
[Federal Register: March 23, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 55)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13774]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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-NEW; FEMA Preparedness Grants: 
Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Nonprofit Security Grant Program 
(NSGP)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; new information 
collection; OMB No. 1660-NEW; FEMA Form 089-25, NSGP Investment 
Justification and Selection Criteria; FEMA Form 089-24, NSGP State--
UAWG Prioritization of Investment Justification.

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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 April 22, 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: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Urban Areas Security Initiative 
(UASI) Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP).
    Type of information collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NEW.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 089-25, NSGP Investment 
Justification and Selection Criteria; FEMA Form 089-24, NSGP State--
UAWG Prioritization of Investment Justification.
    Abstract: The NSGP 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 
regional/State/local planning, operations, and investments. Information 
collected provides narrative details on proposed activities 
(Investments) that will be accomplished with grant funds and 
prioritizes the list of applicants from each requesting State. This 
program is designed to promote coordination and collaboration in 
emergency preparedness activities among public and private community 
representatives, State and local government agencies, and Citizen Corps 
Councils.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit Institutions; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 733.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 160 hours. The 
estimated average hour burden per respondent has changed since 
publication of the 60-day Federal Register Notice at 74 FR 59235, Nov. 
17, 2009.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 61,525 hours. The estimated 
total average burden hours has changed since publication of the 60-day 
Federal Register Notice at 74 FR 59235, Nov. 17, 2009.
    Estimated Cost: There is no annual reporting or recordkeeping costs 
associated with this collection.

    Dated: March 16, 2010.
Larry Gray,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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