Document ID: FEMA-2014-0027-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) Inventory
Posted Date: 2015-02-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6737-6738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02458]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0027; OMB No. 1660-0106]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems 
(IPAWS) Inventory

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 March 9, 2015.

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, 500 C Street SW., 7NE, Washington, DC 
20472-3100, facsimile number (202) 212-4701, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) 
Inventory.

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    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 142-1-1 IPAWS Inventory.
    Abstract: FEMA will be conducting an inventory, evaluation and 
assessment of the capabilities of Federal, State, territorial, Tribal, 
and local government alert and warning systems. The IPAWS Inventory and 
Evaluation Survey collects data to facilitate the integration of public 
alert and warning systems. It also reduces Federal planning cost by 
leveraging existing State systems.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,200.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,400.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $245,120.00. There are no annual costs to respondents' 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$766,396.15.

    Dated: February 2, 2015.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-02458 Filed 2-5-15; 8:45 am]
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