Document ID: FEMA-2022-0014-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Urban Search and Rescue Response System
Posted Date: 2022-06-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38770-38771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13874]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0014; OMB No. 1660-0073]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Urban Search and Rescue Response 
System

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

ACTION: 30 Day Notice of Revision and Request for Comments.

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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

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Reduction Act of 1995. This notice seeks comments concerning the 
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System to perform work on 
public or private lands essential to save lives and protect property, 
including search and rescue and emergency medical care, and other 
essential needs. FEMA will remove one instrument from this collection.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address [email protected] or 
Buddy Ey, Chief, Finance and Administration Section, US&R Branch, FEMA, 
Response Directorate, Operations Division at [email protected] 
or (202) 212-3799.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 303 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 
5144, authorizes the President of the United States to form emergency 
support teams of Federal personnel to be deployed to an area affected 
by major disaster or emergency. Section 403(a)(3)(B) of the Stafford 
Act provides that the President may authorize Federal Departments and 
Agencies to perform work on public or private lands essential to save 
lives and protect property, including search and rescue and emergency 
medical care, and other essential needs. Section 327 of the Stafford 
Act further authorizes the National Urban Search and Rescue Response 
System (``the System'') and outlines the Administrator's authorization 
to designate teams as well as outlines specific protections for System 
members. The information collection activity is authorized under the 
Office of Management and Budget circular, 2 CFR part 200, ``Uniform 
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements 
for Federal Awards.'' The collection contains information from the 
programmatic and administrative activities of the Urban Search and 
Rescue Sponsoring Agencies relating to the readiness and response 
cooperative agreement awards.
    FEMA will remove one instrument from this collection: FEMA Form 
089-0-15, Task Force Deployment Data.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on April 22, 2022, at 87 FR 24189 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 Urban Search and Rescue Response System.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0073.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-174 (formerly 089-0-10), Urban 
Search Rescue Response System Narrative Statement Workbook; FEMA Form 
FF-104-FY-21-175 (formerly 089-0-11), Urban Search Rescue Response 
System Semi-Annual Performance Report; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-176 
(formerly 089-0-12), Urban Search Rescue Response System Amendment 
Form; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-177 (formerly 089-0-14), Urban Search 
Rescue Response System Task Force Self-Evaluation Scoresheet; FEMA Form 
FF-104-FY-21-179 (formerly 089-0-26), Vehicle Support Unit Purchase/
Replacement/Disposal Justification.
    Abstract: The information collection activity is the collection of 
program and administrative information from 28 established Urban Search 
and Rescue Sponsoring Agencies relating to the Readiness and Response 
Cooperative Agreement awards. This information includes a narrative 
statement used to evaluate a grantees' proposed use of funds, progress 
reports to monitor progress on Cooperative Agreements, amendment 
requests to change scope and period of performance and approval for 
vehicle purchase.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 126.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 182.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 364.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $23,277.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $135,866.

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.

Maile Arthur,
Deputy Director for Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-13874 Filed 6-28-22; 8:45 am]
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