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Assessment Bulletins (CABs). 

Additionally, comments are sought on 

the inclusion of tests for the P25 InterRadio Frequency Subsystem Interface 

(ISSI) in the P25 CAP process. 

The proposed CABs will be posted on 

http://www.safecomprogram.gov. Public 

comments on these documents and the 

Program are encouraged and will be 

collected through the Web site prior to 

the meeting. Public comments will also 

be received during the session, as time 

permits. DHS OIC will post details of 

the meeting, including the agenda, ten 

business days in advance of the meeting 

at http://www.safecomprogram.gov. The 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION in this 

Notice provides background information 

on the P25 suite of standards and the 

establishment of the P25 CAP. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Tuesday, June 23, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 

2 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The session will take place 

via conference call. To participate, 

please send an e-mail to 

Jen_Menaker@sra.com by June 22, 2009, 

for access information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Luke Berndt, Department of Homeland 

Security, Science and Technology 

Directorate, Office for Interoperability 

and Compatibility, Washington Navy 

Yard, 245 Murray Lane, SW., Building 

#410, Washington, DC 20528. 

Telephone: (202) 254–5332. E-mail: 

Luke.Berndt@hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Emergency responders—emergency 

medical technicians, fire personnel, and 

law enforcement officers—need to 

seamlessly exchange communications 

across disciplines and jurisdictions in 

order to successfully respond to day-today incidents and large-scale 

emergencies. P25 focuses on developing 

standards that allow radios and other 

components to interoperate, regardless 

of the manufacturer. In turn, these 

standards enable emergency responders 

to seamlessly exchange critical 

communications with other disciplines 

and jurisdictions. 

An initial goal of P25 is to specify 

formal standards for interfaces between 

the components of a land mobile radio 

(LMR) system. LMR systems are 

commonly used by emergency 

responders in portable handheld and 

mobile vehicle-mounted devices. 

Although formal standards are being 

developed, no process is currently in 

place to confirm that LMR equipment 

advertised as P25-compliant meets all 

aspects of P25 standards. 

To address discrepancies between P25 

standards and industry equipment, 

Congress passed legislation calling for 

the creation of the P25 CAP. The P25 

CAP is a partnership between the DHS 

Command, Control and Interoperability 

Division; the U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s National Institute of 

Standards and Technology; industry; 

and the emergency response 

community. 

The P25 CAP provides an 

independent process for evaluating P25 

equipment for standards compliance 

and interoperability across 

manufacturers. By providing 

manufacturers with a method to test 

their equipment for compliance with 

P25 standards, the P25 CAP helps 

emergency response officials make 

informed purchasing decisions. 

The P25 CAP requires test laboratories 

to demonstrate their competence 

through a rigorous and objective 

assessment process. Such a process 

promotes the user community’s 

confidence in, and acceptance of, test 

results from DHS-recognized 

laboratories. All equipment suppliers 

that participate in the P25 CAP must use 

recognized laboratories to conduct 

performance, conformance, and 

interoperability tests on their products. 

P25 equipment suppliers will release 

Summary Test Reports and Suppliers 

Declarations of Compliance based on 

testing from laboratories recognized by 

DHS. This documentation will assure 

the public that P25 equipment complies 

with established standards. 

Created by DHS OIC, CABs describe 

how the P25 CAP operates and address 

issues related to the Program. The scope 

of a CAB can range from policy to 

guidance, covering issues such as 

specific test standards to be used for a 

particular P25 interface, or P25 LMR 

Request for Proposal guidance. During 

the upcoming meeting, updates to two 

CABs will be discussed. The CAB 

updates are as follows: 

• Summary Test Report 

Requirements—This CAB has been 

updated to include the identification of 

which vocoder is present in the product 

being tested. The format of the 

document has been restructured in 

order to accommodate additional P25 

interfaces that will be added to the 

Program in the future. 

• Supplier’s Declaration of 

Compliance Requirements—This CAB 

has been updated to include the 

identification of which vocoder is 

present in the product being tested. 

Draft versions of these two CABs are 

available at: http:// 

www.safecomprogram.gov. Public 

comments on the updates to these 

documents are encouraged and can be 

submitted through the Web site prior to 

the meeting. 

There will be additional discussion 

on the creation of a new CAB regarding 

the inclusion of the ISSI interface in the 

Program. Discussion will focus on the 

timeline for inclusion of the interface as 

well as which tests should be required. 

