Narrative of Changes

Narrative of Changes

The purpose of the Narrative of Changes is to clearly indicate changes to a collection since the previous approval.

Collection Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)

OMB Control No.: 1660-0112

Current Expiration Date: 10/31/2013

Collection Instrument: FEMA Form 089-4

The following are the changes to the collection:

Supporting Statement:

Question 8a – Updated to reflect FRN publication information.

Question 10 – Updated to reflect current privacy information.

Question 12 – Updated to reflect the current wage rate. See table below.

Question 14 – Costs to the Federal Government updated.

Table A.12: Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
Type of Respondent	Form Name / Form Number	No. of Respon-dents	No. of Respon-ses per Respon-dent	Total No. of Responses	Avg. Burden per Response (in hours)	Total Annual Burden (in hours)	Avg. Hourly Wage Rate*		Total Annual Respondent Cost
State, Local, or Tribal Governments	TSGP Investment Justification/ FEMA Form 089-4	123	1	123	17 hrs.	2,091		$29.16	$60,973.56
State, Local, or Tribal Governments	Regional Transit Security Strategy	123	1	123	24 hrs.	2,952		$29.16	$86,080.32
Total		123		246		5,043			$147,053.88

Table A.12: Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs

* Note: The “Avg. Hourly Wage Rate” for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

Question 15 – See explanation below.

Itemized Changes in Annual Burden Hours
Data collection Activity/Instrument	Program Change (hours currently on OMB Inventory)	Program Change (New)	Difference	Adjustment (hours currently on OMB Inventory)	Adjustment (New)	Difference
TSGP Investment Justification, FEMA Form 089-4				2,091	2,091	0
Regional Transit Security Strategy				2,952	2,952	0
Total(s)				5,043	5,043	0

Explain:

There are no changes to the annual hour burden previously reported and there has been no change to the information being collected.

Explanation of the adjustment in the type of respondents: In the previous submission for this collection, FEMA indicated that the types of respondents were Business or other for profit. It is believe that this was selected in error. The types of respondents for this collection are State, Local, or Tribal Governments.