
Title: Flood Mitigation Assistance
(eGrants) and Grant Supplemental
Information.
OMB Number: 1660–0072.
Abstract: FEMA uses the FMA
program eGrants application,
evaluation, and award process to
provide Federal grant assistance to
grantees for three types of grants—
Planning, Project, and Technical
Assistance. FMA Planning Grants are
available to States, National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) participating
communities, and Indian tribal
governments to prepare Flood
Mitigation Plans. FMA Project Grants
are available to States, NFIP
participating communities, and Indian
tribal governments to implement
measures to reduce flood losses. Ten
percent of the Project Grant is made
available to States, NFIP participating
communities, Indian tribal
governments, and communities in nonparticipating States as a Technical
Assistance Grant. The National Flood
Insurance Reform Act (42 U.S.C. 1366),
as amended by the Bunning-BereuterBlumenauer Flood Insurance Reform
Act of 2004, (Pub. L. 108–264)
authorizes the Flood Mitigation
Assistance program. The FMA program
is designed to award grants to States,
NFIP participating communities, and
Indian tribal governments so that
measures can be taken to reduce or
eliminate the long-term risk of flood
damage to buildings, manufactured
homes, and other structures insurable
under the National Flood Insurance
Program. FEMA encourages the use of
FMA eGrants applications described in
this notice; however, applicants may
also use the Agency’s grant
administration paper-based forms
currently under OMB control number
1660–0025 to apply.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
government and not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 56 States.
Number of Responses: 280.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
FEMA has estimated the burden
associated with this information
collection request as follows: Flood
Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program
eGrants—Grant Supplemental
Information—Sub-grant applications.
• Benefit Cost Determination—5
hours per response.
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• Environmental Review—7.5 hours
per response.
• Project Narrative—12 hours per
response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,088.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and quarterly.
Comments: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of Homeland Security/
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Directorate/FEMA, Docket Library,
Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or facsimile
number (202) 395–7285. Comments
must be submitted on or before May 2,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Muriel B. Anderson,
Chief, Records Management Section,
FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316,
Washington, DC 20472; facsimile
number (202) 646–3347; or, e-mail
address FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov.
Dated: March 22, 2005.
George S. Trotter,
Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources
Management Branch, Information
Technology Services Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) has
submitted the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35). The submission describes
the nature of the information collection,
the categories of respondents, the
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estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort
and resources used by respondents to
respond) and cost, and includes the
actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.
Title: Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)
Grant Program/eGrants.
OMB Number: 1660–0071.
Abstract: FEMA uses the PDM
program eGrants application,
evaluation, and award process to
provide Federal grant assistance to
grantees (State and federally-recognized
tribal government) who administer grant
awards for sub-grantee applicants (Statelevel agencies, federally recognized
Indian Tribal governments, local
governments, public colleges and
universities, tribal colleges and
universities, and regional planning
districts and councils of governments).
Private-non-profit (PNP) organizations
and private colleges and universities are
not eligible sub-applicants; however, a
relevant State agency or local
government may apply to the grant
applicant for assistance on their behalf.
The grant assistance must be used to:
develop mitigation plans in accordance
with section 322 of the Disaster
Mitigation Act of 2000, implement predisaster mitigation projects that reduce
the risks of natural and technological
hazards on life and property, and
provide information and technical
assistance on cost-effective mitigation
activities.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 56 States.
Number of Responses: 1,176.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
FEMA has estimated the burden
associated with this information
collection request as follows:
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)
Program eGrants—Grant Supplemental
Information—Sub-grant applications.
• Benefit Cost Determination—5
hours per response.
• Environmental Review—7.5 hours
per response.
• Project Narrative (including PDM
Evaluation Information Questions)—12
hours per response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50,887.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and quarterly.
Comments: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of Homeland Security/
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Directorate/FEMA, Docket Library,
Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW.,
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Washington, DC 20503 or facsimile
number (202) 395–7285. Comments
must be submitted on or before May 2,
2005.
