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OMB Control No: 1660-0054	ICR Reference No: 201608-1660-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201512-1660-001
Agency/Subagency: DHS/FEMA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Fire Prevention and Safety Grants-Grant Application Supplemental Information
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/08/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/10/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2019	08/31/2019	08/31/2019
Responses	24,200	0	22,000
Time Burden (Hours)	158,942	0	158,590
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Information sought under this collection will comprise of the applications for Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) and Fire Prevention and Safety (FPS) grants. The old forms have be obseleted from this collection and new forms have be submitted to capture the details concerning applicants' demongraphics, capabilities, and operational resources as well as information necessary for FEMA to comply with mandates delineated in the law.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 2201 Name of Law: Fire Prevention And Control
US Code: 15 USC 2229 Name of Law: Federal Fire Protection and Control Act of 1974

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 60398	10/06/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 1961	01/14/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	24,200	22,000	2,200
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	158,942	158,590	352
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a significant decrease in the number of respondents from 28,010 to 22,000. We attribute this decrease to a reduction in available funding, and, as a result, a reduction in the amount of awards granted. Programmatic changes, such as allowing State Fire Training Academies to apply as eligible entities and urban fire departments to apply for multiple vehicles, have increased the amount requested per recipient and reduced the amount of awards granted. This has decreased the interest in the funding opportunity amongst the numerous smaller sized recipients. There was a mistake on the currently approved ICR regarding the estimated burden hours for Research and Development / FEMA Form 080-0-3b. The actually burden hours per respondent is 21.5 hours, not 41. This mistake has been corrected in this ICR. Also, there was an increase in Not-for-profit institutions respondents from 10 to 50 due to an increase in interest among research organizations. The actual increase in annual burden hours for Research and Development / FEMA Form 080-0-3b is from 215 to 1,075. This is an increase of 860 annual burden hours. Another correction being made in this ICR involves the title of the collection device. The Activity Specific Questions for AFG Vehicle Applicants / FEMA Form 080-0-2a and Activity Specific Questions for AFG Operations and Safety Applications / FEMA Form 080-0-2b were incorrectly titled. The titles have been corrected, and the mistake had no impact to the burden hours. The FEMA Form 080-0-0-13 Semi-Annual Performance Report has been added to this ICR due to the requirement for grant recipients to complete this form at the 6 month period of the grant cycle. There is a 176 burden hour increase due to the addition of this form. There is a decrease of 42,364 annual burden hours. The revisions to the forms has not reduced the burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,319,699

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Sherina Greene 202 646-4343 sherina.greene@associates.dhs.gov

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