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Type of respondent
State, Local
or Tribal
Government.

State, Local
or Tribal
Government.

Total
EOC.

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Form
name/
form
number

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total annual
burden
(in hours)

Avg. hourly
wage rate*

Total annual
respondent
cost

700

1

700

8

5,600

$37.80

$211,680.00

56

1

56

5.5

308

32.20

9,917.60

..............

756

........................

........................

........................

5,908

........................

221,597.60

e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.

Comments

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Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)

EOC
Grant
Program
Investment
Justification
and
Scoring
Criteria,
FEMA
Form
089–3.
Prioritization
of
Competitive Investment
Justifications
Template
FEMA
Form
089–
18.

Estimated Cost: There is no annual
reporting or recordkeeping costs
associated with this collection.

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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Larry Gray,
Director, Records Management Division,
Office of Management, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E9–27543 Filed 11–16–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111–78–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2009–0001]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request, 1660–NEW; FEMA
Preparedness Grants: Transit Security
Grant Program (TSGP)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and
request for comments; new information

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collection; OMB No. 1660–NEW; FEMA
Form 089–4, TSGP Investment
Justification; FEMA Form 089–27, Fast
Track Cost Training Matrix.
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 proposed new
information collection. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this Notice seeks comments
concerning the information collection
activities required to administer the
FEMA Transit Security Grant Program
(TSGP).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 19, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
http://www.regulations.gov under

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docket ID FEMA–2009–0001. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Office of Chief Counsel, Regulation and
Policy Team, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street,
SW., Room 835, Washington, DC 20472–
3100.
(3) Facsimile. Submit comments to
(703) 483–2999.
(4) E-mail. Submit comments to
[email protected]. Include docket
ID FEMA–2009–0001 in the subject line.
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 on
the Privacy and Use Notice link on the
Administration Navigation Bar of
http://www.regulations.gov.

Type of
respondent

Form
name/form
number

Number of
respondents

Business
TSGP Inor other
vestfor profit.
ment
Justification/
FEMA
Form
089–4.
Business
Fast Track
or other
Cost
for profit.
Training
Matrix/
FEMA
Form
089–27.
Business
Regional
or other
Transit
for profit.
Security
Strategy.
Total

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Avg. burden
per
response (in
hours)

Total annual
burden (in
hours)

Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants:
Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP).
Type of Information Collection: New
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–NEW.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form 089–4, TSGP Investment
Justification; FEMA Form 089–27, Fast
Track Cost Training Matrix.
Abstract: The TSGP is an important
component of the Department of
Homeland Security’s effort to enhance
the security of the Nation’s critical
infrastructure. The program provides
funds to owners and operators of transit
systems to protect critical surface
transportation infrastructure and the
traveling public from acts of terrorism,
major disasters, and other emergencies.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,135.25 hours.

Avg. hourly
wage rate

Annual
number of
responses

Total annual
respondent
cost

1

17

2,091

$33.60

123

$70,257.60

123

1

0.75

92.25

33.60

123

3,099.60

123

1

24

2,952

33.60

123

99,187.2

369

........................

........................

5,135.25

........................

369

172,544.40

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

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Number of
responses per
respondent

to determine the requirements for grant
recipients, including application
requirements.

123

Estimated Cost: There is no annual
reporting or recordkeeping costs
associated with this collection.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Alex Mrazik, Program Analyst,
Grant Programs Directorate, 202–786–
9732 for additional information. You
may contact the Records Management
Branch for copies of the proposed
collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646–3347 or e-mail
address: FEMA–[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)
is a FEMA grant program that focuses on
transportation infrastructure protection
activities. The collection of information
for TSGP is mandated by Section 1406,
Title XIV of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C.
1135), which directs the Secretary to
establish a program for making grants to
eligible public transportation agencies
for security improvements.
Additionally, information is collected in
accordance with Section 1406(c) of the
Implementing Recommendations of the
9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C.
1135(c)) which authorizes the Secretary

