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Estimated Cost: The annualized hour
burden cost to respondents is estimated
to be $53,588,308. This estimate is
based on the hourly wage rate for State
Representative and Fire Department
Chiefs completing and submitting the
FEMA Grant Administration forms to
FEMA for review and approval.
Comments: Written 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. Comments must be
submitted on or before November 27,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons should
submit written comments to Director,
Records Management and Privacy,
Office of Management Directorate,
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 609,
Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Cecelia Rosenberg, Section
Chief, Mitigation Directorate, (202) 646–
3321 for additional information. You
may contact the Records Management
Branch for copies of the proposed
collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646–3347 or e-mail
address: FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov.
Dated: September 25, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Director, Records Management and Privacy,
Office of Management Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency. Department
of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7–19231 Filed 9–27–07; 8:45 am]
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accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the e-Grants
application used to determine whether
mitigation activities proposed for
funding meets eligibility criteria. To
better reflect all of the mitigation grant
programs using the mitigation e-Grants
application, the Flood Mitigation
Assistance (FMA) e-Grant Program, the
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) e-Grant
Program and the Repetitive Flood
Claims (RFC) e-Grant Program have
been combined and renamed to be
called the Mitigation Grant Program/eGrants.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Collection of Information
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and
request for comments; revision of a
currently approved collection, OMB No.
1660–0072.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), 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
Title: Mitigation Grant Program/eGrants (previously named Flood
Mitigation Assistance (e-Grants).
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0072.
Form Numbers: None.
Abstract: The States will utilize the
Mitigation Grant Program/e-Grants,
automated application to report to
FEMA on a quarterly basis, certify how
funding is being used and to report on
the progress of mitigation activities
funded under grant awards, made to
Grantees by FEMA. FEMA will use this
system to review the Grantees quarterly
reports to ensure that mitigation grant
activities are progressing on schedule
and to track the expenditure of funds.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
governments, and Federal government.
ESTIMATED TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
(A)
Data collection activities/instrument
Frequency of
responses
(B)
Hours burden
per response
(C)
Annual
responses
(D) = (A × B)
Annual burden
hours
(C × D)
56
56
56
2
2
4
5
7.5
12
112
112
224
560
840
2,688
Subtotal for FMA e-Grants Supplemental Information .....................................................................
56
........................
24.5
448
4,088
PDM
Benefit-Cost Determination ...........................................
Environmental Review ..................................................
Project Narrative—Sub-grant application (including
PDM Evaluation Information Questions) ...................
56
56
20
20
5
7.5
1,120
1,120
5,600
8,400
56
20
12
1,120
13,440
Subtotal for PDM e-Grants Supplemental Information ................................................................
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FMA
Benefit-Cost Determination ...........................................
Environmental Review ..................................................
Project Narrative—Sub-grant Application .....................
56
........................
24.5
3,360
27,440
RFC
Benefit-Cost Determination ...........................................
Environmental Review ..................................................
Project Narrative—Sub-grant application .....................
56
56
56
1
1
2
5
7.5
12
56
56
112
280
420
1,344
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ESTIMATED TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
(A)
Data collection activities/instrument
Frequency of
responses
(B)
Hours burden
per response
(C)
Annual
responses
(D) = (A × B)
Annual burden
hours
(C × D)
Subtotal for RFC e-Grants Supplemental Information .....................................................................
56
........................
24.5
224
2,084
Totals ..............................................................
56
........................
24.5
4,032
33,612
Estimated Cost: The total annual
estimated costs to States and Indian
Tribal governments for information
collection associated with the mitigation
grant programs is $891,726.36. This
calculation is based on the number of
annual burden hours for wage rates for
Urban and Regional Planners,
responsible for collecting the
information or completing the e-Grants
information at the State level. The cost
for developing e-Grants system is
approximately $4.4 million. System
enhancements will continue into future
years, at an average cost to FEMA of
$750,000 annually in contract costs.
Comments: Written 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. Comments must be
submitted on or before November 27,
2007.
Interested persons should
submit written comments to Director,
Records Management and Privacy,
Office of Management Directorate,
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 609,
Washington, DC 20472.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Cecelia Rosenberg, Section
Chief, Mitigation Division, (202) 646–
3321 for additional information. You
may contact the Records Management
Branch for copies of the proposed
collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646–3347 or e-mail
address: FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov.
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Dated: September 24, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Director, Records Management and Privacy,
Office of Management Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department
of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7–19232 Filed 9–27–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5125–N–39]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for possible use to
assist the homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Ezzell, room 7266, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY
number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free), or
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 1–800–927–7588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and
section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11411), as amended, HUD is publishing
this Notice to identify Federal buildings
and other real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. The properties were
reviewed using information provided to
HUD by Federal landholding agencies
regarding unutilized and underutilized
buildings and real property controlled
by such agencies or by GSA regarding
its inventory of excess or surplus
Federal property. This Notice is also
published in order to comply with the
December 12, 1988 Court Order in
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Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503OG (D.D.C.).
