Document ID: FEMA-2020-0029-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Survivor Sheltering Assessment
Posted Date: 2021-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11310-11311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03792]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0029; OMB No. 1660-0142]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Survivor Sheltering Assessment

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 collection. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the 
revision of the collection ``Survivor Sheltering Assessment'' to 
include an alternate streamlined form and exchange of information 
process with State, Tribal, and territorial (STT) governments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 26, 2021.

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 FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or 
Christopher Shoup, Privacy Project Lead, Reporting & Analytics 
Division, FEMA Recovery Directorate; by email at 
christopher.shoup@fema.dhs.gov or by telephone at (202) 733-7544.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA provides Public Assistance (PA) funding 
to STTs for costs related to emergency sheltering for survivors. 
Typically, sheltering occurs in facilities with large open spaces, such 
as schools, churches, community centers, armories, or other similar 
facilities rather than in non-congregate environments, which are 
locations where each individual or household has living space that 
offers some level of privacy (e.g., hotels, motels, casinos, 
dormitories, retreat camps, etc.). However, FEMA recognizes that 
sheltering operations during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency may 
require STT's to consider additional strategies to ensure that 
survivors are sheltered in a manner that does not increase the risk of 
exposure to or further transmission of COVID-19. FEMA will provide 
flexibility to STTs to take measures to safely conduct non-congregate 
sheltering activities.
    This proposed information collection was previously published in 
the Federal Register on December 11, 2020, at 85 FR 80126 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: Survivor Sheltering Assessment.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0142.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 009-0-42, Survivor Sheltering 
Assessment; FEMA Form 009-0-42AV, Survivor Sheltering Assessment--
Alternate Version.
    Abstract: FEMA will encourage STTs operating non-congregate 
shelters to collect basic shelter resident data. If there is a 
subsequent Major Disaster Declaration that includes the Individual 
Assistance (IA) program, FEMA and STTs may begin a bi-lateral exchange 
of data to coordinate and expedite assistance to shelter residents. 
This data exchange will enable FEMA to share additional disaster 
survivor data on losses and needs to STT shelter managers facilitating 
a coordinated effort to provide resources to shelter residents. This 
data also provides STTs increased ability for shelter planning and 
shelter population management.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, State, Tribal or 
Territorial Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 51,200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 51,200.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,535.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $320,490.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: N/A.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: N/A.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $307,884.

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,

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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.
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