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OMB Control No: 1660-0076	ICR Reference No: 202205-1660-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201711-1660-005
Agency/Subagency: DHS/FEMA	Agency Tracking No: Emergency Request - HMPG-COVID
Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Application and Reporting
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 09/02/2022
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/14/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/01/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2023	6 Months From Approved	11/30/2022
Responses	3,280	0	4,873
Time Burden (Hours)	38,124	0	51,133
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: FEMA administers the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which is a post-disaster program that contributes funds toward the cost of hazard mitigation activities to reduce the risk of future damage hardship, loss or suffering in any area affected by a major disaster. FEMA uses applications to provide financial assistance in the form of grant awards and, through grantee quarterly reporting, monitor grantee project activities and expenditure of funds.

Emergency Justfication: Significant increases in COVID-19 Presidentially authorized funding and executive order requirements have substantially increased funding and significantly increased information collection requirements for the HMGP program in FY 2022. The emergency request is necessary to avoid PRA related delays in the implementation of the FY 2022 HMGP program for fifty-nine major disaster declarations. Program interruption places significant financial, administrative, and technical burdens on states, local governments, territories, and Tribes (SLTT’s) to maintain ongoing COVID-19 disaster recovery operations, apply for hazard mitigation grants, and implement mitigation projects that decrease risk to critical infrastructure, significantly reduce nationwide property damages, mitigate suffering, and save lives. Delay to Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA)’s program activities also threatens the implementation of projects targeting underserved communities, as defined by Justice40 criteria established by EO 14008. Justice40 establishes equity and environmental justice criteria to guide implementation of EO 14008 by directing climate change investments to Justice40 defined underserved communities. The data collected under this information collection is necessary to establish program eligibility requirements, document major disaster vulnerabilities, impacts to community risk and resiliency, and collect data to construct program effectiveness metrics. In accordance with 44 CFR § 206.436 (d), states must submit all local HMGP applications and funding requests for the purpose of identifying new projects to the Regional Administrator within 12 months of the date of disaster declaration. The HMGP application deadline for Covid-19 disasters is August 5, 2022. An emergency approval for this information collection is required to allow collection of the information on the HMGP applications before the August 5, 2022, deadline. The HMGP program has received approximately 1,200 applications under the COVID-19 disaster declarations. Some states may request the Regional Administrator to extend the application time limit by additional 30-to-90-day increments, not to exceed a total of 180 days under 44 CFR § 206.436 (e).

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 5170c Name of Law: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

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
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Benefit-cost Determination
Enviornmental Review
Project Narrative
Quarterly Progress Report	FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-154 (formerly 009-0-111A)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	3,280	4,873	-1,593
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	38,124	51,133	-13,009
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The Adjusted Burden Hours resulting from a reduction in responses per respondent was calculated based on the ten-year average of 17 responses per respondent described in question 12a. The resulting change from 26 to 17 responses per respondent affecting burden hours for Project Narrative, Benefit-Cost Determination and Environmental Review, is factored into an adjustment calculation for each of these three non-form program collections. Adjustment did not apply to the Quarterly Progress Report because average responses per respondent did not change. The adjustment from 26 to 17 responses per respondent is factored with the annual average of 59 respondents, to calculate the Program Change. The resulting annual burden hour decreases of: 6,372 hours to Project Narrative; 2,655 hours to Benefit-Cost Determination; 3,983 hours to Environmental Review, and no change to the Quarterly Progress Report combine for an Adjustment of 13,010 annual burden hours. The adjustment results from a decrease in the annual average number of responses.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,953,915

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? Yes

Agency Contact: Kevin Crosby 202 550-6482 kevin.crosby@fema.dhs.gov

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