Document ID: FEMA-2009-0001-0038
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS)
Posted Date: 2009-04-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]               
[Page 19572-19573]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2009-0001]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and request for comments; new information 
collection; OMB No. 1660-NW35; FEMA Form 528-1, NEFRLS Registration; 
and FEMA Form 528-2, NEFRLS Search.

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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 proposed new information collection. In accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Notice seeks comments 
concerning the National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System 
(NEFRLS) established in accordance with Title VI of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007 to help facilitate the 
reunification of families displaced due to a major disaster or 
emergency

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 29, 2009.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov under 
docket ID FEMA-2009-0001. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Office of Chief Counsel, 
Regulation and Policy Team, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 835, 
Washington, DC 20472-3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (703) 483-2999.
    (4) E-mail. Submit comments to FEMA-POLICY@dhs.gov. Include docket 
ID FEMA-2009-0001 in the subject line.
    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 on the Privacy and Use Notice link on the 
Administration Navigation Bar of http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Waddy Gonzalez, Mass Care Team 
Lead, Individual Assistance Division, Mass Care Unit, at (202) 212-1077 
for additional information. You may contact the Records Management 
Branch for copies of the proposed collection of information at 
facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address: FEMA-Information-
Collections@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 
Act of 2006, in Title VI of the DHS Appropriations Act of 2007, Public 
Law 109-295, section 689c, 120 Stat. 1355 at 1451 is the legal basis 
for FEMA to provide a National Emergency Family Registry and Locator 
System (NEFRLS) to allow adults (including medical patients) that have 
been displaced by a Presidentially-declared disaster or emergency to 
voluntarily register by submitting personal information to be entered 
into a database that could be used by others to help reunify them with 
their families.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System 
(NEFRLS).
    Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NW35.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 528-1, NEFRLS Registration; and 
FEMA Form 528-2, NEFRLS Search.
    Abstract: NEFRLS is a Web-based system. The information collected 
in the NEFRLS will be used to help facilitate

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the reunification of family members that have been displaced due to a 
major disaster or emergency.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 328,366 Hours.

                                                 Table A.12--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                                                                      Total
                                                                                 No. of                               annual      Avg.     Total annual
          Type of respondent            Form name/form  number      No. of     responses       Avg. burden per        burden     hourly     respondent
                                                                 respondents      per        response  (in hours)      (in     wage rate       cost
                                                                               respondent                             hours)
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 Individuals or households...........  NEFRLS Registration            42,717            1  .32 (19 minutes).......     13,527     $19.81        $267,970
                                        800/FEMA Form
                                        528-1.
Individuals or households............  NEFRLS Registration            14,239            1  .22 (13 minutes).......      3,085      19.81          61,114
                                        Internet/FEMA Form 528-
                                        1.
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal--Registration...........  ........................       56,956  ...........  .......................  .........  .........  ..............
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Individuals or households............   NEFRLS Search 800/FEMA Form 528-2.
 Individuals or households...........  NEFRLS Search Internet/       194,846            3  .22 (13 minutes).......    126,650      19.81       2,508,937
                                        FEMA Form 528-2.
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    Subtotal--Search.................  ........................      389,692  ...........  .......................  .........  .........  ..............
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        Total........................  ........................      446,648  ...........  .......................    328,366  .........       6,504,931
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    Estimated Cost: There are no start-up, operational or other costs 
associated with this information collection in addition to the burden 
hour cost noted in the table above.

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.

Larry Gray,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Management, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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