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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2022–0019; OMB No.
1660–NW151]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Survey
Following the National Test of the
Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA)
System
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of new collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (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
seeks comments concerning a survey
following the upcoming national test of
the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA)
system.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 27, 2023.
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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:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Information
Management Division, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Ward D.
Hagood, IPAWS DS2 T&E Manager,
FEMA HQ/PNP–NCP–CCD–IPAWS,
phone: (202) 212–1478, email:
ward.hagood@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public
Law 114–143, the Integrated Public
Alert and Warning System
Modernization Act of 2015, and
Presidential Executive Order 13407,
Public Alert and Warning System,
require FEMA to implement the public
alert and warning system to disseminate
timely and effective warnings to people
in situations of war, terrorist attack,
natural disaster, or other hazards to
public safety and wellbeing, and
conduct tests of the public alert and
warning system at least once every three
years. The Act also requires public
education efforts and a general market
awareness campaign to ensure
understanding of the functions of the
public alert and warning system. The
Integrated Public Alert and Warning
System (IPAWS) is the Department of
Homeland Security’s (DHS) response to
the Executive Order. The Stafford Act
(U.S.C. Title 42, chapter 68, subchapter
II) requires that FEMA make IPAWS
available to Federal, state, local, tribal,
and territorial agencies for the purpose
of providing warning to governmental
authorities and the civilian population
in areas endangered by disasters. FEMA
is planning a national test of a key
component of IPAWS, the Wireless
Emergency Alert (WEA) system, to
satisfy the testing and public education
requirements of the IPAWS
Modernization Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114–
143). The WEA system broadcasts alerts
to cell phones configured to receive
such alerts (which, at this point, is most
phones sold in the United States). The
WEA national test will be announced in
advance by FEMA and widely
publicized. The test will help FEMA
assess WEA’s geographic reach, along
with additional key parameters outlined
in the IPAWS Modernization Act of
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2015. This will help FEMA and other
WEA stakeholders, such as the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
and Congressional committees, enhance
and expand WEA, and thus further
improve emergency alerting capabilities,
leading to a better prepared and more
resilient nation. FEMA will implement
a survey to capture key technical
performance factors of WEA, such as
geographic coverage and carrier-related
issues, as well as non-technical aspects
essential to WEA’s role in national
alerting, including alerting effectiveness
in reaching diverse populations,
including traditionally underserved
populations. The survey will also assess
public awareness of the WEA system.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on July 7, 2022, at 87 FR 40544
with a 60 day public comment period.
FEMA received six public comments.
Comments 1 (FEMA–2022–0019–0002),
2 (FEMA–2022–0019–0003), and 4
(FEMA–2022–0019–0005), which
provided feedback on technical aspects
of the WEA system as opposed to
feedback on this specific data collection,
were shared with IPAWS. Per comment
3 (FEMA–2022–0019–0004), the 30-Day
FRN will also include the draft survey,
which will not require advertising since
participants will be recruited through
established survey panels. Comment 5
(FEMA–2022–0019–0006) referenced a
survey that was not affiliated with this
data collection. FEMA responded to
comment 6 (FEMA–2022–0019–0007)
by providing additional detail on the
issues raised.
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: Survey Following the National
Test of the Wireless Emergency Alert
(WEA) System.
Type of Information Collection: New
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–NW151.
FEMA Form: FEMA Form FF–302–
FY–22–101, WEA National Test Survey.
Abstract: FEMA will field a survey
following a national test of the WEA
system. The survey will capture key
technical performance factors, such as
geographic coverage and carrier-related
issues, and non-technical aspects
essential to WEA’s role in national
alerting, including effectiveness in
reaching diverse populations. FEMA
will use this information to improve the
performance of the WEA system and
assess public awareness.
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Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
82,586.
Estimated Number of Responses:
82,586.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 8,092.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $328,617.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $2,104,395.
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.
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency
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[Docket ID: FEMA–2022–0030; OMB No.
1660–0070]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; National
Fire Department Registry
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
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The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (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
seeks comments concerning the use of a
form to collect data for the development
and continuation of the National Fire
Department Registry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 27, 2023.
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:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Information
Management Division, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Gayle
Kelch, Statistician, FEMA, United States
Fire Administration, National Fire Data
Center at (301) 447–1154 or
gayle.kelch@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
of 1974, Public Law 93–498, as enacted
in 15 U.S.C. Chap 49, provides for the
gathering and analyzing of data as
deemed useful and applicable for fire
departments. The U.S. Fire
Administration (USFA) receives many
requests from fire service organizations
and the general public for information
related to fire departments, including
total number of departments, number of
stations per department, population
protected, and number of firefighters.
