Document ID: FEMA-2022-0045-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Citizen Responder Programs Registration
Posted Date: 2023-02-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10919-10920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03614]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0045; OMB No. 1660-0098]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; FEMA Citizen Responder Programs Registration

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 Reduction Act of 1995. The submission seeks comments 
concerning FEMA's Citizen Responder programs registration. These 
programs include Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and Citizen 
Corps Councils.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 2023.

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 
Andy Burrows, Branch Chief, Preparedness Behavior Change Branch, 
Individual and Community Preparedness Division, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20024, 202-716-0527, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Post Katrina Management Reform Act 
(PKEMRA), codified within title 6 U.S.C. requires the FEMA 
Administrator to provide Federal leadership necessary to prepare for, 
protect against, respond to, recover from or mitigate against a natural 
disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster. This 
responsibility includes planning, training, and building the emergency 
management profession by building a comprehensive incident management 
system with Federal, state, and local government personnel, agencies 
and authorities, and helping the emergency response providers to 
effectively respond. See 6 U.S.C. 314. As part of this responsibility 
to help and support emergency response providers, FEMA supports efforts 
to train and assist in organizing citizen responder programs. With E.O. 
13254, Establishing the USA Freedom Corps (67 FR 4869, Feb. 1, 2002) 
Citizen Corps was launched as a Presidential Initiative on January 29, 
2002, with a mission to harness the power of every individual through 
education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, 
stronger, and better prepared for the threats of terrorism, crime, 
public health issues, and disasters of all kinds.
    Another FEMA Citizen Responder program, the CERT was originally 
developed and implemented by the Los Angeles City Fire Department in 
1985. Since 1993 when this training was made available nationally by 
FEMA, communities in 28 states and Puerto Rico have conducted CERT 
training. FEMA supports CERT by conducting or sponsoring Train-the-
Trainer and Program Manager courses for members of the fire, medical 
and emergency management community.
    To fulfill its mission, FEMA's Individual and Community 
Preparedness Division (ICPD) will collect information from Citizen 
Corps Councils and CERT Programs through the Citizen Responder online 
registration form. The Citizen Responder registration form will allow 
FEMA as well as state, local, Tribal and territorial personnel to 
evaluate whether prospective Councils/CERTs have the support of the 
appropriate government officials in their area, ensure a dedicated 
coordinator is assigned to the program, and provide an efficient way to 
track the effectiveness of the nationwide network of Councils and CERT 
programs.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on December 5, 2022, at 87 FR 74434 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: FEMA Citizen Responder Programs Registration.

[[Page 10920]]

    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0098.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-008-FY-22-129 (formerly 008-0-25), Citizen 
Corps Council--CERT Registration.
    Abstract: The FEMA Citizen Responder registration form will allow 
FEMA as well as state, local, Tribal and territorial personnel to 
evaluate whether prospective Councils/CERTs have the support of the 
appropriate government officials in their area, ensure a dedicated 
coordinator is assigned to the program, and provide an efficient way to 
track the effectiveness of the nationwide network of Councils and CERT 
programs.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $40,610.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $13,205.

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 Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-03614 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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