Properties reviewed are listed in this
Notice according to the following
categories: Suitable/available, suitable/
unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and
unsuitable. The properties listed in the
three suitable categories have been
reviewed by the landholding agencies,
and each agency has transmitted to
HUD: (1) Its intention to make the
property available for use to assist the
homeless, (2) its intention to declare the
property excess to the agency’s needs, or
(3) a statement of the reasons that the
property cannot be declared excess or
made available for use as facilities to
assist the homeless.
Properties listed as suitable/available
will be available exclusively for
homeless use for a period of 60 days
from the date of this Notice. Where
property is described as for ‘‘off-site use
only’’ recipients of the property will be
required to relocate the building to their
own site at their own expense.
Homeless assistance providers
interested in any such property should
send a written expression of interest to
HHS, addressed to John Hicks, Division
of Property Management, Program
Support Center, HHS, room 5B–17, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857;
(301) 443–2265. (This is not a toll-free
number.) HHS will mail to the
interested provider an application
packet, which will include instructions
for completing the application. In order
to maximize the opportunity to utilize a
suitable property, providers should
submit their written expressions of
interest as soon as possible. For
complete details concerning the
processing of applications, the reader is
encouraged to refer to the interim rule
governing this program, 24 CFR part
581.
For properties listed as suitable/to be
excess, that property may, if
subsequently accepted as excess by
GSA, be made available for use by the
homeless in accordance with applicable
law, subject to screening for other
Federal use. At the appropriate time,
HUD will publish the property in a
Notice showing it as either suitable/
available or suitable/unavailable.
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[FR Doc No: E7-19232]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and request for comments; revision of a
currently approved collection, OMB No. 1660-0072.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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, this notice seeks comments
concerning the e-Grants application used to determine whether
mitigation activities proposed for funding meets eligibility criteria.
To better reflect all of the mitigation grant programs using the
mitigation e-Grants application, the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
e-Grant Program, the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) e-Grant Program and
the Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) e-Grant Program have been combined
and renamed to be called the Mitigation Grant Program/e-Grants.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Collection of Information
Title: Mitigation Grant Program/e-Grants (previously named Flood
Mitigation Assistance (e-Grants).
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0072.
Form Numbers: None.
Abstract: The States will utilize the Mitigation Grant Program/e-
Grants, automated application to report to FEMA on a quarterly basis,
certify how funding is being used and to report on the progress of
mitigation activities funded under grant awards, made to Grantees by
FEMA. FEMA will use this system to review the Grantees quarterly
reports to ensure that mitigation grant activities are progressing on
schedule and to track the expenditure of funds.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal governments, and Federal
government.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Hours burden Annual
Data collection activities/ respondents Frequency of per response responses (D) Annual burden
instrument (A) responses (B) (C) = (A x B) hours (C x D)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FMA
Benefit-Cost Determination.. 56 2 5 112 560
Environmental Review........ 56 2 7.5 112 840
Project Narrative--Sub-grant 56 4 12 224 2,688
Application................
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Subtotal for FMA e- 56 .............. 24.5 448 4,088
Grants Supplemental
Information............
PDM
Benefit-Cost Determination.. 56 20 5 1,120 5,600
Environmental Review........ 56 20 7.5 1,120 8,400
Project Narrative--Sub-grant 56 20 12 1,120 13,440
application (including PDM
Evaluation Information
Questions).................
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Subtotal for PDM e- 56 .............. 24.5 3,360 27,440
Grants Supplemental
Information............
RFC
Benefit-Cost Determination.. 56 1 5 56 280
Environmental Review........ 56 1 7.5 56 420
Project Narrative--Sub-grant 56 2 12 112 1,344
application................
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Subtotal for RFC e- 56 .............. 24.5 224 2,084
Grants Supplemental
Information............
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Totals.............. 56 .............. 24.5 4,032 33,612
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Estimated Cost: The total annual estimated costs to States and
Indian Tribal governments for information collection associated with
the mitigation grant programs is $891,726.36. This calculation is based
on the number of annual burden hours for wage rates for Urban and
Regional Planners, responsible for collecting the information or
completing the e-Grants information at the State level. The cost for
developing e-Grants system is approximately $4.4 million. System
enhancements will continue into future years, at an average cost to
FEMA of $750,000 annually in contract costs.
Comments: Written 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. Comments must be submitted on or before
November 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to
Director, Records Management and Privacy, Office of Management
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Room 609, Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Cecelia Rosenberg, Section
Chief, Mitigation Division, (202) 646-3321 for additional information.
You may contact the Records Management Branch for copies of the
proposed collection of information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347
or e-mail address: FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
Dated: September 24, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Director, Records Management and Privacy, Office of Management
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-19232 Filed 9-27-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-11-P
