80_FR_22290 80 FR 22214 - Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy

80 FR 22214 - Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 76 (April 21, 2015)

Page Range22214-22215
FR Document2015-09259

The Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy (Board) will meet via teleconference on May 7, 2015. The meeting will be open to the public.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22214-22215]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09259]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0010]


Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Open Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy (Board) 
will meet via teleconference on May 7, 2015. The meeting will be open 
to the public.

DATES: The meeting will take place on Thursday, May 7, from 2:00 to 
4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Please note that the meeting may close 
early if the Board has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public who wish to participate in the 
teleconference should contact Ruth MacPhail as listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by close of business May 5, 2015, 
to obtain the call-in number and access code. For information on 
services for individuals with disabilities or to request special 
assistance, contact Ruth MacPhail as soon as possible.
    To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment 
on the issues to be considered by the Board as listed in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. Comments must be submitted in 
writing no later than May 5, 2015, and must be identified by Docket ID 
FEMA-2008-0010 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: FEMA-RULES@fema.dhs.gov. Include the docket number 
in the subject line of the message.
     Mail/Hand Delivery: Ruth MacPhail, 16825 South Seton 
Avenue, Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the Docket ID for this action. 
Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received by the National Fire Academy Board of Visitors, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov, click on ``Advanced Search,'' then enter 
``FEMA-2008-0010'' in the ``By Docket ID'' box, then select ``FEMA'' 
under ``By Agency,'' and then click ``Search.'' Prior to the meeting, 
meeting materials will be posted at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfa/about/bov.shtm by April 29, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Alternate Designated Federal Officer: Denis G. Onieal, telephone 
(301) 447-1117, email Denis.Onieal@fema.dhs.gov.
    Logistical Information: Ruth MacPhail, telephone (301) 447-1117, 
fax (301) 447-1173, and email Ruth.Macphail@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board of Visitors for the National Fire 
Academy (Board) will meet via teleconference on Thursday, May 7, 2015. 
The meeting will be open to the public. Notice of this meeting is given 
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix.

Purpose of the Board

    The purpose of the Board is to review annually the programs of the 
National Fire Academy (NFA) and advise the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through the United States Fire 
Administrator, on the operation of the NFA and any improvements therein 
that the Board

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deems appropriate. In carrying out its responsibilities, the Board 
examines NFA programs to determine whether these programs further the 
basic missions that are approved by the Administrator of FEMA, examines 
the physical plant of the NFA to determine the adequacy of the NFA's 
facilities, and examines the funding levels for NFA programs. The Board 
submits a written annual report through the United States Fire 
Administrator to the Administrator of FEMA. The report provides 
detailed comments and recommendations regarding the operation of the 
NFA.

Agenda

    1. The Board will receive updates on U.S. Fire Administration data, 
research, and response support initiatives.
    2. The Board will discuss deferred maintenance and capital 
improvements on the National Emergency Training Center campus and 
Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request/Budget Planning.
    3. The Board will review and give feedback on NFA program 
activities, including:
     The Managing Officer Program, a new multiyear curriculum 
that introduced emerging emergency services leaders to personal and 
professional skills in change management, risk reduction, and adaptive 
leadership; a progress report on this new program will be discussed;
     Adoption of the Fire and Emergency Services Higher 
Education Model by Foreign Countries;
     Training, Resource and Data Exchange (TRADE) policy 
discussion;
     Review of Professional Development Crosswalk, national 
standards for Fire Officer competencies and their interrelationships 
with State, National and Academic programs;
     Volunteer Incentive Program (VIP) policy change 
discussion;
     Off-Campus delivery program changes;
     Status of staff vacancies and challenges;
     Contract instructor issues and challenges;
     Incremental versus radical course material policy 
discussion;
     Status of Mediated Online courses;
     Curriculum and Instruction program activities;
     Interagency Agreement with the Department of 
Transportation with update on Traffic Incident Management Course;
     Policy and program change discussion regarding 
consolidation of Management and Leadership Curricula;
     Status of the National Professional Development Symposium 
which brings national training and education audiences together for 
their annual conference and support initiatives, scheduled to be held 
June 10-12, 2015;
     Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) 
Recognition Program Update;
     Program Decision Option budget requests to Department of 
Homeland Security.
    There will be a 10-minute comment period after each agenda item; 
each speaker will be given no more than 2 minutes to speak. Please note 
that the public comment period may end before the time indicated, 
following the last call for comments. Contact Ruth MacPhail to register 
as a speaker.

