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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).
OMB Number: 1660–0117.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
FEMA Form: None.
Abstract: The Grants Reporting Tool
(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.
TABLE A.12—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS
Type of respondent
Form name/
form No.
State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Total ..................
Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)
1
56
8
448
$32.20
$14,425.60
56
2
112
15.25
1,708
32.20
54,997.60
56
.................................
State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Total number
of responses
56
Initial Strategy Implementation Plan
(ISIP).
Biannual Strategy
Implementation
Report (BSIR).
Number of
responses per
respondent
........................
168
........................
2,156
........................
69,423.20
Number of
respondents
Total annual
burden
(in hours)
Avg. hourly
wage rate *
Total annual
respondent
cost
* Note: The ‘‘Avg. Hourly Wage Rate’’ for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $69,423.20. There are no annual costs
to respondents operations and
maintenance costs for technical
services. There is no annual start-up or
capital costs. The cost to the Federal
Government is $2,062,582.02.
Dated: June 20, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division,
Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2013–0027; OMB No.
1660–0119]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA
Preparedness Grants: Operation
Stonegarden (OPSG)
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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
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
SUMMARY:
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1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the information collection
activities required to administer the
Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) Grant
Program.
Comments must be submitted on
or before August 30, 2013.
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–2013–0027. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
Room 840, Washington, DC 20472–
3100.
(3) Facsimile. Submit comments to
(703) 483–2999.
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.
DATES:
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Alex
Mrazik, Program Analyst, FEMA, Grant
Programs Directorate, 202–786–9732.
You may contact the Records
Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at
facsimile number (202) 646–3347 or
email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A State
Homeland Security Grant Program
(SHSP) was established to assist State,
local, and tribal governments in
preventing, preparing for, protecting
against, and responding to acts of
terrorism. As a component of the SHSP,
Operation Stonegarden grants are
established by Section 2004(a) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 605), as amended by Section 101,
Title I of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–
053). Title III of the Consolidated
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Security, Disaster Assistance, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
(Pub. L. 110–329) provides a specific
line item within the SHSP appropriation
to fund the Operation Stonegarden
grant.
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants:
Operation Stonegarden (OPSG).
OMB Number: 1660–0119.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 089–16,
OPSG Operations Order Report; FEMA
Form 089–20, Operations Order
Prioritization.
Abstract: The Operation Stonegarden
grant is an important tool among a
comprehensive set of measures to help
strengthen the Nation against risks
associated with potential terrorist
attacks. FEMA uses the information to
evaluate applicants’ familiarity with the
national preparedness architecture and
identify how elements of this
architecture have been incorporated into
regional/state/local planning,
operations, and investments. The grant
provides funding to designated
localities to enhance cooperation and
coordination between Federal, State,
local, and tribal law enforcement
agencies in a joint mission to secure the
U.S. borders along routes of ingress from
International borders to include travel
corridors in States bordering Mexico
and Canada, as well as States and
territories with international water
borders.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 39.
Number of Responses: 78.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25,038 hours.
TABLE A.12—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS
Type of respondent
State, Local or
Tribal Government.
State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Total ...............
Form name/
form
no.
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondent
39
1
39
39
OPSG Operations
Order Report/
FEMA Form
089–16.
Operations Order
Prioritization/
FEMA Form
089–20.
...............................
Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)
Total annual
burden
(in hours)
Avg. hourly
wage rate *
Total annual
respondent
cost
39
570
22,230
$37.80
$840,294.00
1
39
72 hrs.
2,808
37.80
106,142.40
....................
78
....................
25,038
....................
946,436.40
Total number of
responses
Note: The ‘‘Avg. Hourly Wage Rate’’ for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $946,436.40. There are no annual
costs to respondents operations and
maintenance costs for technical
services. There is no annual start-up or
capital costs. The cost to the Federal
Government is $388,618.70.
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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
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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.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Dated: June 20, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division,
Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
AGENCY:
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30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: OSHC Progress Report
Template
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
HUD has submitted the
proposed information collection
requirement described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 31,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2013-0027; OMB No. 1660-0119]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Operation Stonegarden (OPSG)
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 information
collection activities required to administer the Operation Stonegarden
(OPSG) Grant Program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 30, 2013.
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-2013-0027. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 840, Washington, DC
20472-3100.
(3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (703) 483-2999.
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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Mrazik, Program Analyst, FEMA,
Grant Programs Directorate, 202-786-9732. You may contact the Records
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of
information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A State Homeland Security Grant Program
(SHSP) was established to assist State, local, and tribal governments
in preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to
acts of terrorism. As a component of the SHSP, Operation Stonegarden
grants are established by Section 2004(a) of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), as amended by Section 101, Title I of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub.
L. 110-053). Title III of the Consolidated Security, Disaster
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 110-329)
provides a specific line item within the SHSP appropriation to fund the
Operation Stonegarden grant.
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Operation Stonegarden (OPSG).
OMB Number: 1660-0119.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 089-16, OPSG Operations Order Report; FEMA
Form 089-20, Operations Order Prioritization.
Abstract: The Operation Stonegarden grant is an important tool
among a comprehensive set of measures to help strengthen the Nation
against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks. FEMA uses
the information to evaluate applicants' familiarity with the national
preparedness architecture and identify how elements of this
architecture have been incorporated into regional/state/local planning,
operations, and investments. The grant provides funding to designated
localities to enhance cooperation and coordination between Federal,
State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in a joint mission to
secure the U.S. borders along routes of ingress from International
borders to include travel corridors in States bordering Mexico and
Canada, as well as States and territories with international water
borders.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 39.
Number of Responses: 78.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25,038 hours.
Table A.12--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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Number of Avg. burden Total Total
Number of responses Total per annual Avg. hourly annual
Type of respondent Form name/ form no. respondents per number of response burden (in wage rate respondent
respondent responses (in hours) hours) * cost
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State, Local or Tribal Government... OPSG Operations Order 39 1 39 570 22,230 $37.80 $840,294.00
Report/FEMA Form 089-
16.
State, Local or Tribal Government... Operations Order 39 1 39 72 hrs. 2,808 37.80 106,142.40
Prioritization/FEMA
Form 089-20.
Total........................... ....................... 39 ........... 78 ........... 25,038 ........... 946,436.40
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Note: The ``Avg. Hourly Wage Rate'' for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the
hour burden is $946,436.40. There are no annual costs to respondents
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is
$388,618.70.
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: June 20, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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