
[Federal Register: February 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 25)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2009-0001]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, OMB No. 1660-0017; Public Assistance Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; revision of a 
currently approved information collection; OMB No. 1660-0017; Public 
Assistance Program; FEMA Form 90-49, Request for Public Assistance; 
FEMA Form 90-91, Project Worksheet (PW); FEMA Form 90-91A, Project 
Worksheet--Damage Description and Scope of Work Continuation Sheet; 
FEMA Form 90-91B, Project Worksheet--Cost Estimate Continuation Sheet; 
FEMA Form 90-91C Project Worksheet--Maps and Sketches Sheet; FEMA Form 
90-91D, Project Worksheet--Photo Sheet; FEMA Form 90-120, Special 
Considerations Questions; FEMA Form 121, PNP Facility Questionnaire; 
FEMA Form 90-123, Force Account Labor Summary Record; FEMA Form 90-124, 
Materials Summary Record; FEMA Form 90-125, Rented Equipment Summary 
Record; FEMA Form 90-126, Contract Work Summary Record; FEMA Form 90-
127, Force Account Equipment Summary Record; and FEMA Form 90-128, 
Applicant's Benefits Calculation Worksheet.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
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 describes 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 10, 2010.

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 
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, Office 
of Records Management, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 20598-
3005, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address FEMA-
Information-Collections@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Collection of Information

    Title: Public Assistance Program.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0017.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 90-49, Request for Public 
Assistance; FEMA Form 90-91, Project Worksheet (PW); FEMA Form 90-91A, 
Project Worksheet--Damage Description and Scope of Work Continuation 
Sheet; FEMA Form 90-91B, Project Worksheet--Cost Estimate Continuation 
Sheet; FEMA Form 90-91C Project Worksheet--Maps and Sketches Sheet; 
FEMA Form 90-91D, Project Worksheet--Photo Sheet; FEMA Form 90-120, 
Special Considerations Questions; FEMA Form 121, PNP Facility 
Questionnaire; FEMA Form 90-123, Force Account Labor Summary Record; 
FEMA Form 90-124, Materials Summary Record; FEMA Form 90-125, Rented 
Equipment Summary Record; FEMA Form 90-126, Contract Work Summary 
Record; FEMA Form 90-127, Force Account Equipment Summary Record; and 
FEMA Form 90-128,

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Applicant's Benefits Calculation Worksheet.
    Abstract: The information collected is utilized by FEMA to make 
determinations for Public Assistance payments based on the information 
supplied by the respondents. The following listing provides the 
instances of information sharing and how the individual collection 
instruments provide necessary information for Public Assistance 
considerations. FEMA Form 90-49 identifies the applicant and initiates 
the request. FEMA Forms 90-91A, B, C and D identifies the scope of the 
work and cost estimates. FEMA Form 90-120 records factors that could 
affect the scope of the work. FEMA Form 90-121 is used to determine 
private non-profit applicant eligibility. FEMA Form 90-123 identifies 
employees from the applicant's own workforce who perform related work, 
and FEMA form 90-124 identifies materials of the applicant used on the 
project. FEMA Form 90-125 provides a list of materials rented for the 
project, FEMA Form 90-126 identifies contract costs for the project, 
FEMA Form 90-127 records the applicant's equipment costs and FEMA Form 
90-128 provides the applicant's benefit costs for the project. The 
request for appeals, both first and second, and well as the arbitration 
requests allow for the applicant to request a review of determinations 
made.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 2,992 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 167,554.
    Estimated Cost: There are no operation, maintenance, capital or 
start-up costs associated with this collection.

    Dated: January 28, 2010.
Larry Gray,
Director, Office of Records Management, Office of Management, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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