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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 12, 2016 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2016–0029; OMB No.
1660–0112]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA
Preparedness Grants: Transit Security
Grant Program (TSGP)
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 an extension, without
change, of a currently approved
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 Preparedness Grants: Transit
Security Grant Program (TSGP) that
focuses on transportation infrastructure
protection activities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 12, 2016.
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–2016–0029. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
8NE., 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.

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SUMMARY:

Paul
Belkin, Branch Chief, FEMA, Grant
Programs Directorate, 202–786–9771.
You may contact the Records
Management Division for copies of the

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proposed collection of information at
email address: [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
to determine the requirements for grant
recipients, including application
requirements. The program provides
funds to owners and operators of transit
systems (which include intra-city bus,
commuter bus, and all forms of
passenger rail) to protect critical surface
transportation infrastructure and the
traveling public from acts of terrorism,
major disasters, and other emergencies.

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: October 5, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants:
Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP).
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0112.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 089–4,
TSGP Investment Justification
Template.
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: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 123.
Number of Responses: 246.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,043 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $208,981.92. There are no annual
costs to respondents’ operations and
maintenance costs for technical
services. There are no annual start-up or
capital costs. The cost to the Federal
Government is $774,018.00.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2016–0001]

Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant
Amounts
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

FEMA gives notice of an
adjustment to the threshold for Small
Project subgrants made to state, tribal,
and local governments and private
nonprofit facilities for disasters declared
on or after October 1, 2016.
DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2016,
and applies to major disasters and
emergencies declared on or after
October 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Logan, Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3834.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121–5207, as amended by the Sandy
Recovery Improvement Act, Public Law
113–2, provides that FEMA will
SUMMARY:

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