Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 27, 2007 / Notices 8761 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by calling 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

Title: General Admissions 

Application Long and Short Form. 

OMB No.: 1670–0002 (formerly under 

OMB Number 3067–0024, which OMB, 

transferred from FEMA to the 

Department of Homeland, Security 

effective March 1, 2003). 

Frequency: Submitted by applicants 

when applying for a class. 

Affected Public: Individuals in the 

emergency services in Federal, state, 

tribal, and local government, volunteer 

organizations, or private industry. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

FEMA Form 75–5, General 

Admissions Application—15,000 

Responses. 

FEMA Form 75–5a, General 

Admissions Application, Short Form—

60,000 Responses. 

FEMA Form 75–5 (automated), 

General Admissions Application—

10,000 Responses. 

FEMA Form 75–5a (automated), 

General Admissions Application, Short 

Form 15,000 Responses. 

FEMA Form 75–3 and 75–3a, Student 

Stipend Agreement and Student Stipend 

Agreement (Amendment)—8,000 

Responses. 

FEMA Form 95–22, National Fire 

Academy—Executive Fire Officer 

Program Application for Admission 400 

Responses. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 

FEMA Form 75–5, General 

Admissions Application—9 minutes. 

FEMA Form 75–5a, General 

Admissions Application, Short Form—6 

minutes. 

FEMA Form 75–5 (automated), 

General Admissions Application—8 

minutes. 

FEMA Form 75–5a (automated), 

General Admissions Application, Short 

Form—5 minutes. 

FEMA Form 75–3 and 75–3a, Student 

Stipend Agreement and Student Stipend 

Agreement (Amendment)—2 minutes. 

FEMA Form 95–22, National Fire 

Academy—Executive Fire Officer 

Program Application for Admission—10 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 

FEMA Form 75–5, General 

Admissions Application—2,250 hours. 

FEMA Form 75–5a, General 

Admissions Application, Short Form—

6,000 hours. 

FEMA Form 75–5 (automated), 

General Admissions Application—1,333 

hours. 

FEMA Form 75–5a (automated), 

General Admissions Application, Short 

Form—1,250 hours. 

FEMA Form 75–3 and 75–3a, Student 

Stipend Agreement and Student Stipend 

Agreement (Amendment)—267 hours. 

FEMA Form 95–22, National Fire 

Academy—Executive Fire Officer 

Program Application for Admission—67 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost: $2.73 per 

respondent, $295,955 annually. 

Description: 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. 

FEMA plans to follow this emergency 

request with a request for a 3-year 

approval. The request will be processed 

under OMB’s normal clearance 

procedures in accordance with the 

provisions of OMB regulation 5 CFR 

1320.10. To help us with the timely 

processing of the emergency and normal 

clearance submissions to OMB, FEMA 

invites the comments on the proposed 

information collection. 

Charlie Church, 

Chief Information Officer, Preparedness 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. E7–3398 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6718–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2007–27314] 

National Offshore Safety Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety 

Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will meet 

to discuss various issues relating to 

offshore safety and security. The 

meeting will be open to the public. 

DATES: NOSAC will meet on Thursday, 

April 19, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

The meeting may close early if all 

business is finished. Written material 

and requests to make oral presentations 

should reach the Coast Guard on or 

before April 5, 2007. Requests to have 

a copy of your material distributed to 

each member of the committee should 

reach the Coast Guard on or before April 

5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: NOSAC will meet in room 

4202 of the Coast Guard Headquarters 

Bldg., 2100 Second Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. Send written material 

and requests to make oral presentations 

to Commander J.M. Cushing, 

Commandant (CG–3PSO–2), U.S. Coast 

Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001. This 

notice is available on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commander J.M. Cushing, Executive 

Director of NOSAC, or Mr. Jim Magill, 

Assistant Executive Director, telephone 

202–372–1414, fax 202–372–1926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

the meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2. 

Agenda of Meeting 

The agenda includes the following: 

(1) Report on issues concerning the 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) and the International 

Organization for Standardization. 

(2) SOLAS compliance for foreign 

operation of U.S. flagged Offshore 

Support Vessels (OSVs) including 

Liftboats. 

(3) Sandblasting standard for OCS 

facilities. 

(4) Liftboat III Subcommittee on 

Liftboat Licenses. 

(5) Revision of IMO Mobile Offshore 

Drilling Units (MODU) Code. 

(6) Towing vessel rulemaking. 

