[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13496-13497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06277]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2018-0012; OMB No. 1660-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; National Catastrophic Resource Catalog
AGENCY: U.S. Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
DHS.
ACTION: Notice 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 new
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the identification and
cataloging of fire and emergency services personnel and equipment that
might be available to support a catastrophic national disaster
response.
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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 29, 2018.
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-2018-0012. 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: Thomas Murray, Fire Program
Specialist, FEMA, U.S. Fire Administration, (301) 447-1588,
[email protected]. You may contact the Information Management
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Implementation of the concepts within the
National Response Framework (NRF) and Response Federal Interagency
Operational Plan (FIOP) is mandatory for Federal departments and
agencies. See 6 U.S.C. 314. According to the NRF, the U.S. Fire
Administration (USFA), as a support agency to Emergency Support
Function (ESF)--4, Firefighting, is responsible for coordinating the
support for the detection and suppression of fires. To meet the
requirements of the FIOP, the USFA, supporting the Core Capability of
Fire Management and Suppression, will provide National Incident
Management System (NIMS) resources (e.g., personnel and equipment)
necessary to support wildland, rural, and urban firefighting operations
resulting from, or occurring coincidentally with, an all-hazards
incident requiring a coordinated national response for assistance.
Flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes do not follow geo-political
boundaries. The larger and more widespread the event, the greater the
likelihood that the existing local mutual-aid systems will not meet the
demands placed upon them. Fire and Emergency Services will need to draw
on assistance from systems beyond their normal mutual-aid boundaries,
executing regional, statewide and interstate mutual-aid systems. For
example, the State Emergency Management Agency may coordinate the use
of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC). Many Federal
agencies who have a role in disaster response under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-
288, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., depend to some extent on the
support of skilled and equipped citizens. However, during a
catastrophic event (such as in a New Madrid earthquake), these mutual-
aid systems will be immediately overwhelmed. Responders who support
Fire and Emergency Services, as well as involved Federal agencies
themselves, may be impacted to such an extent that they are not
available to deploy.
The goal of this information collection is to help facilitate a
sustained response to a catastrophic event where response services are
limited and the demand for them is overwhelmed. The information
contained in the National Catastrophic Resource Catalog (NCRC) will
provide a foundation to supplement existing mutual-aid systems and
sustain a long-term response operation. The USFA staff, deployed to the
National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) in Washington DC, will
assess the situation and evaluate the availability of the NIMS-typed
capabilities and credentialed personnel contained in the NCRC. The
information will be used by NRCC personnel to coordinate the deployment
of teams, persons and equipment to sustain the response operation.
Collection of Information
Title: National Catastrophic Resource Catalog.
Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
OMB Number: OMB Collection 1660-NEW.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 035-0-1, National Catastrophic Resource
Catalog.
Abstract: This information collection will help USFA meet the ESF-4
firefighting resource requirements before/during a national
catastrophic disaster response, such as an earthquake, hurricane, or
terroristic act. USFA will pre-identify those specialized resources
that may be available to support a disaster response. This collection
will be solicited from the nation's fire and emergency services on a
voluntary basis to establish a catalog/database of potential resources
that could be mobilized to support a national catastrophic disaster
response.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or
Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,947.
Estimated Number of Responses: 3,947.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 439.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $23,728.94.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $85,824.49.
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: March 13, 2018.
William H. Holzerland,
Senior Director for Information Management, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-06277 Filed 3-28-18; 8:45 am]
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