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that ‘‘ ‘walls that are impermeable to the 

passage of water without human 

intervention’ should be ‘walls that are 

substantially impermeable to the 

passage of water without human 

intervention.’ ’’ FEMA disagrees with 

the commenter’s recommendation 

because it deviates from the 

requirements of 44 CFR 60.6(c)(2)(i). 

Under applicable regulations, if FEMA 

allows a community to allow 

floodproofed residential basements 

pursuant to 44 CFR 60.6(c), the 

community must require that new 

residential construction ‘‘be designed 

and built so that any basement area, 

together with attendant utilities and 

sanitary facilities below the 

floodproofed design level, is watertight 

with walls that are impermeable to the 

passage of water without human 

intervention.’’ 44 CFR 60.6(c)(2)(i) 

(emphasis added). This language is 

mirrored in the current information 

collection. FEMA believes that the 

commenter may be confusing the 

requirements applicable to basements in 

non-residential buildings at 44 CFR 

60.3(c)(3). This regulation states in part, 

that buildings ‘‘be designed so that 

below the base flood level the structure 

is watertight with walls substantially 

impermeable to the passage of water 

. . .’’ (emphasis added). These 

requirements do not apply to this 

information collection. 

In the third germane comment, 

FEMA–2020–0010–0003, a former 

Executive Director of the Association of 

State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) 

generally commented that ASFPM 

supports the continuation of the 

information collection, but he had 

concerns regarding how the form is used 

and the applicable regulations. First, the 

commenter expressed concern that 

individuals were submitting Residential 

Basement Floodproofing Certification 

forms for buildings located in 

communities not eligible to allow the 

construction of floodproofed residential 

basements. The commenter suggested 

adding a clear statement on FEMA’s 

website to download the form that 

submission of a Residential Basement 

Floodproofing Certification form is only 

appropriate in certain eligible 

communities. Based on this comment, 

FEMA will add the recommended 

statement on the appropriate websites to 

help individuals avoid unnecessarily 

completing the form. Second, the 

commenter suggested enhancing 

FEMA’s oversight of community 

compliance with the regulations 

concerning residential basement 

floodproofing at 44 CFR 60.6(c). FEMA 

is committed to ensuring the proper 

oversight of community compliance 

with the NFIP’s floodplain management 

regulations and will ensure that 

communities’ continued compliance 

with 44 CFR 60.6(c) is part of that 

oversight. Third, the commenter 

suggested that FEMA work with the 

United States Army Corps of Engineers 

to provide technical assistance and 

guidance on floodproofing basements. 

FEMA will consider providing 

additional assistance in the future. 

Fourth, the commenter recommended 

that if FEMA were to end the 

Residential Basement Floodproofing 

program, FEMA should develop a policy 

to address the status of homes that 

would no longer comply with 

floodplain management requirements as 

a result. FEMA does not plan to end this 

program at this time, but will take this 

comment under advisement if FEMA 

does discontinue the program in the 

future. 

This information collection expired 

on April 30, 2020. FEMA is requesting 

a reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. This notice is to notify the 

public that FEMA will submit the 

information collection abstracted below 

to OMB for review and clearance. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Residential Basement 

Floodproofing Certification. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

OMB Number: 1660–0033. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form 086–0–24, Residential Basement 

Floodproofing Certification. 

Abstract: The Residential Basement 

Floodproofing Certification, completed 

by a registered professional surveyor, 

engineer, or architect, is required to 

certify that floodproofing of a structure 

meets at least minimal floodproofing 

specifications. Residential structures 

that receive this certification are granted 

reduced rates on flood insurance 

premiums. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 325. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $21,525. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $35,000. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $3,543. 

Comments 

Comments may be submitted as 

indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 

above. Comments are solicited to (a) 

evaluate whether the proposed data 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) 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; 

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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. 

Millicent Brown, 

Senior Manager, Records Management 

Branch, Office of the Chief Administrative 

Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03352 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. CISA–2020–0020] 

Interoperable Communications and 

Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP) 

Training Survey 

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; NEW information collection 

request, 1670–NEW. 

SUMMARY: The Emergency 

Communications Division (ECD) within 

the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency (CISA) 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 encouraged and 

will be accepted until April 20, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number CISA– 


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2020–0020, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: COMU@cisa.dhs.gov. Please 

include docket number CISA–2020– 

0020 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: ICTAP—John 

Peterson, CISA–NGR STOP 0645, 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency, 1110 N Glebe Rd., 

Arlington, VA 20598–0645. 

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. 

