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only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2016–0026. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth
McWaters-Bjorkman, Environmental
Protection Specialist, FEMA, Grant
Programs Directorate, 202–786–9854,
elizabeth.mcwaters-bjorkman@
fema.dhs.gov. You may contact the
Records Management Division for
copies of the proposed collection of
information at email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@
fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA’s
Grant Programs Directorate (GPD)
awards thousands of grants and each
year through various grant programs.
These programs award funds for
projects used to improve homeland
security and emergency preparedness.
The National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA), Public Law 91–190,
Sec. 102(B) and (C), 42 U.S.C. 4332, the
National Historic Preservation Act of
1966 (NHPA), Public Law 89–665, 16
U.S.C. 470f and a variety of other
environmental and historic preservation
laws and Executive Orders (E.O.)
require the Federal government to
examine the potential impacts of its
proposed actions on communities,
public health and safety, and cultural,
historic, and natural resources prior to
undertaking those actions. The GPD
process of considering these potential
impacts is called an environmental and
historic preservation (EHP) review
which is employed to examine
compliance with multiple EHP
authorities through one consolidated
process.
With input from recipients, FEMA is
proposing to revise the EHP Screening
Form for clarity and ease of use. The
2013 EHP Screening Form does not
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includes an appendix with guidance on
providing photographs with the EHP
submission. Recipients are no longer
required to submit floodplain and
wetlands maps or information about the
proposed project’s relationship to an
existing master plan.
Collection of Information
Title: Environmental and Historic
Preservation Screening Form.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0115.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 024–0–1,
Environmental and Historic
Preservation Screening Form.
Abstract: NEPA requires that each
Federal agency to examine the impact of
its actions (including the actions of
recipients using grant funds) on the
human environment, to look at potential
alternatives to that action, and to inform
both decision-makers and the public of
those impacts through a transparent
process. This Screening Form will
facilitate FEMA’s review of recipient
actions in FEMA’s effort to comply with
the environmental requirements.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government; Not-for-Profit Institutions.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Number of Responses: 2,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 16,000.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $796,320. 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 $5,504,580.
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.

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Dated: October 19, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2016–0024; OMB No.
1660–0076]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP) Application
and Reporting
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 Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program application and reporting
requirements.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 27, 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–2016–0024. 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.
SUMMARY:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Jennie Orenstein, Chief, HMA Grants
Policy Branch, 202–212–4071. You may
contact Records Management Division
for copies of the proposed collection of
information at email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@
fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act,
42 U.S.C. 5170c, established the Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program. Grant
requirements and grants management
procedures of the program are outlined
in 44 CFR part 206 Subpart N and 2 CFR
part 200. FEMA administers the HMGP,
and Grantees implement the grants
under the HMPG per grant agreement
and rules and regulations. The HMGP is
a post-disaster program that contributes
funds toward the cost of hazard
mitigation activities in order to reduce
the risk of future damage, hardship, loss
or suffering in any area affected by a
major disaster. Grantees are defined as
any State of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, or an Indian tribal
government that chooses to act as a
grantee.
Collection of Information
Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (HMGP) Application and
Reporting.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0076.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 009–0–
111A, Quarterly Progress Reports.
Abstract: FEMA administers the
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program,
which is a post-disaster program that
contributes funds toward the cost of
hazard mitigation activities in order to
reduce the risk of future damage
hardship, loss or suffering in any area
affected by a major disaster. FEMA uses
applications to provide financial
assistance in the form of grant awards
and, through grantee quarterly
reporting, monitor grantee project
activities and expenditure of funds.
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Number of Responses: 4,626.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 48,572.
Estimated Cost: None.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption

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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 20, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2016–0030]

Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
ACTION: Notice of availability of grant
application and application deadline.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to the Federal Fire
Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as
amended (15 U.S.C. 2229), the
Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) is
publishing this notice describing the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program
application process, deadlines, and
award selection criteria. This notice
explains the differences, if any, between
these guidelines and those
recommended by representatives of the
national fire service leadership during
the annual meeting of the Criteria
Development Panel, which was held
November 9–10, 2015. The application
period for the FY 2016 AFG Program
will be held October 11, 2016 through
November 18, 2016, and will be
announced on the AFG Web site

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www.fema.gov/firegrants, as well as
www.grants.gov.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2229.

Grant applications for the
Assistance to Firefighters Grants will be
accepted electronically at https://
portal.fema.gov, from October 11, 2016
through November 18, 2016, at 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: Assistance to Firefighters
Grants Branch, DHS/FEMA, 400 C Street
SW., 3N, Washington, DC 20472–3635.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine Patterson, Branch Chief,
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Branch,
1–866–274–0960.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AFG
Program awards grants directly to fire
departments, nonaffiliated emergency
medical services (EMS) organizations,
and state fire training academies
(SFTAs) for the purpose of enhancing
the abilities of first responders to protect
the health and safety of the public, as
well as first-responder personnel facing
fire and fire-related hazards.
Applications for the FY 2016 AFG
Program will be submitted and
processed online at https://
portal.fema.gov. Before the application
period starts, the FY 2016 AFG Notice
of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will be
published on the AFG Web site
www.fema.gov/firegrants. The AFG Web
site will also provide additional
information and materials useful to
applicants including: (1) Frequently
Asked Questions; (2) Get Ready Guide;
and (3) Quick Reference Guide. Based
on past AFG application periods, it is
expected that 10,000 to 15,000
applications will be submitted for FY
2016 AFG Program grant funds. FEMA
anticipates that it will be able to award
approximately 3,000 grants with the
available grant funding.
DATES:

Appropriations
For the FY 2016 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant Program, Congress
appropriated $345,000,000 (see: the
Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law
114–1130. From this amount,
$310,500,000 will be made available for
AFG awards. In addition, the Federal
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974,
as amended (15 U.S.C. 2229), requires
that a minimum of 10 percent of
available funds be expended for Fire
Prevention and Safety Grants (FP&S), to
be made directly to local fire
departments and to local, regional, state,
or national entities recognized for their
expertise in the fields of fire prevention
and firefighter safety research and
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