Document ID: FEMA-2020-0036-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness
Posted Date: 2021-03-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15691-15692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06070]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0036; OMB No. 1660-0105]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Household Survey on Disaster 
Preparedness

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), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of 
a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning 
the charge to FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to 
meet FEMA strategic priorities, and FEMA's program management to 
improve the public's knowledge and actions for preparedness and 
resilience. Information from this collection will be used to track 
changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to preparedness 
in the general public. The Individual and Community Preparedness 
Division analyzes and uses data collected in FEMA Form 008-0-15, 
National Disaster Preparedness Survey to identify progress and gaps in 
individual and community preparedness to better understand the 
motivators and barriers to preparedness in general and about specific 
hazards. The survey measures the public's knowledge, attitudes, and 
behaviors relative to preparing for a wide range of hazards.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 23, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed

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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 FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov, or 
Joseph Faulk, Preparedness Data Lead, Individual and Community 
Preparedness Division, joseph.faulk@fema.dhs.gov, 202-212-7723.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on Thursday, November 5, 
2020, at 85 FR 70645 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 Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0105.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 008-0-FY-21-103, FEMA Form 008-
0-FY-21-104.
    Abstract: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this collection assists FEMA's Individual and Community Preparedness 
Division to identify progress and gaps in citizen and community 
preparedness.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 7,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,250.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $46,938.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: There are 
no respondents' Operation and Maintenance costs associated with this 
information collection.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: There are no 
recordkeeping, capital and start-up costs associated with this 
information collection.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $281,334.

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,
Senior Manager, Records Management Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-06070 Filed 3-23-21; 8:45 am]
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