[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10813-10814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04056]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2022-0010; OMB No. 1660-0076]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Application 
Reporting

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and request for comments.

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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 to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of 
a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the 
Paperwork

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Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments regarding the 
requirements, grants management procedures, and implementation of 
grants awarded under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), which 
is a post-disaster program that contributes funds toward the cost of 
hazard mitigation activities in order to reduce the risk of future 
damage, hardship, loss or suffering in any area affected by a major 
disaster.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 26, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-
2022-0010. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID, and 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 and Security Notice that is 
available via a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennie Orenstein, Chief, HMA Grants 
Policy Branch, at (202) 212-4071 or [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 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5170c, established the Hazard Mitigation 
Grant Program (HMGP). Grant requirements and grants management 
procedures of the program are outlined in 44 CFR part 206 Subpart N, 
and 2 CFR parts 200 and 3002. The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) administers the HMGP, and Recipients implement the grants under 
the HMPG per grant agreement and rules and regulations. The HMGP is a 
post-disaster program that contributes funds toward the cost of hazard 
mitigation activities in order to reduce the risk of future damage, 
hardship, loss or suffering in any area affected by a major disaster. 
Section 102 of the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5122(4), defines a ``state'' 
as any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. ``Recipient'', as provided in 2 CFR 200, 
means a non-Federal entity that receives a Federal award directly from 
a Federal awarding agency to carry out an activity under a Federal 
program, or an Indian tribal government that chooses to act as a 
recipient rather than as a subrecipient. ``Subrecipient'' refers to a 
non-Federal entity that receives a subaward from a pass-through entity 
to carry out part of a Federal program; but does not include an 
individual that is a beneficiary of such program. A subrecipient may 
also be a recipient of other Federal awards directly from a Federal 
awarding agency. The term ``Indian tribal government'' is defined in 
Section 102 of the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5122(6), as the governing 
body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, 
village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges 
to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 
List Act of 1994. In addition, the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 
2013 (Pub. L. 113-2) amended the Stafford Act to allow the Chief 
Executive of a federally recognized Indian tribe to make a direct 
request to the President of the United States for a major disaster or 
emergency declaration codified under 42 U.S.C. 5170(b).''

Collection of Information

    Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Application and 
Reporting.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: OMB No. 1660-0076.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-154 (formerly 009-0-111A), 
Quarterly Progress Reports.
    Abstract: FEMA administers the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 
which is a post-disaster program that contributes funds toward the cost 
of hazard mitigation activities in order to reduce the risk of future 
damage hardship, loss or suffering in any area affected by a major 
disaster. FEMA uses applications to provide financial assistance in the 
form of grant awards and, through grantee quarterly reporting, monitor 
grantee project activities and expenditure of funds.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 236.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,280.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 38,124.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $2,295,447.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,953,915

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,
Deputy Director, Information Management Division, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-04056 Filed 2-24-22; 8:45 am]
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