[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00987]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2019-0029; OMB No. 1660-0115]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Environmental and Historic Preservation Screening Form

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on a revision of a currently approved information 
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this notice seeks comments concerning the information collection 
activities required to administer the Environmental and Historic 
Preservation Screening Form.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 23, 2020.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2019-0029. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW, 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth McWaters-Bjorkman, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, FEMA, Grant Programs Directorate, 202-786-9854, 
elizabeth.mcwaters-bjorkman@fema.dhs.gov. You may contact the Records 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) 
awards thousands of grants each year through various grant programs. 
These programs award funds for projects used to improve homeland 
security and emergency preparedness. The National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA), Public Law 91-190, Sec. 102(B) and (C), 42 U.S.C. 
4332, the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), as 
amended, Public Law 89-665, 54 U.S.C. 306108 and a variety of other 
environmental and historic preservation laws and Executive Orders 
(E.O.) require the Federal government to examine the potential impacts 
of its proposed actions on communities, public health and safety, and 
cultural, historic, and natural resources prior to undertaking those 
actions. The GPD process of considering these potential impacts is 
called an environmental and historic preservation (EHP) review which is 
employed to examine compliance with multiple EHP authorities through 
one consolidated process.
    The 2020 EHP Screening Form does not require any new information, 
and includes an appendix with guidance on providing photographs with 
the EHP submission. Recipients are no longer required to submit 
floodplain and wetlands maps or information about the proposed 
project's relationship to an existing master plan.

Collection of Information

    Title: Environmental and Historic Preservation Screening Form.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0115.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 024-0-1, Environmental and Historic 
Preservation Screening Form.
    Abstract: NEPA requires each Federal agency to examine the impact 
of its actions (including the actions of recipients using grant funds) 
on the human environment, to look at potential alternatives to those 
actions, and to inform both decision-makers and the public of those 
impacts through a transparent process. This Screening Form will 
facilitate FEMA's review of recipient actions in FEMA's effort to 
comply with the environmental requirements.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-for-Profit 
Institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Number of Responses: 2,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 16,000.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $871,360. There are no annual costs to respondents' 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$5,902,832.

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.

Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-00987 Filed 1-21-20; 8:45 am]
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