Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Request for Federal Assistance Form-How to Process Mission Assignments in Federal Disaster Operations, 76208 [2022-27001]

Agencies

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 76208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27001]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0055; OMB No. 1660-0047]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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: 60-Day notice of revision 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 an extension, 
with 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 necessary to allow 
FEMA to support the needs of State, Tribes, and Territories during 
disaster situations through the use of other Federal agency resources.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 13, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2022-0055. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    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 https://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 and 
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Walls, via email: 
[email protected] or by phone (202) 674-4936. You may contact 
the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection 
of information at email address: [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, 
or Territories require assistance, what needs to be accomplished, 
details any resource shortfalls, and explains what assistance is 
required to meet these needs.

Collection of Information

    Title: Request for Federal Assistance Form--How to Process Mission 
Assignments in Federal Disaster Operations.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0047.
    FEMA Form: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-120 (formerly 010-0-7), Resource 
Request Form.
    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, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Number of Responses: 6,400.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,133 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Costs: $180,430.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $42,884.

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 Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-27001 Filed 12-12-22; 8:45 am]
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