Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), 9071-9072 [2017-02166]
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Commander Jose Perez, Designated
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Safety Advisory Committee,
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you may contact Mr. Pat Clark as noted
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section above.
Agenda
The National Offshore Safety
Advisory Committee will meet via
teleconference on February 21, 2017 to
discuss the introduction of a new task
statement, ‘‘Safety Management Systems
for Vessels Engaging in Well
Intervention Activities’’. The task
statement may be viewed by accessing
the above listed Web site. Public
comments or questions will be taken at
the discretion of the Designated Federal
Officer during the discussion and
recommendation portions of the
meeting and during the public comment
period, see Agenda item (4).
A complete agenda for February 21,
2017 Committee meeting is as follows:
(1) Welcoming remarks.
(2) Review and accept minutes from
November 2016 Committee public
meeting.
(3) New Business—Introduction of
task statement requesting National
Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
input on Safety Management Systems
for Vessels Engaging in Well
Intervention Activities.
(4) Public comment period.
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held during the teleconference, and
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Clark in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Minutes
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close of the meeting to May 1, 2017.
Dated: January 26, 2017.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and
Standards.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2017–0006; OMB No.
1660–0126]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA
Preparedness Grants: Emergency
Management Performance Grant
(EMPG)
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
1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning information collection
activities required to administer the
FEMA Emergency Management
Performance Grants (EMPG).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 3, 2017.
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–2017–0006. 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.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angel McLaurine-Qualls, Program
Specialist, DHS FEMA, Grant Programs
Directorate, 202–786–9532. You may
contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed
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collection of information at email
address: FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Emergency Management Performance
Grants Program (EMPG) helps facilitate
a national and regional all-hazards
approach to emergency response,
including the development of a
comprehensive program of planning,
training, and exercises that provides a
foundation for effective and consistent
response to any threatened or actual
disaster or emergency, regardless of the
cause. Section 662 of the Post-Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of
2006 (6 U.S.C. 762), as amended,
empowers the FEMA Administrator to
continue implementation of an
Emergency Management Performance
Grants Program to make grants to States
to assist State, local, and tribal
governments in preparing for all
hazards, as authorized by the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
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Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants:
Emergency Management Performance
Grant (EMPG).
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0126.
FEMA Forms: None.
Abstract: The Emergency
Management Performance Grants
(EMPG) Program assists State and local
governments in enhancing and
sustaining all-hazards emergency
management capabilities. The EMPG
Work Plan narrative must demonstrate
how proposed projects address gaps,
deficiencies, and capabilities in current
programs and the ability to provide
enhancements consistent with the
purpose of the program and guidance
provided by FEMA. FEMA uses the
information to provide details,
timelines, and milestones on proposed
projects.
Affected Public: State, Local,
Territorial, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 58.
Number of Responses: 58.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 174 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $9,008.26. 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 $415,206.
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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.
Dated: January 23, 2017.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2016–0092]
The Critical Infrastructure Partnership
Advisory Council
National Protection and
Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Critical
Infrastructure Partnership Advisory
Council (CIPAC) Charter.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) announced the
establishment of the CIPAC in a Federal
Register Notice (71 FR 14930–14933)
dated March 24, 2006, which identified
the purpose of CIPAC, as well as its
membership. This notice provides: (i)
Notification of the CIPAC charter
renewal.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Renee Murphy, Designated Federal
Officer, Critical Infrastructure
Partnership Advisory Council, Sector
Outreach and Programs Division, Office
of Infrastructure Protection, National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0607,
Arlington, VA 20598–0607; telephone:
(703) 603–5083; email: CIPAC@
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Responsible DHS Official: Renee
Murphy, Designated Federal Officer for
the CIPAC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of CIPAC Charter Renewal:
The CIPAC Charter was signed by
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh
Johnson on November 30, 2016. It
supersedes the CIPAC Charter dated
December 7, 2014 and is available on
the CIPAC Web site (https://
www.dhs.gov/cipac).
Purpose and Activity: The CIPAC
facilitates interaction between
government officials and representatives
of the community of owners and/or
operators for each of the critical
infrastructure sectors defined by
Presidential Policy Directive 21 and
identified in National Infrastructure
Protection Plan 2013: Partnering for
Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience (NIPP 2013). The scope of
activities covered by the CIPAC
includes: Planning; coordinating among
government and critical infrastructure
owner and operator security partners;
implementing security program
initiatives; conducting operational
activities related to critical
infrastructure protection security
measures, incident response, recovery,
and infrastructure resilience;
reconstituting critical infrastructure
assets and systems for both manmade
and naturally occurring events; and
sharing threat, vulnerability, risk
mitigation, and infrastructure continuity
information.
Organizational Structure: CIPAC
members are organized into 16 critical
infrastructure sectors. These sectors
have a Government Coordinating
Council (GCC) whose membership
includes: (i) A lead Federal agency that
is defined as the Sector-Specific Agency
(SSA); (ii) all relevant Federal, State,
local, tribal, and/or territorial
government agencies (or their
representative bodies) whose mission
interests also involve the scope of the
CIPAC activities for that particular
sector; and (iii) a Sector Coordinating
Council (SCC), where applicable, whose
membership includes critical
infrastructure owners and/or operators
or their representative trade
associations.
CIPAC Membership: CIPAC
Membership may include:
(i) Critical Infrastructure owner and
operator members of a DHS-recognized
SCC, including their representative
trade associations or equivalent
organization members of a SCC as
determined by the SCC.
(ii) Federal, State, local, and tribal
governmental entities comprising the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0006; OMB No. 1660-0126]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Emergency Management
Performance Grant (EMPG)
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 information collection
activities required to administer the FEMA Emergency Management
Performance Grants (EMPG).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 3, 2017.
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-2017-0006. 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: Angel McLaurine-Qualls, Program
Specialist, DHS FEMA, Grant Programs Directorate, 202-786-9532. You may
contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed
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collection of information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Emergency Management Performance Grants
Program (EMPG) helps facilitate a national and regional all-hazards
approach to emergency response, including the development of a
comprehensive program of planning, training, and exercises that
provides a foundation for effective and consistent response to any
threatened or actual disaster or emergency, regardless of the cause.
Section 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
(6 U.S.C. 762), as amended, empowers the FEMA Administrator to continue
implementation of an Emergency Management Performance Grants Program to
make grants to States to assist State, local, and tribal governments in
preparing for all hazards, as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Emergency Management Performance
Grant (EMPG).
Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0126.
FEMA Forms: None.
Abstract: The Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG)
Program assists State and local governments in enhancing and sustaining
all-hazards emergency management capabilities. The EMPG Work Plan
narrative must demonstrate how proposed projects address gaps,
deficiencies, and capabilities in current programs and the ability to
provide enhancements consistent with the purpose of the program and
guidance provided by FEMA. FEMA uses the information to provide
details, timelines, and milestones on proposed projects.
Affected Public: State, Local, Territorial, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 58.
Number of Responses: 58.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 174 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the
hour burden is $9,008.26. 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
$415,206.
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: January 23, 2017.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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