Narrative of Changes for OMB Collection 1660-0072

Narrative of Changes

The purpose of the Narrative of Changes is to clearly indicate changes to a collection since the previous approval.

Collection Title: Mitigation Grants Program/eGrants

OMB Control No.: 1660-0072

Current Expiration Date: 6/30/2017

Collection Instruments: Mitigation eGrants System (eGrants)

FEMA Forms: None

The following are the changes to the collection:

Supporting Statement:

Question 8a – Updated to reflect FRN publication information.

Question 10 – Updated to reflect current privacy information.

Question 12 – Updated to reflect hourly wage rate.

Question 14 – Costs to the Federal Government updated.

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
	FMA
State, local or Tribal Government	Benefit-Cost Determination	56	10	560	5	2800	$48.14	$134,792
State, local or Tribal Government	Environmental Review	56	10	560	7.5	4200	$48.14	$202,188
State, local or Tribal Government	Project Narrative-Sub-grant Application	56	14	784	12	9408	$48.14	$452,901
Subtotal		56		1,904		16,408		$789,881
	PDM
State, local or Tribal Government	Benefit-Cost Determination	56	20	1,120	5	5600	$48.14	$269,584
State, local or Tribal Government	Environmental Review	56	20	1,120	7.5	8400	$48.14	$404,376
State, local or Tribal Government	Project Narrative-Sub-grant Application	56	20	1,120	12	13,440	$48.14	$647,002
Subtotal		56		3,360		27,440		$1,320,962
Total		56		5,264		43,848		$2,110,843

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

Data Collection Activity	Supporting Authority	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent		Total No. of Responses	Avg. Burden per Response (in hours)	Total Annual Burden (in hours)
Benefit Cost Determination	FMA (97.029) and PDM  (97.047) Programs	56	30	1,680		5	8,400
Environmental Review	FMA (97.029) and PDM  (97.047) Programs	56	30	1,680		7.5	12,600
Project Narrative-Sub-Grant Application	FMA (97.029) and PDM  (97.047) Programs	56	34	1,904		12	22,848
Total		56		5,264			43,848

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

Question 15

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
Benefit Cost Determination				8,400	8,400	0
Environmental Review				12,600	12,600
Project Narrative-Sub-Grant Application				22,848	22,848	0
Total(s)				43,848	43,848	0

Explain:

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