Notice2021-19732
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)-Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool
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September 14, 2021
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Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
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 revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning this annual requirement for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), FEMA to identify current capability levels for all States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas receiving non-disaster preparedness grant funds administered by DHS.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51177-51178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19732]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2021-0020; OMB No. 1660-0131]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
(THIRA)--Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool
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 a revision of
a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
this annual requirement for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), FEMA to identify current capability levels for all States,
Tribes, territories, and urban areas receiving non-disaster
preparedness grant funds administered by DHS.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket ID FEMA-
2021-0020. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID, and will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Frederick, Section Chief,
Community Risk and Capability Assessments Section, National Assessments
and Integration Division, FEMA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8ebd0d9cad7d696fecadddcddcad1dbd3f8deddd5d996dcd0cb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="15467d74677a7b3b5367707170677c767e55737078743b717d663b727a63">[email protected]</span></a> or
(202) 368-5156. You may contact the Information Management Division for
copies of the proposed collection of information at email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81c7c4ccc0acc8efe7eef3ece0f5e8eeefacc2eeedede4e2f5e8eeeff2accce0efe0e6e4ece4eff5c1e7e4ece0afe5e9f2afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0147444c402c486f676e736c6075686e6f2c426e6d6d646275686e6f722c4c606f6066646c646f754167646c602f6569722f666e77">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package is a revision to the collection
titled the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
(THIRA)--Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool
under OMB Control Number 1660-0131. The Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA) (Pub. L. 109-295), as amended by
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
(Pub. L. 110-53), established an annual requirement for the 56 states
and territories to submit a State Preparedness Report. Because this
reporting now includes States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas,
FEMA has revised the name of the collection as the Stakeholder
Preparedness Review (SPR). States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas
receiving non-disaster preparedness grant funds administered by DHS
submit the SPR annually, and this encompasses the requirements of the
previous State Preparedness Report, while reflecting the updated
methodology reporting needs. The legislation requires a report on
current capability levels and a description of targeted capability
levels from all States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas receiving
non-disaster preparedness grant funds administered by DHS. Each
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report must also include a discussion of the extent to which target
capabilities identified in the applicable state homeland security plan
and other applicable plans are unmet, and an assessment of resources
needed to meet the preparedness priorities established under PKEMRA
Section 646(e), including: (i) An estimate of the amount of
expenditures required to attain the preparedness priorities; and (ii)
the extent to which the use of Federal assistance during the preceding
fiscal year achieved the preparedness priorities. To meet this
requirement, States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas first
identify capability targets through THIRA and then assess against these
targets in the SPR. Through the SPR, these jurisdictions estimate their
current capabilities, identify and describe gaps between current
capabilities and targets, indicate their intended approach for
addressing gaps in the future, and report on the impact of Federal
grant dollars in building and sustaining capabilities. It is also
important to note that completing the THIRA and SPR are allowable
expenses under the grant awards.
Collection of Information
Title: Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
(THIRA)--Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0131.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-008-FY-21-106, Threat and Hazard
Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)/Stakeholder Preparedness
Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool (formerly FEMA Forms 008-0-19 and
008-0-20); FEMA Form FF-008-FY-21-107, THIRA/SPR After Action
Conference Calls (formerly FEMA Form 008-0-23).
Abstract: The assessment is structured by the 32 core capabilities
from the 2015 National Preparedness Goal. States, territories, urban
areas, and tribes provide information on capability targets, their
current capability levels and capability gaps for each core capability.
Respondent States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas gather the
information and complete the THIRA and SPR following the
``Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 201, Third Edition.''
Affected Public: State, Territory, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 128.
Estimated Number of Responses: 128.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 88,779.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $4,914,805.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs:
$21,337,885.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $2,312,561.
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,
Acting, Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-19732 Filed 9-13-21; 8:45 am]
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