Public comments on this topic can be 

submitted through the Web site prior to 

the meeting. Public comments will also 

be received during the session, as time 

permits. 

More information about the P25 CAP 

is available at http:// 

www.safecomprogram.gov. 

Dated: June 8, 2009. 

Bradley I. Buswell, 

Under Secretary (Acting), Science and 

Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9F–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2009–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and 

request for comments; revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection; OMB No. 1660–0097; FEMA 

Form—None. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) has 

submitted the information collection 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and sent via 

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electronic mail to 

oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Records 

Management Division, 1800 South Bell 

Street, Arlington, VA 20598–3005, 

facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or email address FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Collection of Information 

Title: Citizen Corps Affiliate Programs 

and Organizations Application. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0097. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form—None. 

Abstract: Citizen Corps Affiliate 

Programs and Organizations offer 

communities resources for public 

education, outreach, and training; 

represent volunteers interested in 

helping to make their community safer; 

or offer volunteer service opportunities 

to support first responders, disaster 

relief activities, and community safety 

efforts. Providing formal recognition to 

these programs and similar 

organizations through Affiliation with 

Citizen Corps, the program reaches a 

broader audience which can assist in 

reaching the goal of having every 

American participate in making their 

communities and families safer. 

Affected Public: ‘‘Not-for-profit 

Institutions’’. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Average Hour Burden per 

Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 32. 

Estimated Cost: There is no annual 

reporting or recordkeeping cost 

associated with this collection. 

Larry Gray, 

Director, Records Management Division, 

Office of Management, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–14477 Filed 6–18–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2009–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and 

request for comments; revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection; OMB No. 1660–0087; No 

Forms. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 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 revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

Notice seeks comments concerning the 

revision of the Preparedness 

Comprehensive Assessment Support 

Tool (PrepCAST) (formerly known as 

the National Incident Management 

System Compliance Assistance Support 

Tool (NIMSCAST)). PrepCAST is a selfassessment tool for State, territorial, 

Tribal, and local governments to 

evaluate and report on their 

jurisdiction’s achievement with regard 

to the National Incident Management 

System (NIMS) implementation 

activities relating to the preparedness of 

the respondent to react to emergency 

incidents. PrepCAST will also collect 

preparedness data using the Targeted 

Capabilities List (TCL) framework. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 18, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate 

submissions to the docket, please use 

only one of the following means to 

submit comments: 

(1) Online. Submit comments at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket ID FEMA–2009–0001. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

(2) Mail. Submit written comments to 

Office of Chief Counsel, Regulation and 

Policy Team, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street, 

SW., Room 835, Washington, DC 20472– 

3100. 

(3) Facsimile. Submit comments to 

(703) 483–2999. 

(4) E-mail. Submit comments to 

FEMA-POLICY@dhs.gov. Include docket 

ID FEMA–2009–0001 in the subject line. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and docket ID. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

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

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy Act notice that is available on 

the Privacy and Use Notice link on the 

Administration Navigation Bar of http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Bill Schwinn, Assessments 

Section Chief, Preparedness Policy, 

Planning, and Analysis, National 

Preparedness Directorate, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security, (202) 

786–9595 for additional information. 

You may contact the Records 

Management Branch for copies of the 

proposed collection of information at 

facsimile number (202) 646–3347 or email address: 

FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2003, 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive-8: National Preparedness 

(HSPD–8) called for establishing a 

system that would assess the Nation’s 

overall preparedness and provide an 

annual status report of national 

preparedness. Three years later, the 

Post-Katrina Emergency Management 

Reform Act (PKEMRA) included 

requirements to establish a 

‘‘comprehensive system to assess, on an 

ongoing basis, the Nation’s prevention 

capabilities and overall preparedness.’’ 

The National Preparedness 

Directorate (NPD) within FEMA is 

charged with developing the 

Comprehensive Assessment System 

(CAS). The CAS will, as mandated by 

PKEMRA 649(c)(1–4), assess 

compliance with the national 

preparedness system, the National 

Incident Management System (NIMS), 

and other related plans; assess 

capability levels against target levels; 

assess resource needs to meet target 

levels; and assess the performance of 

training, exercises, and operations. 

Collection of Information 

Title: PrepCAST (formerly 

NIMSCAST). 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0087. 

Form Titles and Numbers: No Forms. 

Abstract: The PrepCAST is a 

standardized data collection and 

assessment process that effectively 

assesses prevention, protection, 

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