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
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 a proposed revised
information collection. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), this
notice seeks comments concerning the
collection of information from States
and local communities seeking flood
insurance premium discounts through
the Community Rating System Program
(CRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
(Public Law 90–488 as amended)
created the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) whose central element
is the promotion and implementation of
sound local floodplain management in
an effort to reduce loss of property and
life. Participation in the NFIP is
contingent on communities’ adoption of
minimum floodplain management
standards. The Community Rating
System was designed by FEMA to
encourage States and communities to
undertake activities that will mitigate
flooding and flood damage beyond the
minimum standards for NFIP
participation. Under this system,
communities apply for activity points,
leading up to a CRS rating and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Muriel B. Anderson,
Chief, Records Management Section,
FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316,
Washington, DC 20472; facsimile
number (202) 646–3347; or, e-mail
address FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov.
Dated: March 22, 2005.
George S. Trotter,
Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources
Management Branch, Information
Technology Services Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
AGENCY:
commensurate flood insurance premium
discounts. This information collection
consists of the NFIP/CRS Coordinator’s
Manual, which describes the floodplain
management and insurance benefits
available to qualifying communities that
undertake additional activities and
contains the application worksheets and
required documentation. The National
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994
codified the CRS.
Collection of Information
Title: Community Rating System
(CRS) Program Application Worksheets
and Commentary.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0022.
Form Numbers: None.
Abstract: The Community Rating
System (CRS), designed by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as part
of the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP), provides flood insurance
premiums discounts to communities
that undertake activities that will
mitigate flooding and flood damage
beyond the minimum standards
required by the NFIP. Communities
select approved activities they want to
get credit for either as a first time or
continuing participant.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
governments.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,280 hours.
TABLE 1.—ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Project/activity (survey, form(s), focus
group, etc.)
Number of
respondents
(A)
Frequency of
responses
(B)
Burden hours per
respondent
(C)
Annual respnses
(A × B)
Total annual burden hours
(A × B × C)
Application (first time) ............................
Maintenance (continuing) .......................
240
960
1
1
31
4
240
960
7,440
3,840
TOTAL ............................................
1,200
1
..............................
1,200
11,280
Estimated Cost: $308,346.00
TABLE 2.—ANNUAL COST TO RESPONDENTS
Program
Burden hours
Median hour
rate ($)
Average cost
per hour per
respondent ($)
Annualized
cost all respondents ($)
Application .......................................................................................................
Maintenance ....................................................................................................
7,440
3,840
27.38
27.38
849.00
110.00
203,707.00
105,139.00
Grand Total ...............................................................................................
11,280
........................
........................
308,346.00
Comments: Written comments are
solicited to (a) evaluate whether the
proposed data collection is necessary for
the proper performance of the agency,
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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
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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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[FR Doc No: 05-6437]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35). The submission describes 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 includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will
use.
Title: Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program/eGrants.
OMB Number: 1660-0071.
Abstract: FEMA uses the PDM program eGrants application,
evaluation, and award process to provide Federal grant assistance to
grantees (State and federally-recognized tribal government) who
administer grant awards for sub-grantee applicants (State-level
agencies, federally recognized Indian Tribal governments, local
governments, public colleges and universities, tribal colleges and
universities, and regional planning districts and councils of
governments). Private-non-profit (PNP) organizations and private
colleges and universities are not eligible sub-applicants; however, a
relevant State agency or local government may apply to the grant
applicant for assistance on their behalf. The grant assistance must be
used to: develop mitigation plans in accordance with section 322 of the
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, implement pre-disaster mitigation
projects that reduce the risks of natural and technological hazards on
life and property, and provide information and technical assistance on
cost-effective mitigation activities.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 56 States.
Number of Responses: 1,176.
Estimated Time per Respondent: FEMA has estimated the burden
associated with this information collection request as follows:
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Program eGrants--Grant Supplemental
Information--Sub-grant applications.
Benefit Cost Determination--5 hours per response.
Environmental Review--7.5 hours per response.
Project Narrative (including PDM Evaluation Information
Questions)--12 hours per response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50,887.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and quarterly.
Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness
and Response Directorate/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street, NW.,
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Washington, DC 20503 or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments must
be submitted on or before May 2, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Muriel B.
Anderson, Chief, Records Management Section, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW.,
Room 316, Washington, DC 20472; facsimile number (202) 646-3347; or, e-
mail address FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
Dated: March 22, 2005.
George S. Trotter,
Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch,
Information Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. 05-6437 Filed 3-31-05; 8:45 am]
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