Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation Program, 8920-8921 [2021-02752]

Agencies

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8920-8921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02752]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2020-0033; OMB No. 1660-0026]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; State Administrative Plan for the Hazard 
Mitigation Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments.

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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 to take this opportunity to comment on a 
reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information 
collection for which approval has expired. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 12, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address [email protected] or 
Roselyn Brown-Frei, Section Chief, Hazard Mitigation Division, Federal 
Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, [email protected], 202-924-7198.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on November 9, 2020, at 85 
FR 71351 with a 60 day public comment period. FEMA received two 
comments (see https://beta.regulations.gov/comment/FEMA-2020-0033-0002). One comment was unrelated to the information collection or 
hazard mitigation. The second comment related to hazard mitigation 
generally but was not specific to this information collection. The 
commenter urged that States should address potentially disastrous and 
readily recognizable conditions in a plan and have the condition 
corrected before a disaster occurs. The commenter also urged that 
States do so before underwriting any disaster relief plan. The 
commenter concluded that any State applying for relief should, at a 
minimum, submit a plan, which should also be subject to review of basic 
stewardship verification principals outside the written plan documents.
    In response, FEMA reiterates that FEMA regulations in 44 CFR 
206.437 require development and updates to the State Administrative 
Plan by State Applicants/Recipients as a condition of receiving HMGP 
funding under section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5170c. The State Administrative 
Plan is a procedural guide that details how the State administers the 
HMGP. The State, Territory, or Indian Tribal government (who acts as a 
recipient) must have a current administrative plan approved by the 
appropriate FEMA Regional Administrator before receiving HMGP funds. 
The administrative plan may take any form including a chapter within a 
comprehensive State mitigation program strategy. Additionally, States, 
Territories, and Indian Tribal governments are required to have an 
approved hazard mitigation plan as outlined in 44 CFR part 201. This 
hazard mitigation planning process

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identifies risks and vulnerabilities associated with natural disasters 
and establishes a long-term strategy for protecting people and property 
in future hazard events.
    This information collection expired on January 31, 2021. FEMA is 
requesting a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved 
information collection for which approval has expired. The purpose of 
this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance.

Collection of Information

    Title: State Administrative Plan for the Hazard Mitigation Grant 
Program.
    Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a 
previously approved information collection for which approval has 
expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0026.
    Form Titles and Numbers: None.
    Abstract: The State Administrative Plan is a procedural guide that 
details how the State administers the HMGP. The State, Territory, or 
Indian Tribal government (who acts as a recipient) must have a current 
administrative plan approved by the appropriate FEMA Regional 
Administrator before receiving HMGP funds. The administrative plan may 
take any form including a chapter within a comprehensive State 
mitigation program strategy.
    Affected Public: States, Territories, and Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 35.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 70.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 560.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $32,704.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: None.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: None.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $23,930.

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.

Millicent L. Brown,
Sr. Manager, Records Management Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-02752 Filed 2-9-21; 8:45 am]
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