Notice2024-07486
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Emergency Notification System (ENS)
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Published
April 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 the Emergency Notification System (ENS).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 24849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07486]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0015; OMB No. 1660-0137]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Emergency Notification System (ENS)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of extension 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
the Emergency Notification System (ENS).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket ID FEMA-2024-0015.
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">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Allen, ENS System Security
Officer/IT Technician, FEMA/ORR, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c1d322834333225721d303039321c3a39313d7238342f723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f1b09f85999e9f88dfb09d9d949fb197949c90df959982df969e87">[email protected]</span></a>
or telephone at 540-326-2645. You may contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ecaaa9a1adc1a5828a839e818d98858382c1af838080898f988583829fc1a18d828d8b8981898298ac8a89818dc288849fc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="edaba8a0acc0a4838b829f808c99848283c0ae828181888e998482839ec0a08c838c8a8880888399ad8b88808cc389859ec38a829b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Office of Response & Recovery (ORR)
owns and operates the Emergency Notification System (ENS). FEMA
Directive 262-3 designates ENS as the Agency's solution for all
notification and alerts activities. The ENS sends electronic
notifications and relays messages, whether critical in nature, routine,
or for testing purposes with appropriate authorization, to Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) employees and contractors, as well as
emergency response personnel. In accordance with Executive Order 12656,
Presidential Policy Directive 40, and Federal Continuity Directive-1,
all DHS organizational components must have in place a viable
Continuity of Operations Planning capability and plan that ensures the
performance of their essential functions during any emergency or
situation that could disrupt normal operations. An effective ENS
solution is a critical part of this plan.
Collection of Information
Title: Emergency Notification System (ENS).
Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0137.
FEMA Forms: FF-104-FY-24-100, Emergency Notification System (ENS).
Abstract: The Emergency Notification System (ENS) has been deemed
the standard notification tool for FEMA. The purpose of this
notification tool is to activate teams and disseminate information. The
respondents to this information are Mobile Operation Centers and
Regions that use this information to make decisions on how to meet
operational missions. This revision includes a new form for data
gathering, which includes the Privacy Act Statement, Paperwork
Reduction Act, and Retention Period information for members of the
public that receive ENS Notifications.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments; Federal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 700.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 184.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $7,670.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $214,836.
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. 2024-07486 Filed 4-8-24; 8:45 am]
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