9948 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 17, 2021 / Notices 

alternative methods for toxicity 

screening. NTP welcomes nominations 

of scientific experts for upcoming 

panels. Scientists interested in serving 

on an NTP panel should provide their 

name and best form of contact to Megan 

Rooney by email: NTP-Meetings@

icf.com. 

The authority for NTP panels is 

provided by 42 U.S.C. 217a; section 222 

of the Public Health Service Act, as 

amended. The panel is governed by the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which 

sets forth standards for the formation 

and use of advisory committees. 

This peer review is being conducted 

by a panel via a virtual meeting. Peerreview of future draft reports will be 

conducted in accordance with 

Department of Health and Human 

Services peer-review policies (https://

aspe.hhs.gov/hhs-information-qualitypeer-review) and Office of Management 

and Budget’s Final Information Quality 

Bulletin for Peer Review (70 FR 2664, 

January 4, 2005). 

Brian R. Berridge, 

Associate Director, National Toxicology 

Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03096 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. CISA–2020–0005] 

60-Day Notice and Request for 

Comments; New Information 

Collection Request, 1670–NEW: 

SAFECOM Nationwide Surveys 

Generic Clearance 

AGENCY: Emergency Communications 

Division (ECD), Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: Information collection, request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: DHS CISA ECD will submit 

the following information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

DATES: Comments are due by April 19, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number CISA– 

2020–0005, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: necp@cisa.dhs.gov. Please 

include docket number CISA–2020– 

0005 in the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to DHS/CISA/ECD, ATTN: Eric Runnels 

1670–NEW, 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail 

Stop 0613, Washington, DC 20598– 

0609. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket and 

comments received, please go to 

www.regulations.gov and enter docket 

number CISA–2020–0005. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant websites. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment, your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Runnels, 703–705–6279, necp@

cisa.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2006, 

Congress passed Public Law 109–295, 

which included SEC. 671. EMERGENCY 

COMMUNICATIONS also known as the 

‘‘21st Century Emergency 

Communications Act of 2006’’. The 

legislation established the Department 

of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of 

Emergency Communications, which was 

re-designated in 2018 as the Emergency 

Communications Division (ECD) within 

the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency (CISA), to lead the 

development and implementation of a 

comprehensive approach to advancing 

national interoperable communications 

capabilities. 

The following responsibilities were 

established: 

6 U.S.C. 571(c) requires the DHS 

Secretary through the ECD Assistant 

Director to: 

(4) Conduct extensive, nationwide 

outreach to support and promote the 

ability of emergency response providers 

and relevant government officials to 

continue to communicate in the event of 

natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and 

other man-made disasters; 

(13) develop and update periodically, 

as appropriate, a National Emergency 

Communications Plan under section 572 

of this title; 

(14) perform such other duties of the 

Department necessary to support and 

promote the ability of emergency 

response providers and relevant 

government officials to continue to 

communicate in the event of natural 

disasters, acts of terrorism, and other 

man-made disasters; and 

(15) perform other duties of the 

Department necessary to achieve the 

goal of and maintain and enhance 

interoperable emergency 

communications capabilities. 

6 U.S.C. 572(a) requires the Secretary 

in cooperation with State, local, and 

tribal governments, Federal departments 

and agencies, emergency response 

providers, and the private sector, 

develop not later than 180 days after the 

completion of the baseline assessment 

under section 573 of this title, and 

periodically update, a National 

Emergency Communications Plan. 

Lastly, 6 U.S.C. 573 requires the DHS 

Secretary to conduct an assessment of 

Federal, State, local, and tribal 

governments that defines the range of 

capabilities needed by emergency 

response providers and relevant 

government officials, assesses the 

current available capabilities to meet 

such communications needs; identify 

the gaps between such current 

capabilities and defined requirements; 

at least every five years. 

These authorities in addition to DHS 

responsibilities through Executive Order 

13618 in the area of national security/ 

emergency providers’ communications 

require a continuous examination of 

nationwide emergency communications 

capabilities. 

The frequency and complexity of 

emergencies are on the rise during a 

time when technology is advancing at a 

faster pace than any other time in 

history. In order to perform these 

statutory regulations, it is important to 

understand the continuously changing 

requirements of emergency response 

providers and government officials at all 

levels of government, evolving risks, 

and the public safety community’s 

ability to integrate new technologies 

while also preparing for emergent 

technologies. As a result, CISA is 

seeking a PRA Generic Clearance to 

allow for flexibility in implementing 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 17, 2021 / Notices 9949 

surveys that are relevant to the current 

security environment. 

To meet the statutory requirements of 

6 U.S.C. 573, ECD conducts the 

SAFECOM Nationwide Survey every 5 

years to assess evolving capability needs 

and gaps and track progress against 

policy initiatives; status of strategic 

plans; and major industry or market 

shifts affecting the emergency 

communications capability. 

