Document ID: FEMA-2015-0011-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) Memorandum of Agreement Applications
Posted Date: 2015-07-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 42515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17524]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2015-0011; OMB No. 1660-NEW]

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

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. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2015, and 
allowed 60 days for public comment. No comments were received. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 17, 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.

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., Washington, DC 20472-
3100, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) 
Memorandum of Agreement Applications.
    Type of information collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NEW.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 007-0-25, IPAWS Memorandum of 
Agreement (MOA) Application; FEMA Form 007-0-26, Memorandum of 
Agreement Application for (Tribal Governments).
    Abstract: A Federal, State, territorial, tribal, or local alerting 
authority that applies for authorization to use IPAWS is designated as 
a Collaborative Operating Group or ``COG'' by the IPAWS Program 
Management Office (PMO). Access to IPAWS is free; however, to send a 
message using IPAWS, an organization must procure its own IPAWS 
compatible software. To become a COG, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 
governing system security must be executed between the sponsoring 
organization and FEMA.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 160 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $6,128.00. 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 
$74,343.00.

    Dated: July 10, 2015.
Janice Waller,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-17524 Filed 7-16-15; 8:45 am]
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