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Reduction Act of 1995. This notice
seeks comments concerning the
National Urban Search and Rescue
Response System to perform work on
public or private lands essential to save
lives and protect property, including
search and rescue and emergency
medical care, and other essential needs.
FEMA will remove one instrument from
this collection.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Information
Management Division, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address
[email protected] or Buddy
Ey, Chief, Finance and Administration
Section, US&R Branch, FEMA, Response
Directorate, Operations Division at
[email protected] or (202)
212–3799.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
303 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5144,
authorizes the President of the United
States to form emergency support teams
of Federal personnel to be deployed to
an area affected by major disaster or
emergency. Section 403(a)(3)(B) of the
Stafford Act provides that the President
may authorize Federal Departments and
Agencies to perform work on public or
private lands essential to save lives and
protect property, including search and
rescue and emergency medical care, and
other essential needs. Section 327 of the
Stafford Act further authorizes the
National Urban Search and Rescue
Response System (‘‘the System’’) and
outlines the Administrator’s
authorization to designate teams as well
as outlines specific protections for
System members. The information
collection activity is authorized under
the Office of Management and Budget
circular, 2 CFR part 200, ‘‘Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards.’’ The collection
contains information from the
programmatic and administrative
activities of the Urban Search and
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the readiness and response cooperative
agreement awards.
FEMA will remove one instrument
from this collection: FEMA Form 089–
0–15, Task Force Deployment Data.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on April 22, 2022, at 87 FR
24189 with a 60-day public comment
period. No comments were received.
The purpose of this notice is to notify
the public that FEMA will submit the
information collection abstracted below
to the Office of Management and Budget
for review and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: National Urban Search and
Rescue Response System.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, with change, of a currently
approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0073.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–104–
FY–21–174 (formerly 089–0–10), Urban
Search Rescue Response System
Narrative Statement Workbook; FEMA
Form FF–104–FY–21–175 (formerly
089–0–11), Urban Search Rescue
Response System Semi-Annual
Performance Report; FEMA Form FF–
104–FY–21–176 (formerly 089–0–12),
Urban Search Rescue Response System
Amendment Form; FEMA Form FF–
104–FY–21–177 (formerly 089–0–14),
Urban Search Rescue Response System
Task Force Self-Evaluation Scoresheet;
FEMA Form FF–104–FY–21–179
(formerly 089–0–26), Vehicle Support
Unit Purchase/Replacement/Disposal
Justification.
Abstract: The information collection
activity is the collection of program and
administrative information from 28
established Urban Search and Rescue
Sponsoring Agencies relating to the
Readiness and Response Cooperative
Agreement awards. This information
includes a narrative statement used to
evaluate a grantees’ proposed use of
funds, progress reports to monitor
progress on Cooperative Agreements,
amendment requests to change scope
and period of performance and approval
for vehicle purchase.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
126.
Estimated Number of Responses: 182.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 364.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $23,277.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $135,866.

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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,
Deputy Director for Information Management,
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- FEMA–2021–0029; OMB
No. 1660–0072]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Mitigation
Grant Programs (Including Mitigation
(MT) Grants Management (Formerly
Mitigation (MT) Electronic Grants
(eGrants) and FEMA GO) for Flood
Mitigation Assistance (FMA), Building
Resilient Infrastructure and
Communities (BRIC) and Pre-Disaster
Mitigation (PDM)
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice

SUMMARY:

