Document ID: FEMA-2020-0037-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Emergency Notification System (ENS)
Posted Date: 2021-01-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6356-6357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01144]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2020-0037; OMB No. 1660-0137]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Emergency Notification System (ENS)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 30 Day notice and request for comments.

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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 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 Emergency Notification System (ENS).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use the 
following means to submit comments: Submit comments at 
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2020-0037. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket ID 
and will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal 
information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes 
it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and Security Notice that is 
available via a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melton Roland, ENS Program Manager, 
FEMA/ORR, Melton.Roland@fema.dhs.gov, or telephone 540-665-6152. You 
may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Office of Response & Recovery (ORR) 
owns and operates the Emergency Notification System (ENS). FEMA 
Directive 262-3, Emergency Notification System, designates ENS as the 
agency solution for all notification and alerts activities. The ENS 
sends electronic notifications and relays messages, whether critical in 
nature, routine, or for testing purposes with appropriate 
authorization, to DHS employees and contractors, as well as emergency 
response personnel. In accordance with Executive Order 12656, as 
amended, Presidential Policy Directive 40, and Federal Continuity 
Directive (FCD)-1, all DHS organizational components must have in place 
a viable Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) capability and plan 
that ensures the performance of their essential functions during any 
emergency or situation that could

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disrupt normal operations. An effective ENS solution is a critical part 
of this plan.

Collection of Information

    Title: Emergency Notification System (ENS).
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0137.
    FEMA Forms: None.
    Abstract: The Emergency Notification System has been deemed the 
standard notification tool for FEMA. The purpose of this notification 
tool is to activate teams and disseminate information. The respondents 
to this information are Mobile Operation Centers and Regions that use 
this information to make decisions on how to meet operational missions. 
This revision includes a new form for data gathering, which includes 
the Privacy Act Statement, Paperwork Reduction Act, and Retention 
Period information for members of the public that receive ENS 
Notifications.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Federal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 700.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 700.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 183.2.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $6,247.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $214,651.

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,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-01144 Filed 1-19-21; 8:45 am]
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