Document ID: FEMA-2011-0024-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, PrepCAST
Posted Date: 2012-02-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3444]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0024; OMB No. 1660-0087]

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

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 15, 2012.

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:

Collection of Information

    Title: PrepCAST.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0087.
    Form Titles and Numbers: None.
    Abstract: PrepCAST is a collection instrument that will collect 
preparedness information at the State, Local and Tribal jurisdiction 
level. It also collects National Incident Management System (NIMS) 
compliance information. It is used to eliminate the redundant data 
calls on National preparedness to reduce the burden on respondents. 
This system will provide insight into the overall preparedness level of 
the Nation.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 19,630.
    Estimated Cost: There is an annual reporting and recordkeeping cost 
associated with this collection.

John G. Jenkins, Jr.,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-3444 Filed 2-13-12; 8:45 am]
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