[Federal Register: December 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 234)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; Revision of a 
currently approved collection, OMB Number 1660-0072.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the following information collection to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 
describes the nature of the information collection, the categories of 
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources 
used by respondents to respond) and cost, and includes the actual data 
collection instruments FEMA will use.
    Title: Mitigation Grant Program/ e-Grants (previously named Flood 
Mitigation Assistance (e-Grants)).
    OMB Number: 1660-0072.
    Abstract: The States will utilize the Mitigation Grant Program /e-
Grants, automated application to report to FEMA on a quarterly basis, 
certify how funding is being used and to report on the progress of 
mitigation activities funded under grant awards, made to grantees by 
FEMA. FEMA will use this system to review the Grantees quarterly 
reports to ensure that mitigation grant activities are progressing on 
schedule and to track the expenditure of funds.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Governments, and Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 56.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 24.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 43,848 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Nathan 
Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, and sent 
via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 
395-6974. Comments must be submitted on or before January 7, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 
Mail Drop Room 308, 1800 S. Bell Street, Arlington, VA 22202, facsimile 
number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address 
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.


    Dated: November 29, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Management, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-23664 Filed 12-5-07; 8:45 am]

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