Document ID: FEMA-2013-0016-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Posted Date: 2013-04-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25288-25289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10129]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2013-0016; OMB No. 1660-NEW]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

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 (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FEMA requests 
review and approval of this collection of information under the 
emergency processing procedures. FEMA is requesting that this 
information collection be approved by April 30, 2013. The approval will 
authorize FEMA to use the collection through September 30, 2013. FEMA 
plans to follow this emergency request with a request for a 3-year 
approval. The request will be processed under OMB's normal clearance 
procedures. FEMA invites the general public to comment on the proposed 
collection of information.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 30, 2013.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the direction of Executive Order 13254 
which directs FEMA's Individual and Community Preparedness Division 
(ICPD) acts under the authority of Executive Order 13254, 
``Establishing the USA Freedom Corps.'' This Executive Order creates a 
council composed of Federal executive branch leaders, and directs 
members of that council to perform a range of functions, to include 
studying and tracking the progress of public service programs. This 
collection seeks experiential information from survivors of Hurricane 
Sandy via a telephone survey and a series of focus groups. This 
collection of information is necessary to ensure effectiveness and 
value of awareness and education campaigns, disaster messaging and 
other associated outreach efforts.

Collection of Information

    Title: Post Hurricane Sandy Survivor Research.
    Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 008-0-10, Sandy Focus Group 
Recruit/Screener; FEMA Form 008-0-9, Focus Group Moderator Guide; FEMA 
Form 008-0-11, In-Depth Case Study/Community Specific (Pulse Survey).
    Abstract: FEMA's ICPD will engage in qualitative and quantitative 
research to investigate the effectiveness of preparedness behaviors 
before, during and after Hurricane Sandy. This research will inform 
evaluation of existing public messaging regarding disaster preparedness 
and response at the individual and household level.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Number of Respondents: 4,470.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: Sandy Focus Group Recruit/Screener, 
3 minutes; Focus Group Moderator Guide, 1.5 hours; In-Depth Case Study 
Pulse Survey, 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,128 hours.

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                                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                     Number of                                           Total                   Total
                                     Form name/form     Number of    responses     Total       Average burden per       annual      Average     annual
       Type of respondent                number        respondents      per      number of     response (in hours)    burden (in    hourly    respondent
                                                                    respondent   responses                              hours)     wage rate     cost
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Individuals or Households.......  Sandy Focus Group          1,260           1       1,260  .05 (3 mins.)...........          63      $22.78   $1,435.14
                                   Recruit/Screener/
                                   FEMA Form 008-0-10.
Individuals or Households.......  Focus Group                  210           1         210  1.5 hrs. (90 mins.).....         315       22.78    7,175.70
                                   Moderator Guide/
                                   FEMA Form 008-0-9.
Individuals or Households.......  In-Depth Case Study        3,000           1       3,000  .25 (15 mins.)..........         750       22.78   17,085.00
                                   Pulse Survey/FEMA
                                   Form 008-0-11.
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    Total.......................  ...................        4,470  ..........       4,470  ........................       1,128  ..........   25,695.84
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 Note: The ``Avg. Hourly Wage Rate'' for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $25,695.84. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The annual cost to the Federal 
Government is $563,000.00.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.

    Dated: April 22, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2013-10129 Filed 4-29-13; 8:45 am]
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