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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

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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.
Larry Gray,
Director, Records Management Division,
Office of Management, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E9–27548 Filed 11–16–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111–78–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2009–0001]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request, 1660–NEW;
FEMA’s Grants Reporting Tool (GRT)

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AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and
request for comments; new information
collection; OMB No. 1660–NEW; FEMA
Form—None.
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 proposed new
information collection. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this Notice seeks comments
concerning the collection of information
necessary for the Grants Reporting Tool
(GRT).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 19, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
http://www.regulations.gov under
docket ID FEMA–2009–0001. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Office of Chief Counsel, Regulation and
Policy Team, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street,
SW., Room 835, Washington, DC 20472–
3100.
(3) Facsimile. Submit comments to
(703) 483–2999.
(4) E-mail. Submit comments to
[email protected]. Include docket
ID FEMA–2009–0001 in the subject line.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and docket ID.

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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 on
the Privacy and Use Notice link on the
Administration Navigation Bar of
http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Paul Belkin, Program Analyst,
Grant Programs Directorate, 202–786–
9771 for additional information. You
may contact the Records Management
Branch for copies of the proposed
collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646–3347 or e-mail
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 44
CFR, part 13, Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and
Local Government establishes uniform
administrative rules for Federal grants
and cooperative agreements and subawards to State, local and Indian tribal
governments. FEMA has determined
that in order to have consistent
implementation of FEMA grant
administration policies, to reduce
duplicative and tedious data entry, to
more effectively measure preparedness
gains, and to streamline application
submission and management for
Grantees, Regions, State and local
partners, it is necessary to automate the
reporting processes.
The Homeland Security Presidential
Directive (HSPD–5) related to the
‘‘Management of Domestic Incidents’’
gives the Secretary the authority to
gather information related to domestic
incidents and mandates the Secretary
provide standardized, quantitative
reports on the readiness and
preparedness of the Nation—at all levels
of government—to prevent, prepare for,
respond to, and recover from domestic
incidents.
The Homeland Security Presidential
Directive (HSPD–8) related to ‘‘National
Preparedness’’ authorizes the Federal
government to deliver Federal
preparedness awards to the States.
Applicants must apply the funds to the
highest priority preparedness
requirements at the appropriate level of
government. Federal preparedness
assistance is based upon the adoption of
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preparedness strategies, consistent with
the national preparedness goal. HSPD–
8 authorizes the Secretary to review and
approve strategies submitted by the
States and establishes the requirement
that applicants must have adopted
approved statewide strategies in order to
receive Federal grant funds. Further,
HSPD–8 authorizes Federal departments
and agencies to develop appropriate
mechanisms to ensure rapid obligation
and disbursement of funds from their
programs to the States, such as the GRT.
HSPD–8 mandates Federal departments
and agencies report annually on the
obligation, expenditure status, and the
use of funds associated with Federal
preparedness assistance programs.
Section 430 of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002, as amended (6 U.S.C. 238),
authorized the Office for Domestic
Preparedness (ODP, which was
transferred to FEMA by the Post Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of
2006, Pub. L. 109–295) to have primary
responsibility for national preparedness,
including directing and supervising
terrorism preparedness grant programs
for emergency response providers and
incorporating the Strategy priorities into
planning guidance on an agency level
for the overall national preparedness
efforts. ODP (now FEMA) was
authorized to develop a process for
receiving meaningful input from State
and local government to assist the
development of the national strategy for
combating terrorism and other
homeland security activities.
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA’s Grants Reporting Tool
(GRT).
Type of Information Collection: New
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–NEW.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form—None.
Abstract: GRT is the collection of
financial and programmatic information
from States and local governments
pertaining to grant and cooperative
agreement awards. The information
enables FEMA to evaluate applications
and make award decisions, monitor
ongoing performance and manage the
flow of Federal funds, and to
appropriately close out grants or
cooperative agreements. GRT supports
the information collection needs of each
grant program processed in the system.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,492 hours.

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