Document ID: FEMA-2011-0039-0003
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, FEMA Preparedness Grants: Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program
Posted Date: 2012-04-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21574-21575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8620]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0039; OMB No. 1660-0124]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, FEMA Preparedness Grants: Emergency Operations 
Center (EOC) Grant Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit 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 will describe 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 the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 10, 2012.

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 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-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants: Emergency Operations Center (EOC) 
Grant Program.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0124.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 089-0-0-3, EOC Grant Program 
Investment Justification; FEMA Form 089-0-0-18, EOC Prioritization of 
Investment Justifications Template; FEMA Form 089-0-0-3A, EOC 
Investment Justification Scoring Worksheet.
    Abstract: The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program is 
intended to improve emergency management and preparedness capabilities 
by supporting flexible, sustainable, secure, and interoperable EOCs 
with a focus on addressing identified deficiencies and needs. Fully 
capable emergency operations facilities at the State, Territory, Local 
and/or Tribal levels are an essential element of a comprehensive 
national emergency management system and are necessary to ensure 
continuity of operations and continuity of government in major 
disasters caused by any hazard.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,456.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: EOC Grant Program 
Investment Justification, FEMA Form 089-0-0-3, 8 hours; EOC 
Prioritization of Investment Justifications Template, FEMA Form 089-0-
0-18, 5 hours 30 minutes; EOC Investment Justification Scoring 
Worksheet, FEMA Form 089-0-0-3A, 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,258 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $195,386.10. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$380,762.85.

    Dated: March 28, 2012.
John G. Jenkins, Jr.,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-8620 Filed 4-9-12; 8:45 am]
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