[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32769-32770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12179]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0029; OMB No. 1660-0141]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Controlled Equipment Request Form.
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
to comment on an extension, without change, of a currently approved
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of
information from grant recipients requesting to purchase controlled
equipment.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 25, 2016.
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-2015-0029. 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: Abigail Bordeaux, Management & Program
Analyst, FEMA, Grant Programs Directorate, at (202) 786-0872. You may
contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This form was developed to collect required
information as part of the implementation of Executive Order 13688:
Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition, issued
January 16, 2015, which established a Prohibited Equipment List and a
Controlled Equipment List and identified actions that can improve
Federal support for the appropriate use, acquisition, and transfer of
controlled equipment by state, local, tribal, territorial, and private
grant recipients. One of the requirements of the report is to collect
information on the grant recipient, their policies, training, record
keeping, and detailed justification on why that type of requested
information is needed. In considering the approach to implementing
these recommendations, FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate worked hard to
balance the requirement to collect the information, and the effort
required by the grant recipients. The proposed form includes only
fields required to comply with the recommendations (which were accepted
by the President). The fillable nature of the form reduces the amount
of time and effort required for grant recipients.
In accordance with Executive Order 13688: Federal Support for Local
Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition, and the Recommendations Pursuant
to Executive Order 13688, all Federal equipment acquisition programs
must require grant recipients that apply for controlled equipment to
provide mandatory information in their application, including a
detailed justification with a clear and persuasive explanation of the
need for the controlled equipment, the availability of the requested
controlled equipment to recipient in its inventory or through other
means, certifications that appropriate protocols and training
requirements have been adopted, evidence of the civilian governing
body's review and approval or concurrence of the entity's acquisition
of the requested controlled equipment, and whether the entity has been
or is in violation of civil rights and other statutes, regulations, or
programmatic terms. Ongoing coordination among the various Federal
agencies will ensure that a uniform process is in place to assess the
adequacy of the justification in each application. This coordination
includes sharing of required information to prohibit duplication of
grant funding for controlled equipment or potentially granting of
funding for controlled equipment to an entity that has been sanctioned
by another agency.
Collection of Information
Title: Controlled Equipment Request Form.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0141.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 087-0-0-1, Controlled Equipment Request Form.
Abstract: This form was developed to collect required information
as part of the implementation of Executive Order 13688: Federal Support
for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition, issued January 16,
2015, which established a Prohibited Equipment List and a Controlled
Equipment List and identified actions that can improve Federal support
for the appropriate use, acquisition, and transfer of controlled
equipment by state, local, tribal, territorial, and private grant
recipients.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 175.
Number of Responses: 175.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 131 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the
hour burden is $3,877.60. 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
$759.40.
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
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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: May 18, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2016-12179 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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