(7) Commercial Diving rulemaking. 

(8) Transportation Worker 

Identification Credential (TWIC) impact 

on offshore facilities. 

(9) Revision of 33 CFR, Subchapter N, 

Outer Continental Shelf Activities. 

Procedural 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the meeting may close 

early if all business is finished. At the 

Chair’s discretion, members of the 


cprice-sewell on PROD1PC62 with NOTICES
8762 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 27, 2007 / Notices 

public may make oral presentations 

during the meeting. If you would like to 

make an oral presentation at the 

meeting, please notify the Executive 

Director no later than April 5, 2007. 

Written material for distribution at the 

meeting should reach the Coast Guard 

no later than April 5, 2007. If you would 

like a copy of your material distributed 

to each member of the committee in 

advance of the meeting, please submit 

25 copies to the Executive Director no 

later than April 5, 2007. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the Executive Director 

as soon as possible. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of National and International 

Standards, Assistant Commandant for 

Protection. 

[FR Doc. E7–3328 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on a proposed 

revised information collection. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 

comments concerning the National 

Incident Management System (NIMS) 

Compliance Assistance Support Tool 

(NIMSCAST), a self-assessment tool for 

State, territorial, tribal, and local 

governments to evaluate and report on 

their jurisdiction’s achievement with 

regards to NIMS implementation 

activities issued by FEMA’s NIMS 

Integration Center. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive 5 

(HSPD–5) Management of Domestic 

Incidents called for the establishment of 

a single, comprehensive NIMS. The 

NIMS is a system that improves 

response operations through the use of 

the Incident Command System (ICS) 

and other standard procedures and 

preparedness measures. It also promotes 

development of multi-jurisdictional, 

statewide and interstate regional 

mechanisms for coordinating incident 

management and obtaining assistance 

during large-scale or complex incidents. 

HSPD–5 dictated that Federal 

departments and agencies shall make 

adoption of the NIMS a requirement for 

the provision of Federal preparedness 

assistance funds. HSPD–5 also 

established and designated the NIMS 

Integration Center as the lead Federal 

agency to coordinate NIMS compliance. 

One of the primary functions of the 

NIMS Integration Center is to ensure 

NIMS remains an accurate and effective 

management tool through refining and 

adapting compliance requirements to 

address ongoing preparedness needs. To 

accomplish this, the NIMS Integration 

Center relies on input from Federal, 

State, local, tribal, multi-discipline and 

private authorities to assure continuity 

and accuracy of ongoing efforts. 

NIMS compliance must be an ongoing 

effort as new personnel must be trained 

and plans must be revised to reflect 

lessons learned. States play an 

important role in ensuring the effective 

implementation of the NIMS. They must 

ensure that the systems and processes 

are in place to communicate the NIMS 

requirements to local jurisdictions and 

support them in implementing the 

NIMS. The long-term benefit of adopting 

and implementing the NIMS is that it 

strengthens our nation’s capabilities to 

prevent, prepare for, respond to, and 

recover from any incident. 

The NIMSCAST is designed to reflect 

the newly-released FY 2007 

implementation activities and metrics 

and to inform the NIMS Integration 

Center and the Department of Homeland 

Security of any given jurisdiction’s 

compliance with the NIMS. 

Collection of Information 

Title: NIMS Compliance Assistance 

Support Tool (NIMSCAST). 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0087. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Abstract: The NIMSCAST is the tool 

utilized to (a) Evaluate a State, territory, 

tribal, and local government’s 

compliance with standards and 

requirements established in the NIMS 

and/or NIMS Integration Center, (b) 

determine eligibility for Federal 

preparedness assistance, and (c) 

strengthen incident management 

programs at the department, agency, or 

jurisdiction level. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

government. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 280. 

Data collection activity/instrument Number of respondents 

Frequency of 

responses 

Hour burden 

per response 

Annual responses Total annual 

hour burden 

NIMSCAST: 

States and Territories .......................................................... 56 1 5 56 280 

Total .............................................................................. 56 1 5 56 280 

Estimated Cost: The annual cost to 

respondents is calculated based on 280 

hours of annual burden completed by 

state emergency management specialists 

with a median wage of $22.10 per hour 

for a total burden of $6,188. 

Comments: Written 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. Comments must be 

submitted on or before April 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should 

submit written comments to Chief, 


cprice-sewell on PROD1PC62 with NOTICES