CISA ECD conducts a web-based 

survey entitled the SAFECOM 

Nationwide Survey, hereinafter referred 

to as the SNS. The purpose of the survey 

is to gather information to assess 

available emergency communications 

capabilities and identify gaps and needs 

for emergency response providers to 

effectively communicate during all 

types of natural or man-made hazards. 

CISA ECD uses the information 

collected to complete a statutorily 

mandated assessment and shares the 

data with all stakeholders that have a 

role in emergency communications. In 

order to ascertain this information, the 

SNS deploys four similar surveys across 

the nation to various emergency 

response disciplines at each level of 

government—federal, state, territorial, 

tribal, and local. The survey solicits 

responses regarding issues affecting the 

public safety community to determine a 

jurisdiction’s level of operability, 

interoperability and continuity and thus 

their overall emergency 

communications capability level. CISA 

ECD analyzes the data collected from 

this general survey to identify major 

gaps and themes affecting emergency 

communications across levels of 

government. Additionally, this analysis 

informs the development of 

supplemental surveys tailored to 

specific needs across the public safety 

community, as well as future iterations 

of the Nationwide Baseline 

Communications Assessment (NCBA) 

and National Emergency 

Communications Plan (NECP). 

The results from the most recent 

surveys led to major updates to the 

update of the NECP released in 

September 2019. The NECP sets 

strategic priorities for the entire Nation. 

Additionally, the current collection 

allowed CISA ECD to share reliable data 

with emergency communications 

partners at all levels of government 

which assists them with: (1) Statewide 

Communications Interoperability Plan 

(SCIP) development, (2) Threat and 

Hazard Identification Risk Analysis 

(THIRA) development, (3) state-level 

grant programs and guidance, (4) federal 

grant applications assistance, and (5) 

funding and resource sharing strategy 

development. 

CISA ECD conducts SAFECOM 

supplemental surveys. The surveys can 

be conducted as focus groups, in-person 

interviews, web- and paper-based. CISA 

ECD uses the information collected to 

complete statutorily mandated 

requirements (6 U.S.C. 571(c), 572(a), 

and 573) and shares the data with all 

stakeholders with a role in emergency 

communications. In order to ascertain 

this information, the SAFECOM 

supplemental surveys deploy topicspecific or targeted surveys across the 

nation to various emergency response 

disciplines at each level of government: 

Federal, state, territorial, tribal, and 

local. The surveys solicit responses 

regarding targeted issues affecting all 

public safety, emergency response 

communities and/or specific subsets of 

the SNS population. CISA ECD analyzes 

the data collected from these 

supplemental surveys to identify 

changing requirements, mitigate risks, 

and inform the data collected from the 

5-year Nationwide Survey. 

ECD uses electronic submission to 

reduce the burden on respondents 

including web-based surveys and 

assessment tools, such as Survey 

Monkey. Its target audience—mainly 

first responders—is frequently 

interrupted, have variable schedules, 

and frequently work long hours. 

Electronic submission provides a more 

user-friendly interface, provides 

anonymity to the users, ensures the 

maximum response rate, eliminates 

paper, printing, and postage costs along 

with the need for data entry. 

We will also utilize alternative 

submission methods for both the SNS 

and the supplemental surveys. An 

Adobe PDF-fillable form which can be 

returned via email to sns@cisa.dhs.gov, 

direct emails with questionnaires 

attached, an in-person surveys, focusgroups, and a paper copy that will be 

mailed directly to the respondent(s) 

requesting a hard copy. The paper copy 

can be returned either via a prepaid 

envelope, scanned and emailed to sns@

cisa.dhs.gov, and/or faxed to CISA ECD. 

We anticipate that .5% of respondents 

will utilize these alternative submission 

methods. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. 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; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Title of Collection: SAFECOM 

Nationwide Surveys Generic Clearance. 

OMB Control Number: 1670–NEW. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, 

and Territorial Governments. 

Number of Annualized Respondents: 

8,398. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.5 

hours. 

Total Annualized Burden Hours: 

4,199 hours. 

Total Annualized Respondent 

Opportunity Cost: $168,298.74. 

Total Annualized Respondent Out-ofPocket Cost: $0. 

Total Annualized Government Cost: 

$235,863. 

Samuel Vazquez, 

Acting Chief Information Officer, Department 

of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03105 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. CISA–2020–0018] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) 

Visitor Request Form 

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; extension of Information 

Collection Request: 1670–0036. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Office of Compliance and Security 

(OCS) will submit the following 

Information Collection Request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 

proposes to renew the information 

collection for an additional three years 

and update the burden estimates. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until April 19, 2021. 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES