Document ID: FEMA-2017-0004-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study Course Enrollment Application and Test Answer Sheet
Posted Date: 2017-01-19T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6595-6596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01283]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0004; OMB No. 1660-0046]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study 
Course Enrollment Application and Test Answer Sheet

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 and other Federal agencies 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 enrollment for students and score 
assessments for FEMA's Independent Study Program.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2017-0004. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions 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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Magers, Instructional Systems 
Specialist, FEMA, PNP--Emergency Management Institute, at 301-447-1038. 
You may contact the Information Management Division for copies of the 
proposed collection of information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI) 
provides a wide variety of training to emergency management personnel 
throughout the country. The EMI Independent Study (IS) Program is part 
of the FEMA training program authorized under section 611(f) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act, Public Law 93-288 
as amended. These courses are offered online by EMI. The IS Program 
provides valuable training to Federal, State, local and Tribal 
emergency management personnel and the general citizenry of the United 
States without having to attend a resident course at EMI, or at a 
State-sponsored course. The IS program also includes a course on the 
National Incident Management System (NIMS). NIMS is our nation's 
incident management system. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, 
``Management of Domestic Incidents,'' requires the adoption of NIMS by 
all Federal departments and agencies. This directive also requires that 
Federal preparedness assistance funding for States, Territories, local 
jurisdictions

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and Tribal entities be dependent on being NIMS compliant.

Collection of Information

    Title: Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study 
Course Enrollment Application and Test Answer Sheet.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0046.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 064-0-9, Emergency Management Institute (EMI) 
Independent Study Course Enrollment Application.
    Abstract: The IS program office collects data from FEMA Form 064-0-
9 to create and update student records and provide students with credit 
for training completion. The system also allows FEMA to track 
completions and failures of course exams. The data on the electronic 
form will be encrypted and sent to the server to be parsed into the 
Independent Study database.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households, business or other for-
profit, not for profit institutions, Farms, Federal government, State, 
local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 689,980.
    Number of Responses: 2,069,940.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,034,970 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $25,211,869. There are no annual costs to respondents' 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$260,893.

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.

    Dated: January 13, 2017.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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