30 Day FR Notice

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Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2013–0015; OMB No.
1660–0017]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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 information
collected for the Public Assistance (PA)
program eligibility determinations,
grants management, and compliance
with Federal laws and regulations.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before November 15, 2013.
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–2013–0015. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
Suite 840, 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:
Clifford Brown, Executive Officer,
Recovery Directorate, Public Assistance
Division, (202) 646–4136. You may
contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646–3347 or email
address: [email protected].

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The
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121–5207 (the Stafford Act), authorizes
grants to assist State, Tribal, and local
governments and certain Private NonProfit entities with the response to and
recovery from disasters following
Presidentially declared major disasters
and emergencies. 44 CFR Part 206
specifies the information collections
necessary to facilitate the provision of
assistance under the PA Program. 44
CFR 206.202 describes the general
application procedures for the PA
program.
The Sandy Recovery Improvement
Act of 2013 (SRIA) directed FEMA to
establish a Dispute Resolution Pilot
Program for Public Assistance
(assistance provided under sections 403,
406, or 407 of the Stafford Act), to
include arbitration. FEMA selected
arbitration as one method of dispute
resolution that will be used. Section
1105 of SRIA will only be available for
disasters that occurred on or after
October 30, 2012, where the applicant
has a legitimate dispute equal to or in
excess of $1 million (adjusted annually)
with a non-Federal share, and
applicants have completed a first appeal
pursuant to 44 CFR 206.206. To seek
arbitration, applicants must submit a
Request for Arbitration form, which may
be accompanied by a recommendation
from the Grantee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

Collection of Information
Title: Public Assistance Program.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 009–0–49
Request for Public Assistance; FEMA
Form 009–0–91 Project Worksheet (PW);
FEMA Form 009–0–91A Project
Worksheet (PW)—Damage Description
and Scope of Work Continuation Sheet;
FEMA Form 009–0–91B Project
Worksheet (PW)—Cost Estimate
Continuation Sheet; FEMA Form 009–
0–91C Project Worksheet (PW)—Maps
and Sketches Sheet; FEMA Form 009–
0–91D Project Worksheet (PW)—Photo
Sheet; FEMA Form 009–0–120 Special
Considerations Questions; FEMA Form
009–0–121 PNP Facility Questionnaire;
FEMA Form 009–0–123 Force Account
Labor Summary Record; FEMA Form
009–0–124 Materials Summary Record;
FEMA Form 009–0–125 Rented
Equipment Summary Record; FEMA
Form 009–0–126 Contract Work
Summary Record; FEMA Form 009–0–
127 Force Account Equipment
Summary Record; FEMA Form 009–0–
128 Applicant’s Benefits Calculation
Worksheet; FEMA Form 009–0–111,

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Quarterly Progress Reports; FEMA Form
055–0–0–1, Request for Arbitration.
Abstract: The information collected is
utilized by FEMA to make
determinations for Public Assistance
grants based on the information
supplied by the respondents.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Number of Responses: 346,960.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 361,826 hours.
Estimated Cost: There are no record
keeping, capital, start-up maintenance
costs associated with this information
collection.
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.
Dated: September 6, 2013.
Loretta Cassatt,
Branch Chief, Records Management Division,
Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5683–N–82]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Training Evaluation Form
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD has submitted the
proposed information collection
requirement described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with

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the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 16,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
Colette Pollard at
[email protected] or telephone
202–402–3400. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339. This is not a toll-free number.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for
approval of the information collection
described in Section A. The Federal
Register notice that solicited public
comment on the information collection
for a period of 60 days was published
on July 8, 2013.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Training Evaluation Form.
Information collection

Number of
respondents

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

Management and Governance training at
in 22 locations in FY 2013. This training
will be web-based in the future. To
inspect HUD insured and assisted
properties, prospective contract
inspectors are required to successfully
complete HUD Uniform Physical
Condition Standards (UPCS) inspection
training. The training consists of prerequisite computer-based component
followed by an instructor led
component. To become familiar with
the UPCS inspection process and
requirements, thereby facilitating and
enhancing maintenance of properties
and preparation for upcoming contract
inspections, public housing agency
(PHA) employees and multifamily
property owners and agents (POAs) are
able to take a computer-based UPCS
training.
PIH proposes to use the training form
in the future for all other training
offered to PIH program participants and
stakeholders on major regulatory
changes, such as was done for asset
management in 2010 and 2011. These
sessions may be held as technical
assistance seminars, conferences, or
briefings.
And, PIH anticipates launching a Web
site dedicated to providing links to
existing HUD Web-based learning
materials.
Respondents (i.e., affected public):
The training evaluation form will be
completed by members of the public
and individuals at state and local
government entities who participate in
a HUD training course.

Annual burden
hours

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost

Training Eval. Form .....

64,180

1

64,180

.033

2,120

$24.10

$51,092

Total ......................

64,180

1

64,180

.033

2,120

24.10

51,092

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

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OMB Approval Number: 2577–0271.
Type of Request: Extension without of
a currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–50945.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use:
Executive Order 13571, ‘‘Streamlining
Service Delivery and Improving
Customer Service’’ states ‘‘The public
deserves competent, efficient, and
responsive service from the Federal
Government. Executive departments
and agencies (agencies) must
continuously evaluate their performance
in meeting this standard and work to
improve it. Executive Order 12862
(Setting Customer Service Standards),
issued on September 11, 1993, requires
agencies that provide significant
services directly to the public to identify
and survey their customers, establish
service standards and track performance
against those standards, and benchmark
customer service performance against
the best in business.
To that end, the Office of Public and
Indian Housing (PIH) will use a
standardized training assessment
instrument to evaluate learners’
reactions to training or technical
assistance programs. With the
information collected PIH will measure,
evaluate, and compare the performance
of its various training programs over
time. The design of this form follows
industry-accepted best practices,
allowing additional comparisons to
other training programs in business and
government.
Examples of how the Training
Evaluation Form is currently being used
and will be used are: On-site Core
Curriculum training in Financial

This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (3) Ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and

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(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond; including through the
use of appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. HUD
encourages interested parties to submit
comment in response to these questions.

Dated: September 11, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

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