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: Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System

OMB Control No.: 1660-0025

Current Expiration Date: 9/30/2017

Collection Instruments: a web-based grants management system (FEMA Form 080-0-0-15)

The following are the changes to the collection:

FEMA Form numbers:

FEMA Form 112 series of forms has been removed from this collection. However, FEMA utilizes Standard Forms (SF) in the ND Grants System which are the SF-424,

SF-424A, SF-424B, SF-424C, SF-424D, and the SF-LLL. For estimated burden hours usage of these forms see SS.

A new form number has been added to the collection which is FEMA Form 080-0-0-15. This form number has been assigned to the ND Grants web-based grants management system.

Please note that the title of this collection is being changed from:

FEMA Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate Grants Administration Forms (title previously in ROCIS) or FEMA Grant Administration Forms/Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System (title on SS from last submission)

And is being changed to:

Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System

Supporting Statement:

Question 1 – Updated to reflect current regulatory authority.

Question 2 – Updated to reflect current description of the information is used. Also removed detailed information about the forms that are no longer being used.

Question 8a – Updated to reflect FRN publication information.

Question 10 – Updated to reflect current privacy information.

Question 12 – Updated to reflect removal of the elimination of legacy forms no longer used, which is a decrease in annual burden hours.

Question 14 – Costs to the Federal Government updated.

Question 15 – Burden hour decrease explained.

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 Government	Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System / FEMA Form 080-0-0-15	2,380	22.1	52,598	0.5 (30 minutes)	26,299	$37.57	$988,053.43
Total		2,380		52,598		26,299		$988,053.43

Note: The “Avg. Hourly Wage Rate” for each respondent includes a 1.46 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

Question 15, (table 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
FEMA Form 112-0-2				16770	0	-16770
FEMA Form 112-0-3 A, B, C				6074	0	-6074
FEMA Form 112-0-4				74304	0	-74304
FEMA Form 112-0-5				12260	0	-12260
FEMA Form 112-0-6				233	0	-233
FEMA Form 112-0-7				5741	0	-5741
FEMA Form 112-0-8				66251	0	-66251
FEMA Form 112-0-9				152	0	-152
FEMA Form 112-0-10				2690	0	-2690
Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System / FEMA Form 080-0-0-15				207	26,999	26792
Total(s)				184,682	26,999	-157,683

Explain: 

There has been a decrease in the annual hour burden previously reported due to the FEMA Form 112 series of forms are no longer being used and has been removed from the collection.

A new form number has been added to the collection which is FEMA Form 080-0-0-15. This form number has been assigned to the ND Grants web-based grants management system.