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Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999
(Pub. L. 106–107, 31 U.S.C. 6101). This
initiative requires that all Government
agencies both streamline grant
application processes and provide for
the means to electronically create,
review, and submit a grant application
via the internet.
Under 2 CFR part 200 (for BRIC and
PDM) and 44 CFR 77.3 (FMA),
Recipients must complete and submit
progress report(s) to the FEMA Regional
Administrator on a quarterly basis,
certifying how the funds are being used
and reporting on the progress of
activities funded under the subrecipient
awards made to the Recipient by FEMA.
The Regional Administrator and
Recipient negotiate the date for
submission of the first report.
The Benefit Cost Determination is
used to collect data to evaluate the
proposed project’s cost effectiveness.
Mitigation projects must be cost
effective to be eligible for Hazard
Mitigation Assistance funding. Cost
effectiveness is demonstrated through a
FEMA-validated benefit cost analysis.
The Environmental and Historic
Preservation Review is used to collect
information that is needed to ensure
that a proposed project complies with
applicable environmental and historic
preservation regulations and laws. This
information is collected to assure that
adverse project impact is minimized
according to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), as amended (Pub. L. 91–190, 42
U.S.C. 4321–4347); The Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (Pub. L. 93–
205,16 U.S.C. 1531); The National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–665, U.S.C. 16 U.S.C. 470);
Executive Order (E.O.) 11988,
Floodplain Management, (80 FR 6530,
Feb. 5, 2015) regarding floodplains; and
E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands (42
FR 26961, May 24, 1977) other
applicable laws and executive orders.
The Project Narrative—Subgrant
Application process is used to collect
the information necessary for FEMA to
assess the financial needs of the
applicants, as well as the projected
benefits to be obtained from the use of
grant funds for each of its mitigation
grant programs. Quarterly Progress
Reports describe the status of those
projects on which a final payment of the
Federal share has not been made to the
Recipient and identify problems or
circumstances expected to result in
noncompliance with the approved
award conditions.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on November 23, 2022, at 87
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FR 71657 with a 60 day public comment
period. No comments were received.
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: FEMA Mitigation Grant
Programs.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, with change, of a currently
approved collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0072.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–206–
FY–22–151, Quarterly Progress Report;
FEMA Instruction FI–206–FY–22–102,
Instructions to Recipients for Quarterly
Progress Reports for FEMA’s Building
Resilient Infrastructure and
Communities (BRIC), the Pre-Mitigation
Disaster (PDM), and Flood Mitigation
Assistance (FMA); FEMA Form FF–206–
FY–22–155, BRIC DTA Request; FEMA
Form FF–206–FY–22–158;
Acknowledgement of Conditions For
Properties Using FEMA Hazard
Mitigation Assistance Grant Funds;
FEMA Form FF–206–FY–22–157, Model
Deed Restriction; and FEMA Form FF–
206–FY–22–156, Model Statement of
Assurances for Property Acquisition
Projects.
Abstract: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Flood
Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and
Building Resilient Infrastructure and
Communities (BRIC) programs use an
automated grant application and
management system called FEMA GO.
The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)
program and the FMA program also uses
an automated grant application and
management system called Mitigation
(MT) eGrants. The FEMA GO and MT
eGrants systems include application
information needed to apply for funding
under these grant programs. FEMA uses
the BRIC Panel Review Form to solicit
volunteers from state, local, tribal
governments and Other Federal
Agencies (OFA), to review applications
that are routed to the qualitative panel
reviews. The volunteers will review,
and score applications based on a predetermined scoring criteria. The PDM,
FMA, and BRIC programs will use the
same FEMA Form FF–206–FY–22–151
Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) Form.
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal
governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
617.
Estimated Number of Responses:
17,249.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 97,858.
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Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $5,914,144.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $7,970,053.
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 Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2022–0046; OMB No.
1660–0143]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Federal
Emergency Management Agency
Individual Assistance Customer
Satisfaction Surveys
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
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
SUMMARY:
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requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
seeks comments concerning the
collection of Individual Assistance
customer satisfaction survey responses
and information for assessment and
improvement of the delivery of disaster
assistance to individuals and
households.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 24, 2023.
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:
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov; or Jason
Salazar, Program Analyst, Recovery
Directorate, FEMA at Jason.Salazar@
FEMA.dhs.gov or (940) 268–9245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
collection is in accordance with E.O.
12862, Setting Customer Service
Standards (58 FR 48257, Sept. 11, 1993)
and E.O. 13571, Streamlining Service
Delivery and Improving Customer
Service (76 FR 24339, May 2, 2011)
requiring all Federal Agencies to survey
customers to determine the kind and
quality of services they want and their
level of satisfaction with existing
services. The Government Performance
and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L.
103–62, 107 Stat. 285) requires agencies
to set missions and goals and measure
performance against them and the GPRA
Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–
352, 31 U.S.C § 1116) requires quarterly
performance assessments of government
programs for the purposes of assessing
agency performance and improvement.
