Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Request for Federal Assistance Form-How To Process Mission Assignments in Federal Disaster Operations, 15488 [2021-05947]

Agencies

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 15488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05947]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0041; OMB No. 1660-0047]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Request for Federal Assistance Form--How To 
Process Mission Assignments in Federal Disaster Operations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 30-Day 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 
reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved information 
collection for which approval has expired. FEMA will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe the 
nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, 
the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by 
respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 22, 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: Pat Foster, (617) 913-6140 or [email protected]. Requests for copies of the information 
collection should be made to Director, Information Management Division, 
via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: According to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq., FEMA is authorized to provide assistance before, during, and 
after a disaster has impacted a State, Tribe, or Territory. For a major 
disaster, the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to direct any agency to 
utilize its existing authorities and resources in support of State, 
Tribe, and Territory assistance response and recovery efforts. See 42 
U.S.C. 5170(a)(1). For an emergency, the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA 
to direct any agency to utilize its existing authorities and resources 
in support of State and local emergency assistance efforts. See 42 
U.S.C. 5192(a)(1). FEMA may task other Federal agencies to assist 
during disasters and to support emergency efforts by State and local 
governments by issuing a mission assignment to the appropriate agency. 
See 44 CFR 206.5, 206.208. FEMA collects the information necessary to 
determine what resources are needed and if a mission assignment is 
appropriate. The information collected explains which States, Tribes, 
Territories require assistance, what needs to be accomplished, details 
any resource shortfalls, and explains what assistance is required to 
meet these needs.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on December 31, 2020, at 85 FR 86945 with a 60-day 
public comment period. No comments were received. This information 
collection expired on March 1, 2021. FEMA is requesting a 
reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved information 
collection for which approval has expired. 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: Request for Federal Assistance Form--How to Process Mission 
Assignments in Federal Disaster Operations.
    Type of information collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0047.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 010-0-7, Resource Request Form; 
FEMA Form 010-0-8, Mission Assignment; FEMA Form 010-0-8A, Mission 
Assignment Task Order.
    Abstract: If a State, Tribe, or Territory determines that its 
capacity to respond to a disaster exceeds its available resources, it 
may submit to FEMA a request that the work be accomplished by a Federal 
agency. This request documents how the response requirements exceed the 
capacity for the State to respond to the situation on its own and what 
type of assistance is required. FEMA reviews this information and may 
issue a mission assignment to the appropriate Federal agency to assist 
the State in its response to the situation.
    Affected Public: State, Tribal, or Territorial Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 19,220.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,559 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $475,003.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: 0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $41,643.

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.

Millicent L. Brown,
Sr. Manager, Records Management Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-05947 Filed 3-22-21; 8:45 am]
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