Document ID: FEMA-2015-0010-0003
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Fire Department Census
Posted Date: 2015-07-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 44370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18273]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0010; OMB No. 1660-0070]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Fire Department Census

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on a proposed extension, without change, of a currently 
approved collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the use of a form to 
collect data for the development and continuation of the National Fire 
Department Census.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 26, 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: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2015 at 80 FR 
26071 with a 60 day public comment period. No comments were received. 
The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will 
submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review and clearance.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Fire Department Census.
    Type of information collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0070.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 070-0-0-1, National Fire 
Department Census.
    Abstract: This collection seeks to identify fire departments in the 
United States to compile and update a database related to their 
demographics, capabilities, and activities. The database is used to 
guide programmatic decisions and provide information to the public and 
the fire service.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,280.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,093 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $10,072. The estimated annual cost to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services is $0. There 
are no annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal 
government is $88,866.

    Dated: July 16, 2015.
Janice Waller,
Acting, Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-18273 Filed 7-24-15; 8:45 am]
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