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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 14 / Wednesday, January 22, 2020 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2019–0029; OMB No.
1660–0115]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Environmental and
Historic Preservation Screening Form
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 a revision 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 Environmental and
Historic Preservation Screening Form.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 23, 2020.
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–2019–0029. 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.
SUMMARY:

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: FEMA-

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA’s
Grant Programs Directorate (GPD)
awards thousands of grants 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), as amended, Public Law 89–
665, 54 U.S.C. 306108 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.
The 2020 EHP Screening Form does
not require any new information, and
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 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 those actions, 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.

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Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $871,360. 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 $5,902,832.
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.
Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
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–2019–0021; OMB No.
1660–NW75]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Facility Access
Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public to take this opportunity
to comment on a new information
collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

SUMMARY:

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