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 Mitigation Success Story Database

OMB Control No.: 1660-0089

Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2014

Collection Instruments: FEMA Form 086-0-25

The following are the changes to this 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.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
Type of Respondent	Form Name/ Form Number	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Total No. of Responses	Avg. Burden per Response (in hours)	Total Annual Burden (in hours)	Avg. Hourly Wage Rate	Total Annual Respondent Cost
Individual or households; State, local or Tribal Government	Informal Interviews / No Form	5	1	5	4	20	$30.81	$616.20
Individual or households; State, local or Tribal Government	Mitigation Best Practice Submission Worksheet / FEMA Form 086-0-25	45	1	45	1.5	68	$30.81	$2,095.08
Total		50		50		88		$2,711.28

• 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
Informal Interviews / No Form				20	20	0
Mitigation Best Practice Submission Worksheet / FEMA Form 086-0-25				68	68	0
Total(s)				88	88	0

Explain:

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