Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Port Security Grant Program (PSGP), 80325-80326 [2023-25487]
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and administration across all core
capabilities and mission areas. The
authorizing authority of the HSGP is
section 2002 of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–296) (See 6
U.S.C. 603–609, as amended).
This revision of the information
collection removes the OPSG Daily
Activity Report, FEMA Form FF–207–
FY–21–113 (formerly 089–0–27) that
was created at the behest of CBP to
fulfill CBP’s requirements under OPSG
and is only used to collection
information from the public by CBP.
FEMA has previously included this
instrument under this collection as a
service to CBP, but including an
instrument used by CBP under a
collection granting FEMA the authority
to collect information does not provide
the proper service to CBP, FEMA or the
public.
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Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants:
Homeland Security Grant Program
(HSGP).
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0125.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–207–
FY–21–110 (formerly 089–1),
Investment Justification for Homeland
Security Grant Program (HSGP), State
Homeland Security Program (SHSP) and
Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI);
FEMA Form FF–207–FY–21–111
(formerly 089–16), Operation
Stonegarden (OPSG) Operations Order
and Budget Template; FEMA Form FF–
207–FY–21–112 (formerly 089–20),
Operation Stonegarden (OPSG)
Inventory of Operation Orders; FEMA
Instruction FI–207–FY–24–100, Urban
Area Working Group (UAWG)
Overview/Structure (including Point-ofContact (POC)); FEMA Instruction FI–
207–FY–24–101, Operational Overtime
Documentation; FEMA Instruction FI–
207–FY–24–102, Multiyear Training
and Exercise Plan; FEMA Instruction
FI–207–FY–24–103, Urban Area
Security Initiative (UASI) Governance
Charter; FEMA Instruction FI–207–FY–
24–104, Senior Advisory Committee
(SAC) Charter; FEMA Instruction FI–
207–FY–24–105, Urban Area Working
Group (UAWG) Allocation
Methodology; FEMA Instruction FI–
207–FY–24–106, State Homeland
Security Program (SHSP) and Urban
Area Security Initiative (UASI) PassThrough Requirements; FEMA
Instruction FI–207–FY–24–107, Critical
Emergency Supplies; and FEMA
Instruction FI–207–FY–24–108,
SAFECOM Compliance Letter.
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Abstract: The Homeland Security
Grant Program (HSGP) 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 planning,
operations, and investments at the
regional, state and local levels. The
HSGP is a primary funding mechanism
for building and sustaining national
preparedness capabilities. The HSGP is
comprised of three separate grant
programs: the State Homeland Security
Program (SHSP), the Urban Area
Security Initiative (UASI), and
Operation Stonegarden (OPSG).
Together, these grants fund a range of
preparedness activities, including
planning, organization, equipment
purchase, training, exercises, and
management and administration costs.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal
governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
709.
Estimated Number of Responses: 827.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 319,488.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $26,821,018.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $1,546,239.
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,
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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- 2023–0023; OMB No.
1660–0114]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request; FEMA
Preparedness Grants: Port Security
Grant Program (PSGP)
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), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public to take this
opportunity to comment on an
extension, with change, of a currently
approved information collection. In
accordance with the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice seeks comments concerning the
information collection activities
required to administer the Port Security
Grant Program (PSGP) and an additional
new form to facilitate extension
requests.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before December 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please
submit comments at https://
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2023–0023. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must
include the Agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used to
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 and Security Notice that is
DATES:
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available via a link on the homepage of
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Duane Davis, Section Chief, FEMA,
Grant Programs Directorate, 202–680–
4060, duane.davis@fema.dhs.gov. You
may contact the Information
Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at
email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
102 of the Maritime Transportation
Security Act of 2002, as amended (46
U.S.C. 70107), authorizes the PSGP to
provide for the risk-based allocation of
funds to implement Area Maritime
Transportation Security Plans and
facility security plans among port
authorities, facility operators, and State
and local government agencies required
to provide port security services and to
train law enforcement personnel under
46 U.S.C. 70132. Before awarding a
grant under the program, the Secretary
for Homeland Security shall provide for
review and comment by the appropriate
Federal Maritime Security Coordinators
and the Maritime Administrator. In
administering the grant program, the
Secretary shall consider national
economic, energy, and strategic defense
concerns based upon the most current
risk assessments available.
The PSGP is a Department of
Homeland Security grant program that
focuses on infrastructure protection
activities. The PSGP is one tool in the
comprehensive set of measures
authorized by Congress and
implemented by the Administration to
strengthen the Nation’s critical
infrastructure against risks associated
with potential terrorist attacks. The bulk
of U.S. critical infrastructure is owned
and/or operated by state, local and
private sector partners. The PSGP
provides funds to state, local, and
private sector partners to support
increased port-wide risk management
and protect critical surface
transportation infrastructure from acts
of terrorism, major disasters, and other
emergencies.
