Notice2023-03608
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; General Admissions Applications (Long and Short) and Stipend Forms
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Published
February 22, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
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 admission applications and student stipend agreements for FEMA courses and programs that are delivered on-campus and throughout the Nation, in coordination with state and local training officials and local colleges and universities.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10912-10913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03608]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0041; OMB No. 1660-0100]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; General Admissions Applications (Long and
Short) and Stipend Forms
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30 Day notice of revision 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 the admission applications and student stipend agreements
for FEMA courses and programs that are delivered on-campus and
throughout the Nation, in coordination with state and local training
officials and local colleges and universities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a5c5f575b3753747c7568777b6e73757437597576767f796e7375746937577b747b7d7f777f746e5a7c7f777b347e7269347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b4d4e464a2642656d6479666a7f62646526486467676e687f6264657826466a656a6c6e666e657f4b6d6e666a256f6378256c647d">[email protected]</span></a> or
Smiley White, Supervisory Program Specialist, United States Fire
Administration, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9ead4d0d5dcc097eed1d0cddcf9dfdcd4d897ddd1ca97ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e6d5357525b47106956574a5b7e585b535f105a564d10595148">[email protected]</span></a> or 301-447-1055.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA offers courses and programs that are
delivered at National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg,
Maryland, the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston,
Alabama, and throughout the Nation in coordination with state and local
training officials and local colleges and universities to carry out the
authorities listed below. To facilitate meeting these requirements,
FEMA collects information necessary to be accepted for courses and for
the student stipend or travel reimbursement program for these courses.
There are several organizations within FEMA that deliver training and
education in support of the FEMA mission.
1. Section 7 of Public Law 93-498, the Federal Fire Prevention and
Control Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 2206, established the National Fire
Academy (NFA) to advance the professional development of fire service
personnel and of other persons engaged in fire prevention and control
activities.
2. Section 611(f) of Public Law 93-288, the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 5196(f), authorizes FEMA to conduct or arrange, by
contract or otherwise, training programs for the instruction of
emergency preparedness officials and other persons in the organization,
operation, and techniques of emergency preparedness; conduct or operate
schools or classes, including the payment of travel expenses and per
diem allowances for these purposes, in lieu of subsistence for trainees
in attendance or the furnishing of subsistence and quarters for
trainees and instructors on terms prescribed by the Administrator and
provide instructors and training aids as deemed necessary. This
training is conducted through the Emergency Management Institute (EMI).
3. Title XIV of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1997,
Public Law 104-201, 110 Stat. 2432; title I of the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act of 1998, Public Law 105-119, 111 Stat. 2440;
sections 403 and 430 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law
107-296, 116 Stat. 2135; and section 611 of the Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006, Public Law 109-295, 120 Stat. 1355, all
authorize CDP to serve as a training facility for all relevant
Federally supported training efforts that target state and local law
enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other key
agencies such as public works and state and local emergency management.
The focus of the training is to prepare relevant state and local
officials to deal with chemical, biological, or nuclear terrorist acts
and handle incidents dealing with hazardous materials.
4. Public Law 110-53, the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007, 6 U.S.C. 1102, established a National Domestic
Preparedness Consortium within the Department of Homeland Security. The
Consortium is mandated to identify, test, and deliver training to
state, local, and tribal emergency response providers, provide on-site
and mobile training at the performance, management, and planning
levels, and facilitate the delivery of training by the training
partners of the Department.
5. Consistent with requirements under Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) Appendix C Respirator Medical Evaluation
Questionnaire (29 CFR 1910.134, Respiratory Protection), in any
workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the
employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the
employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection
program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated
as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that
affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the
following provisions of this section,
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as applicable: 1910.134(c)(1)(ii) Medical evaluations of employees
required to use respirators.
FEMA is revising this collection to add a new instrument, FEMA Form
FF-008-FY-22-125, Respiratory Medical Evaluation Questionnaire For
Students, to comply with OSHA's requirements under 29 CFR 1910.134.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on November 25, 2022, at 87 FR 72495 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: General Admissions Applications (Long and Short) and Stipend
Forms.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0100.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-101 (formerly 119-25-0-1),
General Admissions Application; FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-102 (formerly
119-25-0-6), Training Registration Form; FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-103
(formerly 119-25-3), Student Stipend Agreement; FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-
21-104 (formerly 119-25-4), Student Stipend Agreement (Amendment); FEMA
Form FF-USFA-FY-21-105 (formerly 119-25-5), National Fire Academy
Executive Fire Officer Program Application Admission; and FEMA Form FF-
008-FY-22-125, Respiratory Medical Evaluation Questionnaire For
Students.
Abstract: FEMA provides training to advance the professional
development of personnel engaged in fire prevention and control and
emergency management activities through CDP, Emergency Management
Institute, NFA, National Training and Education Division, National
Domestic Preparedness Consortium, and Rural Domestic Preparedness
Consortium.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government, and State, local or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 223,300.
Number of Responses: 223,300.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 21,644.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,204,641.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $252,825.
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. 2023-03608 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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