FEMA will fulfill these requirements by
collecting customer satisfaction program
information through surveys of the
Recovery Directorate’s external
customers.
This is a request to reduce burden
hours in order to comply with the
Department of Homeland Security’s
Paperwork Reduction Act Burden
Reduction Initiative. Burden has been
reduced in the following ways:
1. Corrected inaccurate burden per
response for electronic survey forms.
Original estimates were prior to
implementation of electronic surveys.
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Completion times are faster than
original estimates.
2. A higher percentage of respondents
prefer email surveys in recent years,
which are faster to complete than phone
surveys.
3. The burden hours allocated to
qualitative research have been reduced
based on recent utilization.
No changes have been made to the
currently approved survey forms. This
collection was previously approved in
July 2021.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on December 2, 2022, at 87 FR
74161 with a 60-day public comment
period. No comments were received.
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: Federal Emergency Management
Agency Individual Assistance Customer
Satisfaction.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, with change, of a currently
approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0143.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–104–
FY–21–159 (formerly 519–0–36), Initial
Survey—Phone; FEMA Form FF–104–
FY–21–160 (formerly 519–0–37), Initial
Survey—Electronic; FEMA Form FF–
104–FY–21–161 (formerly 519–0–38),
Contact Survey—Phone; FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–21–162 (formerly 519–0–
39), Contact Survey—Electronic; FEMA
Form FF–104–FY–21–163 (formerly
519–0–40), Assessment Survey—Phone;
FEMA Form FF–104–FY–21–164
(formerly 519–0–41), Assessment
Survey—Electronic; Focus Groups; Oneon-One Interviews.
Abstract: Federal Agencies are
required to survey their customers to
determine the kind and quality of
services customers want and their level
of satisfaction with those services.
Analysis from the survey is used to
measure whether FEMA is meeting its
mission of being accessible, timely, and
effective when it comes to meeting the
needs of disaster survivors.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
38,200.
Estimated Number of Responses:
38,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,893.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $239,314.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
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Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $18,750.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $2,091,623.
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 Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–ES–2023–N007;
FXES11130300000–234–FF03E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Receipt of Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct
activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered
or threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act. We invite the
public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies to comment on these
applications. Before issuing any of the
requested permits, we will take into
consideration any information that we
receive during the public comment
period.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2022-0046; OMB No. 1660-0143]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Federal Emergency Management Agency Individual
Assistance Customer Satisfaction Surveys
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision 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
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requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
seeks comments concerning the collection of Individual Assistance
customer satisfaction survey responses and information for assessment
and improvement of the delivery of disaster assistance to individuals
and households.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 2023.
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
Jason Salazar, Program Analyst, Recovery Directorate, FEMA at
[email protected] or (940) 268-9245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This collection is in accordance with E.O.
12862, Setting Customer Service Standards (58 FR 48257, Sept. 11, 1993)
and E.O. 13571, Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer
Service (76 FR 24339, May 2, 2011) requiring all Federal Agencies to
survey customers to determine the kind and quality of services they
want and their level of satisfaction with existing services. The
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-62,
107 Stat. 285) requires agencies to set missions and goals and measure
performance against them and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub.
L. 111-352, 31 U.S.C Sec. 1116) requires quarterly performance
assessments of government programs for the purposes of assessing agency
performance and improvement. FEMA will fulfill these requirements by
collecting customer satisfaction program information through surveys of
the Recovery Directorate's external customers.
This is a request to reduce burden hours in order to comply with
the Department of Homeland Security's Paperwork Reduction Act Burden
Reduction Initiative. Burden has been reduced in the following ways:
1. Corrected inaccurate burden per response for electronic survey
forms. Original estimates were prior to implementation of electronic
surveys. Completion times are faster than original estimates.
2. A higher percentage of respondents prefer email surveys in
recent years, which are faster to complete than phone surveys.
3. The burden hours allocated to qualitative research have been
reduced based on recent utilization.
No changes have been made to the currently approved survey forms.
This collection was previously approved in July 2021.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on December 2, 2022, at 87 FR 74161 with a 60-day
public comment period. No comments were received. 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: Federal Emergency Management Agency Individual Assistance
Customer Satisfaction.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0143.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-159 (formerly 519-0-36), Initial
Survey--Phone; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-160 (formerly 519-0-37), Initial
Survey--Electronic; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-161 (formerly 519-0-38),
Contact Survey--Phone; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-162 (formerly 519-0-39),
Contact Survey--Electronic; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-163 (formerly 519-0-
40), Assessment Survey--Phone; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-164 (formerly
519-0-41), Assessment Survey--Electronic; Focus Groups; One-on-One
Interviews.
Abstract: Federal Agencies are required to survey their customers
to determine the kind and quality of services customers want and their
level of satisfaction with those services. Analysis from the survey is
used to measure whether FEMA is meeting its mission of being
accessible, timely, and effective when it comes to meeting the needs of
disaster survivors.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 38,200.
Estimated Number of Responses: 38,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,893.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $239,314.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $18,750.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $2,091,623.
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 Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-03618 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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