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: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact John Peterson, 

COMU@cisa.dhs.gov, or 202–503–5074. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Emergency Communications 

Plan (NECP) is the Nation’s over-arching 

strategic plan to drive measurable 

improvements in emergency 

communications across all levels of 

government and disciplines. First 

released in 2008, the plan is 

periodically updated to reflect the 

ongoing evolution of emergency 

communications technologies and 

processes. In support of the NECP, the 

Interoperable Communications and 

Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP) 

within the Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) 

Emergency Communications Division 

(ECD) provides a portfolio of no-cost 

communications technical assistance 

(TA) to support the implementation of 

the NECP, state’s and territories’ 

Statewide Communication 

Interoperability Plans (SCIPs), 

broadband planning, voice and digital 

network engineering, training, exercise 

support, and operational assessment 

focused on interoperable emergency 

communications at all levels of 

government. 

The purpose of the ICTAP Training 

Survey is to obtain anonymous feedback 

regarding several of the training courses 

offered by the ICTAP. The feedback and 

experience given by survey respondents 

will assist the ICTAP in improving, 

revising, and updating the course 

materials for future students. The three 

courses which the ICTAP would like to 

obtain feedback are for: 

• Communications Unit Leader 

(COML); 

• Communications Unit Technician 

(COMT); and 

• Information Technology Service 

Unit Leader (ITSL) 

COML is designed for all state/ 

territory, tribal, regional, and local 

emergency response professionals and 

for support personnel with a 

communications background. It is 

designed to familiarize these 

professionals with the role and 

responsibilities of a COML under the 

National Incident Management System 

(NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS) 

and to provide hands-on exercises that 

reinforce the lecture materials. CISA 

and FEMA Emergency Management 

Institute (EMI) offer this course jointly 

as ‘‘L0969, NIMS ICS All-Hazards 

Communications Unit Leader Course.’’ 

Under the NIMS ICS structure, a COML 

is the focal point within the 

Communications Unit. This course 

provides DHS-approved and NIMScompliant instruction to ensure that 

every state/territory has trained 

personnel capable of coordinating onscene emergency communications 

during a multi-jurisdictional response or 

planned event. 

COML is designed for all state/ 

territory, tribal, regional, and local 

emergency response professionals and 

for support personnel with a 

communications background. It is 

designed to familiarize these 

professionals with the role and 

responsibilities of a COML under the 

National Incident Management System 

(NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS) 

and to provide hands-on exercises that 

reinforce the lecture materials. CISA 

and FEMA Emergency Management 

Institute (EMI) offer this course jointly 

as ‘‘L0969, NIMS ICS All-Hazards 

Communications Unit Leader Course.’’ 

Under the NIMS ICS structure, a COML 

is the focal point within the 

Communications Unit. This course 

provides DHS-approved and NIMScompliant instruction to ensure that 

every state/territory has trained 

personnel capable of coordinating onscene emergency communications 

during a multi-jurisdictional response or 

planned event. 

The COMT course provides 

introductory and refresher training for 

the NIMS ICS COMT position. It 

introduces public safety professionals 

and support staff to various 

communications concepts and 

technologies including interoperable 

communications solutions, LMR 

communications, satellite, telephone, 

data, and computer technologies used in 

incident response and planned events. It 

is designed for state/territory, tribal, 

urban, and local emergency response 

professionals and support personnel in 

all disciplines who have a technical 

communications background. 

Participants develop the essential core 

competencies required for performing 

the duties of the COMT in an allhazards incident, including 

responsibilities while operating in a 

local, regional, or state-level AllHazards Incident Management Team. 

In 2018 and 2019, ICTAP introduced 

the ITSL course, and SAFECOM/ 

National Counsel of Statewide 

Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC) 

have coordinated with FEMA National 

Integration Center (NIC) and other 

organizations focused on public safety 

communications to establish the best 

way to integrate the ITSL into the ICS. 

The ITSL is needed to provide 

information management, cybersecurity, 

and application management for the 

many critical incident/event related 

functions to include: Incident/Unified 

Command Post, Incident 

Communications Centers, and various 

tactical operations centers, joint 

information center (JIC), staging areas, 

and field locations. The ITSL course 

targets Federal, state/territory, tribal, 

urban, local, and emergency response 

professionals, and support personnel in 

all disciplines with a communications 

background and an aptitude for and 

extensive experience in information 

technology. Specifically, the training 

course provides an overview of the ITSL 

components including 

Communications/IT Help Desk or 

Unified Help Desk, IT Infrastructure 

Manager, Network Manager. It covers 

their roles and responsibilities and 

provides an in-depth overview with 

exercises for the ITSL’s major functions, 

to include ensuring reliable and timely 

delivery of IT services to participating 

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The ICTAP Training Survey will not 