FEMA is making two changes with
this revision. First, FEMA is removing
the template for a Memorandum of
Understanding (or Agreement) from this
collection because this informal
template has not been required in Fiscal
Years 2022 or 2023. Second, FEMA is
introducing an extension request form
to help reviewers understand the nature
and cause of performance delays, inform
GPD of grant recipients who are failing
to meet policy and legislative grant
requirements, and streamline current
processes.
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This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on September 6, 2023, at 88 FR
60964 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 Preparedness Grants:
Port Security Grant Program (PSGP).
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0114.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–207–
FY–23–108 (formerly 089–05), PSGP
Investment Justification; FEMA Form
FF–207–FY–23–109 (formerly 088–0–1),
Grant Programs Directorate Performance
Report (GPD–PR), and FEMA Form FF–
207–FY–23–110, Grant Programs
Directorate Extension Request (GPDExtension).
Abstract: Section 102 of the Maritime
Transportation Security Act of 2002, as
amended (46 U.S.C. 70107), authorizes
the PSGP to provide for the risk-based
allocation of funds to implement Area
Maritime Transportation Security Plans
and facility security plans among port
authorities, facility operators, and State
and local government agencies required
to provide port security services and to
train law enforcement personnel under
46 U.S.C. 70132. Before awarding a
grant under the program, the Secretary
for Homeland Security shall provide for
review and comment by the appropriate
Federal Maritime Security Coordinators
and the Maritime Administrator. In
administering the grant program, the
Secretary shall take into account
national economic, energy, and strategic
defense concerns based upon the most
current risk assessments available.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government and Private Sector.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
966.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,832.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17,446.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $1,462,290.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $1,853,355.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
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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; 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
[Docket Number DHS–2023–0017]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: USSS Citizens Academy
Application, Electronic Form
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security will submit the following
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until January 16, 2024.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.1
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number Docket #
DHS–2023–0017, at:
Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number Docket # DHS–2023–
0017. All comments received will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA- 2023-0023; OMB No. 1660-0114]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Port Security Grant Program
(PSGP)
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), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension,
with change, of a currently approved information collection. In
accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the information collection
activities required to administer the Port Security Grant Program
(PSGP) and an additional new form to facilitate extension requests.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0023.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the Agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used to 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 and
Security Notice that is
[[Page 80326]]
available via a link on the homepage of https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Davis, Section Chief, FEMA,
Grant Programs Directorate, 202-680-4060, [email protected]. You
may contact the Information Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 102 of the Maritime Transportation
Security Act of 2002, as amended (46 U.S.C. 70107), authorizes the PSGP
to provide for the risk-based allocation of funds to implement Area
Maritime Transportation Security Plans and facility security plans
among port authorities, facility operators, and State and local
government agencies required to provide port security services and to
train law enforcement personnel under 46 U.S.C. 70132. Before awarding
a grant under the program, the Secretary for Homeland Security shall
provide for review and comment by the appropriate Federal Maritime
Security Coordinators and the Maritime Administrator. In administering
the grant program, the Secretary shall consider national economic,
energy, and strategic defense concerns based upon the most current risk
assessments available.
The PSGP is a Department of Homeland Security grant program that
focuses on infrastructure protection activities. The PSGP is one tool
in the comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and
implemented by the Administration to strengthen the Nation's critical
infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist
attacks. The bulk of U.S. critical infrastructure is owned and/or
operated by state, local and private sector partners. The PSGP provides
funds to state, local, and private sector partners to support increased
port-wide risk management and protect critical surface transportation
infrastructure from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other
emergencies.
FEMA is making two changes with this revision. First, FEMA is
removing the template for a Memorandum of Understanding (or Agreement)
from this collection because this informal template has not been
required in Fiscal Years 2022 or 2023. Second, FEMA is introducing an
extension request form to help reviewers understand the nature and
cause of performance delays, inform GPD of grant recipients who are
failing to meet policy and legislative grant requirements, and
streamline current processes.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on September 6, 2023, at 88 FR 60964 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 Preparedness Grants: Port Security Grant Program
(PSGP).
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0114.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-207-FY-23-108 (formerly 089-05), PSGP
Investment Justification; FEMA Form FF-207-FY-23-109 (formerly 088-0-
1), Grant Programs Directorate Performance Report (GPD-PR), and FEMA
Form FF-207-FY-23-110, Grant Programs Directorate Extension Request
(GPD-Extension).
Abstract: Section 102 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act
of 2002, as amended (46 U.S.C. 70107), authorizes the PSGP to provide
for the risk-based allocation of funds to implement Area Maritime
Transportation Security Plans and facility security plans among port
authorities, facility operators, and State and local government
agencies required to provide port security services and to train law
enforcement personnel under 46 U.S.C. 70132. Before awarding a grant
under the program, the Secretary for Homeland Security shall provide
for review and comment by the appropriate Federal Maritime Security
Coordinators and the Maritime Administrator. In administering the grant
program, the Secretary shall take into account national economic,
energy, and strategic defense concerns based upon the most current risk
assessments available.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government and Private
Sector.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 966.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,832.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,446.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,462,290.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,853,355.
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;
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. 2023-25487 Filed 11-16-23; 8:45 am]
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