Document ID: FEMA-2021-0027-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Business Emergency Operation Center Membership Agreement Form
Posted Date: 2021-11-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62558-62559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24569]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2021-0027; OMB No. 1660-NW141]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Business Emergency Operation Center (NBEOC) 
Membership Agreement Form

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an existing 
information collection in use without an OMB control number. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 
comments concerning FEMA's compilation and information sharing 
leveraging the National Business Emergency Operation Center (NBEOC) 
stakeholder listing. FEMA seeks to voluntarily continue the standing 
practice of collecting entity specific information for dissemination 
during an event to assist in response/recovery operations.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 10, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-
2021-0027. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID, and 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 and Security Notice that is 
available via a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Donald J. Odell, Operations and 
Insight Management Branch Chief, Office of Business Industry, and 
Infrastructure Integration (OB3I), (202) 258-2076 or 
[email protected]. You may contact the Information Management 
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) is requesting the information written on this form to establish 
your identity and your consent to disclose the information provided on 
the National Business Emergency Operations Center Membership Agreement 
form under the form's ``NBEOC contact information'' section, to all 
NBEOC members and participants of NBEOC meetings or events. Written 
consent is requested pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 
552a(b). The program for which this form may be used is authorized by 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 5121 -5207; The Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 
U.S.C. 311-321j; 44 CFR 206.2(a)(27); the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-193); and 
Exec. Order No. 13411, Improving Assistance for Disaster Victims.
    Information collected is as follows: Entity Name, Entity 
Representative, Duty Title, Work Phone, Work Email, Your full name, 
Current Address, Place of Birth, Date of Birth, and Signature.
    FEMA may externally share the information you provide as generally 
permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, the 
``routine uses'' published in DHS/ALL-002 Department of Homeland 
Security Mailing and Other Lists System 73 FR 71659 (November 25, 
2008), and as authorized by your written consent. The information 
provided to FEMA regarding you and your entity may be subject to 
release under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). A complete 
list of the routine uses can be found in the system of records notice 
DHS/ALL-002 Department of Homeland Security Mailing and Other Lists 
System 73 FR 71659 (November 25, 2008). The Department's full list of 
systems of record notices can be found on the Department's website at 
http://www.dhs.gov/system-records-notices-sorns.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Business Emergency Operation Center (NBEOC) 
Membership Agreement Form.
    Type of Information Collection: Existing collection in use without 
an OMB control number.
    OMB Number: 1660-NW141.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-145-FY-21-101, National Business Emergency 
Operation Center (NBEOC) Membership Agreement Form.
    Abstract: FEMA's NBEOC collects this data for the primary purpose 
of maintaining a private sector stakeholder roster and mailing list for 
information dissemination, outreach, and coordination. FEMA leverages 
this information to engage stakeholders to coordinate disaster response 
operations, garner donations, and gain situational awareness around 
private sector actions that will help inform FEMA Leadership and assist 
evidence-based decision making.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 232.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 232.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 116.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $6,817.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $7,165.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 
above. 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.

Millicent L. Brown,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-24569 Filed 11-9-21; 8:45 am]
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