[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32874-32876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15553]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is submitting a
request for review and approval of an expired information collection.
The request is submitted under the emergency processing procedures in
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations 5 CFR 1320.13.
FEMA is requesting that this collection be approved by June 8, 1999,
for use through December 1999.
FEMA plans to follow this emergency request with a 3-year approval.
The request will be processed under OMB's normal clearance procedures
in accordance with the provisions of OMB regulation CFR 1320.10. To
help us with the timely processing of both the emergency and normal
paperwork clearance submissions to OMB, FEMA invites State and local
governments to comment on the proposed collection of information. This
notice and request for comments is in accordance with the provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A)). It
seeks comments concerning the collection of information associated with
financial and administrative reporting and recordkeeping requirements
that enable State and local governments to request from FEMA Federal
financial and technical assistance through Performance Partnership
Agreements/Cooperative Agreements.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cooperative Agreements under Performance
Partnership Agreements are the vehicle for achieving the Federal
Emergency Management Agency's strategic goal of establishing in concert
with its partners, a national emergency management system that is
comprehensive, risk-based and all hazards in approach. It focuses on
integrating and achieving Federal and State goals and objectives for
the four broad emergency management functions: Mitigtion (risk
reduction), preparedness (operational readiness), response (emergency
operations), and recovery. This collection of information is in
accordance with the requirements of Title 44 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 13, Uniform Administrative Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative agreements to State and Local Governments,
Subpart B, section 13.10; Subpart C, sections 13.32, 13.33, 13.40,
13.41; and Subpart D, section 13.50. Under the Performance
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Partnership Agreements, Federal funding is provided through Cooperative
Agreements.
Collection of Information: This collection of information includes
standard and FEMA forms and other reporting and recordkeeping
requirements that enable State and local governments to request from
FEMA Federal financial and technical assistance through Cooperatives
Agreements.
Title: Financial and Technical Assistance under the Performance
Partnership Agreements.
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a
previously approved collection.
OMB Number: 3067-0206.
Form Numbers: Standard Form 424, Application for Federal
Assistance, hour burden--2 hours per response and recordkeeping hour
burden--.2 hour per response;
Indirect Cost Agreement hour burden--50 hours per response and
recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
Budget Deviations, hour burden--5.8 hours per response and
recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
SF-SAC, Data Collection Form for Reporting Audits, hour burden--30
hours per response and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-10, Financial Status Report, hour burden--9.8 hours
per response and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-15, Budget Information--Construction Projects, hour
burden--17 hours per response and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour
per response;
FEMA Form 20-16, Assurances, hour burden--1.5 hours per response
and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-17, Outlay Report and Request for Reimbursement for
Construction Programs, hour burden--17 hours per response and
recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-18, Report of Government Property; hour burden--6
hours per response and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-19, Report of Unobligated Balance of Federal Funds,
Drawdowns, and Undrawn funds, 5 minutes per line, total 2 hours per
sheet and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-20, Budget Information--Nonconstruction, hour burden--
9.8 hours per response and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per
response;
FEMA Form 20-22, Program Narrative--Nonconstruction, hour burden--8
hours per response and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-22, Program Narrative--Construction, hour burden--8
hours per response and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-22, Performance Report--Nonconstruction, hour burden--
8 hours per response and recordkeeping burden--.2 hour per response;
FEMA Form 20-22, Performance Report--Construction, hour burden--8
hours per response and recordkeeping burden--.2 hour per response;
FF 76-10a, Obligating Document for Awards/Amendments, hour burden--
1.5 hours per response and recordkeeping .2 hour per response; and,
Reading, Understanding and Using the Performance Partnership
Agreements/Cooperative Agreements Application; Awards/Amendments;
Outlays, Performance Reporting, Budget Deviations, Property Management,
and Close-out; and Audit Modules--hour burden--12 hours per response
and recordkeeping hour burden--.2 hour per response.
Abstract: Performance partnerships are joint efforts by Federal,
State and local governments and providers to design programs and
measure results. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the
Governor or his/her authorized representative sign performance
Partnership Agreements. Performance partnerships strive to streamline
the traditional Federal government grant system by providing increased
flexibility on how a program is run in exchange for increased
accountability for results. The flexibility and accountability of
performance partnerships contain several general objectives that are
relevant to the development of a strong national emergency management
partnership. The objectives of increased flexibility include
consolidation of programs and funding streams, elimination of micro-
management, devolved decision-making, and reduced wasteful paperwork
and barriers to success. The objectives of increased accountability for
results mean partners will develop agreed upon performance measures
that use outcomes and outputs to measure progress toward national
goals, create funding and other incentives to reward progress towards
achievement of desirable results and create disincentives (such as
flexibility and the reduction or termination of Federal funding) if
efforts are not made to achieve the desired outcomes. The collection of
information focuses on Standard and FEMA forms and other reporting and
recordkeeping requirements that enable State and local governments to
request from FEMA Federal financial and technical assistance through
Performance Partnership Agreements/Cooperative Agreements. The burden
hours for this collection only reflect the burden for Cooperative
Agreement funding, reporting, and recordkeeping under Performance
Partnership Agreements. As other FEMA functions and program activities
funded by Federal grants and cooperative agreements re reviewed, the
span of coverage for this collection will include burden for those
programs as well.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Estimated Burden Hours: 67,878.
Estimated Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 1,400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 69,278.
Estimated Cost to the Federal Government: $400,000.00.
Comments: Written comments are solicited to:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed data collections and reporting
requirements are necessary for the proper performance of FEMA's
functions and program activities, including whether the date have
practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed data collections and reporting requirements;
(c) Determine an estimated cost of the proposed data collections
and reporting requirements to the respondents;
(d) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and,
(e) 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.
OMB should receive comments concerning the approval of this collection
of information under OMB's emergency processing procedures within 30
days of the date of this notice. FEMA will, however, continue to accept
comments concerning this collection of information through August 17,
1999.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to the
Office
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of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: Desk Officer for FEMA, 725 17th Street, NW, Room 10102,
Washington, DC 20503, or to the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Attn: Information Collections Officer, 500 C Street, SW, Room 316,
Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact
Charles McNulty, Office of Financial Management, Room 350, Washington,
D.C., at (202) 646-2976. For copies of the proposed collection of
information contact Muriel B. Anderson at (202) 646-2625, FAX (202)
646-3524, or e-mail: muriel.anderson@fema.gov.
Dated: June 7, 1999.
Reginald Trujillo,
Director, Program Services Division, Operations Support Directorate.
[FR Doc. 99-15553 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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