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seeks comments concerning FEMA’s
Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA)
grant programs specifically, the PreDisaster Mitigation Program (PDM), the
Building Resilient Infrastructure and
Communities (BRIC) program, and the
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
program. Under FEMA’s HMA grant
programs, State, local, Tribal, and
Territorial governments (SLTTs) seek
assistance to support disaster mitigation
and provide opportunities to reduce or
eliminate potential losses to SLTTs.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Information
Management Division, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, at email address
[email protected] or Jennie
Orenstein, Branch Chief, Policy, Tools
and Training Branch, Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration, FEMA,
at [email protected], and
202–212–4071.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
collection of information is necessary to
implement grants for the FMA, PDM,
and BRIC programs.
The FMA program is authorized
pursuant to Sec. 1366, 42 U.S.C. 4104c
of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968, as amended. FMA was created as
part of the National Flood Insurance
Reform Act (NFIRA) of 1994, Public
Law 103–325. The Biggert-Waters Flood
Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW–12),
Public Law 112–141, consolidated the
Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) and
Severe Repetitive Loss grant (SRL)
programs into FMA. Under FMA, costshare requirements were changed to
allow more Federal funds for properties
with repetitive flood claims. The FMA
program, under 44 CFR part 77 (as of
October 1, 2021, previously under 44
CFR part 79), provides funding for
measures taken to reduce or eliminate
the long-term risk of flood damage to
buildings, manufactured homes, and
other structures insured under the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
PDM is authorized under Sec. 203, 42
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Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (Stafford Act), Public
Law 93–288, as amended by Sec. 102 of
the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000,
Public Law 106–390. This 30-day FRN
differs from the 60-day FRN because
FEMA recently decided to resume
providing grants under the PDM
Program to administer congressionally
directed spending for pre-disaster
hazard mitigation. The PDM Program
makes federal funds available to state,
local, tribal, and territorial governments
to plan for and implement sustainable
cost-effective measures designed to
reduce the risk to individuals and
property from future natural hazards,
while also reducing reliance on federal
funding from future disasters. The
purpose of the PDM Program is to
administer Congressionally directed
spending for pre-disaster hazard
mitigation.
On August 4, 2020, FEMA established
the BRIC program, implementing
Section 1234 of the Disaster Recovery
Reform Act (DRRA), Public Law 115–
254. BRIC replaced the PDM grant
program that was previously authorized
under Sec. 203 of the Stafford Act, 42
U.S.C. 5133.
The BRIC program is designed to
promote a national culture of
preparedness and public safety through
encouraging investments to protect our
communities and infrastructure and
through strengthening national
mitigation capabilities to foster
resilience. The BRIC program seeks to
fund effective and innovative projects
that will reduce risk, increase resilience,
and serve as a catalyst to encourage the
whole community to invest in and
adopt policies related to mitigation.
The guiding principles of the BRIC
program include: (1) support State and
local governments, Tribes, and
territories through capability- and
capacity-building, to enable them to
identify mitigation actions and
implement projects that reduce risks
posed by natural hazards; (2) encourage
and enable innovation while allowing
flexibility, consistency, and
effectiveness; (3) promote partnerships
and enable high-impact investments to
reduce risk from natural hazards with a
focus on critical services and facilities,
public infrastructure, public safety,
public health, and communities; (4)
provide a significant opportunity to
reduce future losses and minimize
impacts on the Disaster Relief Fund; (5)
promote equity, including by helping
members of disadvantaged groups and
prioritizing 40 percent of the benefits to
disadvantaged communities as
referenced in Executive Order (E.O.)
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Justice40 Initiative; and (6) support the
adoption and enforcement of building
codes, standards, and policies that will
protect the health, safety, and general
welfare of the public, taking into
account future conditions, prominently
including the effects of climate change,
and have long-lasting impacts on
community risk reduction, including for
critical services and facilities and for
future disaster costs. The BRIC program
distributes funds annually and applies a
Federal/Non-Federal cost share.
In accordance with 2 CFR 200.203,
FEMA requires that all parties interested
in receiving FEMA mitigation grants
submit an application package for grant
assistance. Applications and
subapplications for BRIC, PDM and
FMA are submitted via the appropriate
system for the respective programs,
FEMAGo and eGrants. The FEMA GO
and eGrants system have been
developed to meet the intent of the eGovernment initiative, authorized by
Public Law 106–107. This initiative
requires that all Government agencies
both streamline grant application
processes and provide for the means to
electronically create, review and submit
a grant application via the internet.
In order to ensure the timely closeout
of grants, 2 CFR 200.329 requires that
Non-Federal Entities ‘‘must monitor its
activities under Federal awards to
assure compliance with applicable
Federal requirements and performance
expectations are being achieved.’’
Therefore, under 2 CFR part 200 (for
BRIC and PDM) and 44 CFR 77.3 (FMA),
recipients must complete and submit
progress report(s) to the FEMA Regional
Administrator on a quarterly basis,
certifying how the funds are being used
and reporting on the progress of
activities funded under the subrecipient
awards made to the Recipient by FEMA.
The Regional Administrator and
Recipient negotiate the date for
submission of the first report. Quarterly
Progress Reports describe the status of
those projects on which a final payment
of the Federal share has not been made
to the Recipient, and outline any
problems or circumstances expected to
result in noncompliance with the
approved award conditions.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on December 14, 2021, at 86 FR
71073 with a 60-day public comment
period. FEMA received two comments
during this public comment period. The
comments include feedback and
substantive recommendations on
program policy and implementation.
However, the information collection is
not designed to directly address changes
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effectiveness. The comments will be
reviewed and, as appropriate,
considered for general program
development. Thank you for the
substantive comments. The purpose of
this notice is to notify the public that
FEMA will submit the information
collection abstracted below to the Office
of Management and Budget for review
and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: Mitigation Grant Programs
(including Mitigation (MT) Grants
Management (formerly Mitigation (MT)
Electronic Grants (eGrants) and FEMA
GO) for Flood Mitigation Assistance
(FMA), Building Resilient Infrastructure
and Communities (BRIC) and PreDisaster Mitigation (PDM)).
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0072.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–206–
FY–22–151, Quarterly Progress Report
(QFR).
Abstract: FEMA’s FMA and BRIC
programs use an automated grant
application and management system
called FEMA GO. The PDM program
uses an automated grant application and
management system called MT e-Grants.
These grant programs provide funding
for the purpose of reducing or
eliminating the risks to life and property
from hazards. The FEMA GO and
eGrants systems include all the
application information needed to apply
for funding under these grant programs.
FEMA and SLTTs use the BRIC Panel
Review Form to solicit volunteers from
SLTTs and Other Federal Agencies
(OFA) to review sub-applicant project
applications. The volunteers will
review, and score applications based on
a pre-determined scoring criteria. The
PDM, FMA, and BRIC programs will use
the same QPR Form.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal,
or Territorial Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
660.
Estimated Number of Responses:
6,596.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 104,168.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $6,228,883.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $7,739,695.
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.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
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 HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7050–N–29; OMB Control
No.: 2528–NEW]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Stepped and Tiered Rent
Demonstration Evaluation
Office of Policy Development
and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 29,
2022.
SUMMARY:

Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email:
[email protected].
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; mail to:
[email protected]; email her at
[email protected] or telephone
202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free
number. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for
approval of the information collection
described in Section A. The Federal
Register notice that solicited public
comment on the information collection
for a period of 60 days was published
on November 24, 2021, at 86 FR 67076.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration
Evaluation.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: HUD has
selected 10 Public Housing Agencies
(PHAs) to participate in the second
cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW)
Expansion, Stepped and Tiered Rent
Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs will
implement an alternative rent policy (a
stepped rent or tiered rent) that is
intended to reduce PHA administrative
burden and increase self-sufficiency of
assisted households. Five PHAs will
implement a stepped rent and five PHAs
will implement a tiered rent. HUD’s
Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R) will evaluate the
impacts of those alternative rent
policies, using a randomized controlled
trial. The evaluation will rely on data
from a variety of sources, including new
information collection efforts proposed
in this Notice. HUD has contracted with
MDRC to conduct the first phase of the
evaluation, including random
assignment, baseline data collection,
and monitoring PHA implementation.
Within the 10 participating PHAs,
eligible households will be randomly
assigned to have their rent calculated
under the new rules (stepped/tiered
rent) or old rules (the Brooke rent,
typically 30% of household income).
Eligible households will be non-elderly,
non-disabled participants in the public
housing and housing choice voucher
program. Prior to random assignment,
each household will be asked to
complete a baseline information form
(BIF) and provide informed consent to
authorize HUD’s evaluator to use their
data for the evaluation. The BIF will

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