The USFA also has a need for this
information to guide programmatic
decisions and produce mailing lists for
USFA publications. Recommendations
for the creation of the fire department
census database came out of a Blue
Ribbon Panel’s review of the USFA. The
report included a review of the
structure, mission, and funding of the
USFA, future policies, programmatic
needs, course development and
delivery, and the role of the USFA to
reflect changes in the fire service. As a
result of those recommendations, the
USFA is working to identify all fire
departments in the United States to
develop a database that will include
information related to demographics,
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capabilities, and activities of fire
departments Nationwide. In the fall of
2016, the USFA renamed the census to
the National Fire Department Registry.
In the fall of 2001, information was
collected from 16,000 fire departments.
Since the first year of the collection, an
additional 11,182 departments have
registered for a total of 27,182 fire
departments. This leaves an estimated
2,818 departments still to respond.
Additionally, about 5,436 current
registered departments are contacted by
USFA each year and are asked to
provide updates to any previously
submitted information.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on October 13, 2022, at 87 FR
15228 with a 60 day public comment
period. No comments were received.
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: National Fire Department
Registry.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0070.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–USFA–
FY–21–100—Paper Version (formerly
070–0–0–1); FEMA Form FF–USFA–
FY–21–110—Online Version (formerly
the screenshots of FEMA Form 070–0–
0–1).
Abstract: This collection seeks to
identify fire departments in the United
States to compile a database related to
their demographics, capabilities, and
activities. The database is used to guide
programmatic decisions and provide
information to the public and the fire
service.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
6,375.
Estimated Number of Responses:
6,375.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,219.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $9,371.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $100,058.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0019; OMB No. 1660-NW151]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Survey Following the National Test of the
Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) System
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of new collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (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 seeks comments
concerning a survey following the upcoming national test of the
Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 27, 2023.
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: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address [email protected] or
Ward D. Hagood, IPAWS DS2 T&E Manager, FEMA HQ/PNP-NCP-CCD-IPAWS,
phone: (202) 212-1478, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 114-143, the Integrated Public
Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015, and Presidential
Executive Order 13407, Public Alert and Warning System, require FEMA to
implement the public alert and warning system to disseminate timely and
effective warnings to people in situations of war, terrorist attack,
natural disaster, or other hazards to public safety and wellbeing, and
conduct tests of the public alert and warning system at least once
every three years. The Act also requires public education efforts and a
general market awareness campaign to ensure understanding of the
functions of the public alert and warning system. The Integrated Public
Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is the Department of Homeland
Security's (DHS) response to the Executive Order. The Stafford Act
(U.S.C. Title 42, chapter 68, subchapter II) requires that FEMA make
IPAWS available to Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial
agencies for the purpose of providing warning to governmental
authorities and the civilian population in areas endangered by
disasters. FEMA is planning a national test of a key component of
IPAWS, the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system, to satisfy the
testing and public education requirements of the IPAWS Modernization
Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-143). The WEA system broadcasts alerts to cell
phones configured to receive such alerts (which, at this point, is most
phones sold in the United States). The WEA national test will be
announced in advance by FEMA and widely publicized. The test will help
FEMA assess WEA's geographic reach, along with additional key
parameters outlined in the IPAWS Modernization Act of 2015. This will
help FEMA and other WEA stakeholders, such as the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) and Congressional committees, enhance
and expand WEA, and thus further improve emergency alerting
capabilities, leading to a better prepared and more resilient nation.
FEMA will implement a survey to capture key technical performance
factors of WEA, such as geographic coverage and carrier-related issues,
as well as non-technical aspects essential to WEA's role in national
alerting, including alerting effectiveness in reaching diverse
populations, including traditionally underserved populations. The
survey will also assess public awareness of the WEA system.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on July 7, 2022, at 87 FR 40544 with a 60 day public
comment period. FEMA received six public comments. Comments 1 (FEMA-
2022-0019-0002), 2 (FEMA-2022-0019-0003), and 4 (FEMA-2022-0019-0005),
which provided feedback on technical aspects of the WEA system as
opposed to feedback on this specific data collection, were shared with
IPAWS. Per comment 3 (FEMA-2022-0019-0004), the 30-Day FRN will also
include the draft survey, which will not require advertising since
participants will be recruited through established survey panels.
Comment 5 (FEMA-2022-0019-0006) referenced a survey that was not
affiliated with this data collection. FEMA responded to comment 6
(FEMA-2022-0019-0007) by providing additional detail on the issues
raised.
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: Survey Following the National Test of the Wireless Emergency
Alert (WEA) System.
Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-NW151.
FEMA Form: FEMA Form FF-302-FY-22-101, WEA National Test Survey.
Abstract: FEMA will field a survey following a national test of the
WEA system. The survey will capture key technical performance factors,
such as geographic coverage and carrier-related issues, and non-
technical aspects essential to WEA's role in national alerting,
including effectiveness in reaching diverse populations. FEMA will use
this information to improve the performance of the WEA system and
assess public awareness.
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Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 82,586.
Estimated Number of Responses: 82,586.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,092.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $328,617.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $2,104,395.
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. 2023-01555 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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