collect any personal identifiable 

information (PII) from respondents 

(emergency communications 

stakeholders) of the survey. In collecting 

feedback regarding the ITSL, COML, 

and COMT courses, the survey will 

collect what state the respondent lives, 

where they took the course, did the 

course provide the information needed, 

should the course curriculum be 

updated, and any comments to improve 

the course material. The survey will 

encompass 10 questions regarding the 

former student’s experience, anything 

that they liked, disliked, or something 

new that they would like to see 

incorporated into the refreshed class. It 

is estimated that it will take each 

participant 10 minutes to complete the 

training survey. For 300 respondents 

annually, the burden is 50 hours. To 

estimate the cost of this collection, CISA 

uses the mean hourly wage of ‘‘All 

Occupations’’ of $25.72. CISA then 

applies a load factor of 1.4597 to this 

average wage to obtain a fully loaded 

average hourly wage of $37.54. The total 

respondent cost burden for this 

collection is $1,877 (50 hours × $37.54). 

This is a NEW collection of 

information. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

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. 

Analysis 

Agency: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

Title of Collection: Interoperable 

Communications and Technical 

Assistance Program (ICTAP) Training 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1670–NEW. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, 

and Territorial Governments. 

Number of Annualized Respondents: 

300. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 

Minutes. 

Total Annualized Burden Hours: 50 

hours. 

Total Annualized Respondent 

Opportunity Cost: $1,877.16. 

Total Annualized Respondent Out-ofPocket: $0. 

Total Annualized Government Cost: 

$4,082.67. 

Samuel Vazquez, 

Acting Chief Information Officer, Department 

of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03404 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND 

WATER COMMISSION, UNITED 

STATES AND MEXICO 

Notice of Availability of an Amended 

Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) 

and Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for Aquatic Habitat 

Restoration in the Rio Grande 

Canalization Project 

AGENCY: United States Section, 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission, United States and Mexico 

(USIBWC).ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, the Council on Environmental 

Quality Final Regulations, and USIBWC 

Operational Procedures for 

Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, 

published in the Federal Register 

September 2, 1981, the USIBWC hereby 

gives notice that the amended Draft 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for Aquatic Habitat Restoration 

in the Rio Grande Canalization Project 

is available. The EA seeks to identify, 

develop, and design aquatic projects to 

implement aquatic habitat, wetland, and 

riparian habitat restoration for the Rio 

Grande Canalization Project (RGCP). An 

Environmental Impact Statement will 

not be prepared unless additional 

information which may affect this 

decision is brought to our attention 

within 30 days from the date of this 

Notice. 

DATES: Public Comments: USIBWC will 

consider substantive comments from the 

public and stakeholders for 30 days after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. 

Please note all written and email 

comments received during the comment 

period will become part of the public 

record, including any personal 

information you may provide. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

to: Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural 

Resources Specialist, USIBWC, 4191 N 

Mesa; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: 

(915) 832–4701, Fax: (915) 493–2428, 

email: Elizabeth.Verdecchia@ibwc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural Resources 

Specialist, Telephone: (915) 832–4701, 

email: Elizabeth.Verdecchia@ibwc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4, 

2009, the USIBWC issued a Record of 

Decision (ROD) on the long-term 

management of the RGCP in southern 

New Mexico and western Texas. The 

ROD committed the USIBWC to the 

restoration of aquatic and riparian 

habitat at up to 30 sites over 10 years 

(through 2019). In May 2019, the 

USIBWC prepared a Draft EA to analyze 

the potential impact of seven action 

alternatives and a No Action Alternative 

to implement aquatic habitat within the 

RGCP, and the USIBWC extended the 

comment period (Federal Register July 

22, 2019). After public input and 

subsequent development of preliminary 

designs, USIBWC re-evaluated 

alternative sites for aquatic habitat and 

assessed the feasibility of three 

additional sites, two of which were 

added to the EA. The USIBWC has 

prepared an Amended Draft EA, which 

evaluates potential impacts of ten 

alternatives, including the No Action 

Alternative and the following sites: Yeso 

Arroyo, Angostura Arroyo, Broad 

Canyon Arroyo, Selden Point Bar, Las 

Cruces Effluent, Mesilla Valley Bosque 

State Park, Downstream of Courchesne 

Bridge, Trujillo Restoration Site, and 

Montoya Intercepting Drain. 

Restoration actions could include 

invasive vegetation removal, native 

vegetation planting, overbank lowering, 

bank cuts, natural levee breaches, 

secondary channels, bank 


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