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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2017–0028; OMB No.
1660–0058]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Fire
Management Assistance Grant
Program
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Correction notice and request
for comments.
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AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
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will describe 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
the actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use. FEMA is publishing this
notice to correct a misstatement in a
previous notice that this collection was
a reinstatement, with change, of a
currently approved information
collection. This collection is actually
being submitted to the Office of
Management of Budget for review and
clearance as an extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 26, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Records
Management Division, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Allen
Wineland, FMAG Program Manager,
Office of Response & Recovery, FEMA,
(202) 702–1472.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
proposed information collection notice
previously published in the Federal
Register on January 26, 2018 at 83 FR
3763 with a 30 day public comment
period. The notice incorrectly stated
that this collection was a reinstatement,
with change, of a currently approved
information collection. This collection
is being submitted to the Office of
Management of Budget for review and
clearance as an extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Collection of Information
Title: Fire Management Assistance
Grant Program.
Type of information collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0058.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form 078–0–1, Request for Fire
Management Assistance Declaration;
FEMA Form 089–0–24, Request for Fire
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Management Sub-grant; FEMA Form
078–0–2, Principal Advisor’s Report.
Abstract: The information collection
is required to make grant eligibility
determinations for the Fire Management
Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP).
These eligibility-based grants and
subgrants provide assistance to any
eligible State, Indian tribal government,
or local government for the mitigation,
management, and control of a fire on
public or private forest land or grassland
that is threatening such destruction as
would constitute a major disaster. The
data/information gathered in the forms
is used to determine the severity of the
threatening fire, current and forecast
weather conditions, and associated
factors related to the fire and its
potential threat as a major disaster.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
178.
Estimated Number of Responses: 553.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 811.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: The estimated annual cost to
respondents for the hour burden is
$56,281.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: There are no
annual costs to respondents operations
and maintenance costs for technical
services.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: There is no annual startup or capital costs.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: The cost to the
Federal Government is $612,370.
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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Dated: February 1, 2018.
William Holzerland,
Director, Information Management Division,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0027]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Interagency
Record of Request—A, G, or NATO
Dependent Employment Authorization
or Change/Adjustment To/From A, G,
or NATO Status
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration (USCIS) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment upon this proposed revision of
a currently approved collection of
information or new collection of
information. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the information collection notice
is published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, the estimated
burden (i.e. the time, effort, and
resources used by the respondents to
respond), the estimated cost to the
respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until April
9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0027 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2007–0041. To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the
following methods to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal website at
https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2007–0041;
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and
Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination
Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20529–2140.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20529–2140, telephone
number 202–272–8377 (This is not a
toll-free number. Comments are not
accepted via telephone message). Please
note contact information provided here
is solely for questions regarding this
notice. It is not for individual case
status inquiries. Applicants seeking
information about the status of their
individual cases can check Case Status
Online, available at the USCIS website
at https://www.uscis.gov, or call the
USCIS National Customer Service
Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767–
1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2007–0041 in the search box.
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 consider
limiting the amount of personal
information that you provide in any
voluntary submission you make to DHS.
DHS may withhold information
provided in comments from public
viewing that it determines may impact
the privacy of an individual or is
offensive. For additional information,
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
https://www.regulations.gov.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) 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;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
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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.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Interagency Record of Request—A, G, or
NATO Dependent Employment
Authorization or Change/Adjustment
To/From A, G or NATO Status.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–566; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. The data on this form is
used by Department of State (DOS) to
certify to USCIS eligibility of
dependents of A or G principals
requesting employment authorization,
as well as for NATO/Headquarters,
Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation (NATO/HQ SACT) to
certify to USCIS similar eligibility for
dependents of NATO principals. DOS
also uses this form to certify to USCIS
that certain A, G or NATO
nonimmigrants may change their status
to another nonimmigrant status. USCIS,
on the other hand, uses data on this
form in the adjudication of change or
adjustment of status applications from
aliens in A, G, or NATO classifications
and following any such adjudication
informs DOS of the results by use of this
form.
The information provided on this
form continues to ensure effective
interagency communication among the
three governmental departments—the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), DOS, and the Department of
Defense (DOD)—as well as with NATO/
HQ SACT. These departments and
organizations utilize this form to
facilitate the uniform collection and
review of information necessary to
determine an alien’s eligibility for the
requested immigration benefit. This
form also ensures that the information
collected is communicated among DHS,
DOS, DOD, and NATO/HQ SACT
regarding each other’s findings or
actions.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection Form I–566 is 5,800 and the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0028; OMB No. 1660-0058]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Fire Management Assistance Grant Program
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Correction notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe 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 the actual data collection
instruments FEMA will use. FEMA is publishing this notice to correct a
misstatement in a previous notice that this collection was a
reinstatement, with change, of a currently approved information
collection. This collection is actually being submitted to the Office
of Management of Budget for review and clearance as an extension,
without change, of a currently approved collection.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 26, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address [email protected] or
Allen Wineland, FMAG Program Manager, Office of Response & Recovery,
FEMA, (202) 702-1472.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection notice
previously published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2018 at 83
FR 3763 with a 30 day public comment period. The notice incorrectly
stated that this collection was a reinstatement, with change, of a
currently approved information collection. This collection is being
submitted to the Office of Management of Budget for review and
clearance as an extension, without change, of a currently approved
collection.
Collection of Information
Title: Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.
Type of information collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0058.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 078-0-1, Request for Fire
Management Assistance Declaration; FEMA Form 089-0-24, Request for Fire
Management Sub-grant; FEMA Form 078-0-2, Principal Advisor's Report.
Abstract: The information collection is required to make grant
eligibility determinations for the Fire Management Assistance Grant
Program (FMAGP). These eligibility-based grants and subgrants provide
assistance to any eligible State, Indian tribal government, or local
government for the mitigation, management, and control of a fire on
public or private forest land or grassland that is threatening such
destruction as would constitute a major disaster. The data/information
gathered in the forms is used to determine the severity of the
threatening fire, current and forecast weather conditions, and
associated factors related to the fire and its potential threat as a
major disaster.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 178.
Estimated Number of Responses: 553.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 811.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: The estimated annual cost
to respondents for the hour burden is $56,281.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: There are
no annual costs to respondents operations and maintenance costs for
technical services.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: There is no
annual start-up or capital costs.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: The cost to
the Federal Government is $612,370.
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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Dated: February 1, 2018.
William Holzerland,
Director, Information Management Division, Mission Support, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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