    Dated: April 15, 2015.
Denis G. Onieal,
Superintendent, National Fire Academy, United States Fire 
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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22214 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 76 / Tuesday, April 21, 2015 / Notices Place: National Institutes of Health, applications, the disclosure of which with disabilities or to request special Building 31C, Conference Room 10, 31 would constitute a clearly unwarranted assistance, contact Ruth MacPhail as Center Drive, 6th floor, Bethesda, MD 20892. invasion of personal privacy. soon as possible. Closed: 1:30 p.m. to Adjournment. Name of Committee: National Institute of To facilitate public participation, we Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Child Health and Human Development are inviting public comment on the Place: National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel; Medical issues to be considered by the Board as Building 31C, Conference Room 10, 31 Rehabilitation Research Resource. listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY Center Drive, 6th floor, Bethesda, MD 20892. Date: June 18–19, 2015. INFORMATION section. Comments must be Contact Person: Alicia J. Dombroski, Ph.D., Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. submitted in writing no later than May Director, Division of Extramural Activities, Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 5, 2015, and must be identified by Natl Inst of Dental and Craniofacial Research, applications. Docket ID FEMA–2008–0010 and may 6701 Democracy Blvd., Room 660, Bethesda, Place: Hilton Washington Embassy Row, MD 20892, (301) 594–4805, adombroski@ 2015 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington, be submitted by one of the following mail.nih.gov. DC 20036. methods: Any interested person may file written Contact Person: Joanna Kubler-Kielb, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// comments with the committee by forwarding Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific www.regulations.gov. Follow the the statement to the Contact Person listed on Review Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver instructions for submitting comments. this notice. The statement should include the National Institute of Child Health and • Email: FEMA– name, address, telephone number and when Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive RULES@fema.dhs.gov. Include the applicable, the business or professional Boulevard, Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD docket number in the subject line of the affiliation of the interested person. 20892–9304, (301) 435–6916, kielbj@ message. In the interest of security, NIH has mail.nih.gov. • Mail/Hand Delivery: Ruth instituted stringent procedures for entrance (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, MacPhail, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Program Nos. 93.864, Population Research; including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727. 93.865, Research for Mothers and Children; will be inspected before being allowed on 93.929, Center for Medical Rehabilitation Instructions: All submissions received campus. Visitors will be asked to show one Research; 93.209, Contraception and must include the words ‘‘Department of form of identification (for example, a Infertility Loan Repayment Program, National Homeland Security’’ and the Docket ID government-issued photo ID, driver’s license, Institutes of Health, HHS) for this action. Comments received will or passport) and to state the purpose of their be posted without alteration at http:// visit. Dated: April 15, 2015. Information is also available on the www.regulations.gov, including any Michelle Trout, Institute’s/Center’s home page: http:// personal information provided. Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Docket: For access to the docket to www.nidcr.nih.gov/about, where an agenda Committee Policy. and any additional information for the read background documents or [FR Doc. 2015–09058 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] meeting will be posted when available. comments received by the National Fire BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Academy Board of Visitors, go to (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.121, Oral Diseases and http://www.regulations.gov, click on Disorders Research, National Institutes of ‘‘Advanced Search,’’ then enter Health, HHS) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND ‘‘FEMA–2008–0010’’ in the ‘‘By Docket SECURITY ID’’ box, then select ‘‘FEMA’’ under ‘‘By Dated: April 14, 2015. David Clary, Agency,’’ and then click ‘‘Search.’’ Prior Federal Emergency Management to the meeting, meeting materials will Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Agency Committee Policy. be posted at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ [Docket ID FEMA–2008–0010] nfa/about/bov.shtm by April 29, 2015. [FR Doc. 2015–09063 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Board of Visitors for the National Fire Alternate Designated Federal Officer: Academy Denis G. Onieal, telephone (301) 447– DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGENCY: Federal Emergency 1117, email Denis.Onieal@fema.dhs.gov. HUMAN SERVICES Management Agency, DHS. Logistical Information: Ruth ACTION: Committee Management; Notice MacPhail, telephone (301) 447–1117, National Institutes of Health of Open Federal Advisory Committee fax (301) 447–1173, and email Meeting. Ruth.Macphail@fema.dhs.gov. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board SUMMARY: The Board of Visitors for the of Visitors for the National Fire Development; Notice of Closed National Fire Academy (Board) will Meeting Academy (Board) will meet via meet via teleconference on May 7, 2015. teleconference on Thursday, May 7, Pursuant to section 10(d) of the The meeting will be open to the public. 2015. The meeting will be open to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as DATES: The meeting will take place on public. Notice of this meeting is given amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is Thursday, May 7, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. under the Federal Advisory Committee hereby given of the following meeting. Eastern Daylight Time. Please note that Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix. The meeting will be closed to the the meeting may close early if the Board public in accordance with the has completed its business. Purpose of the Board provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(4) ADDRESSES: Members of the public who The purpose of the Board is to review tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as wish to participate in the teleconference annually the programs of the National amended. The grant applications and should contact Ruth MacPhail as listed Fire Academy (NFA) and advise the the discussions could disclose in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Administrator of the Federal Emergency confidential trade secrets or commercial CONTACT section by close of business Management Agency (FEMA), through property such as patentable material, May 5, 2015, to obtain the call-in the United States Fire Administrator, on and personal information concerning number and access code. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 76 / Tuesday, April 21, 2015 / Notices 22215 deems appropriate. In carrying out its audiences together for their annual (2) Mail. Submit written comments to responsibilities, the Board examines conference and support initiatives, Docket Manager, Office of Chief NFA programs to determine whether scheduled to be held June 10–12, 2015; Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., these programs further the basic • Fire and Emergency Services Higher Room 8NE, Washington, DC 20472– missions that are approved by the Education (FESHE) Recognition 3100. Administrator of FEMA, examines the Program Update; (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to physical plant of the NFA to determine • Program Decision Option budget (703) 483–2999. the adequacy of the NFA’s facilities, and requests to Department of Homeland All submissions received must examines the funding levels for NFA Security. include the agency name and Docket ID. programs. The Board submits a written There will be a 10-minute comment Regardless of the method used for annual report through the United States period after each agenda item; each submitting comments or material, all Fire Administrator to the Administrator speaker will be given no more than 2 submissions will be posted, without of FEMA. The report provides detailed minutes to speak. Please note that the change, to the Federal eRulemaking comments and recommendations public comment period may end before Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, regarding the operation of the NFA. the time indicated, following the last and will include any personal call for comments. Contact Ruth information you provide. Therefore, Agenda submitting this information makes it MacPhail to register as a speaker. 1. The Board will receive updates on public. You may wish to read the Dated: April 15, 2015. U.S. Fire Administration data, research, Privacy Act notice that is available via Denis G. Onieal, the link in the footer of and response support initiatives. 2. The Board will discuss deferred Superintendent, National Fire Academy, www.regulations.gov. maintenance and capital improvements United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: on the National Emergency Training Hans N. Yu, Project Manager, FEMA, [FR Doc. 2015–09259 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] Center campus and Fiscal Year 2015 National Continuity Programs, Budget Request/Budget Planning. BILLING CODE 9111–45–P Protection & National Preparedness, 3. The Board will review and give (202) 646–3910 for additional feedback on NFA program activities, information. You may contact the including: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Records Management Division for • The Managing Officer Program, a copies of the proposed collection of new multiyear curriculum that Federal Emergency Management information at facsimile number (202) introduced emerging emergency Agency 212–4701 or email address: FEMA- services leaders to personal and Information-Collections-Management@ professional skills in change [Docket ID FEMA–2015–0011; OMB No. 1660–NEW] fema.dhs.gov. management, risk reduction, and adaptive leadership; a progress report SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: on this new program will be discussed; Agency Information Collection Presidential Executive Order 13407 • Adoption of the Fire and Activities: Proposed Collection; establishes the policy for an effective, Emergency Services Higher Education Comment Request, Integrated Public reliable, integrated, flexible, and Model by Foreign Countries; Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) comprehensive system to alert and warn • Training, Resource and Data Memorandum of Agreement the American people in situations of Exchange (TRADE) policy discussion; Applications war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or • Review of Professional AGENCY: Federal Emergency other hazards to public safety and Development Crosswalk, national wellbeing. The Integrated Public Alert Management Agency, DHS. standards for Fire Officer competencies and Warning System (IPAWS) is the ACTION: Notice. Department of Homeland Security’s and their interrelationships with State, National and Academic programs; SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency (DHS) response to the Executive Order. • Volunteer Incentive Program (VIP) Management Agency, as part of its The Stafford Act (U.S.C. Title 42, policy change discussion; continuing effort to reduce paperwork Chapter 68, Subchapter II) requires that • Off-Campus delivery program and respondent burden, invites the FEMA make IPAWS available to changes; general public and other Federal Federal, State, and local agencies for the • Status of staff vacancies and agencies to take this opportunity to purpose of providing warning to challenges; comment on a new information governmental authorities and the • Contract instructor issues and collection. In accordance with the civilian population in areas endangered challenges; Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this by disasters. The information collected • Incremental versus radical course notice seeks comments concerning the is used by FEMA to create a material policy discussion; Integrated Public Alert and Warning Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that • Status of Mediated Online courses; Systems (IPAWS) Memorandum of regulates the management, operations, • Curriculum and Instruction and security of the information Agreement Applications. program activities; technology system connection between • Interagency Agreement with the DATES: Comments must be submitted on a Federal, State, territorial, tribal or Department of Transportation with or before June 22, 2015. local alerting authority and IPAWS– update on Traffic Incident Management ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate OPEN (Open Platform for Emergency tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Course; submissions to the docket, please use Notifications). • Policy and program change only one of the following means to discussion regarding consolidation of submit comments: Collection of Information Management and Leadership Curricula; (1) Online. Submit comments at Title: Integrated Public Alert and • Status of the National Professional www.regulations.gov under Docket ID Warning Systems (IPAWS) Development Symposium which brings FEMA–2015–0011. Follow the Memorandum of Agreement national training and education instructions for submitting comments. Applications. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:07 Apr 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21APN1.SGM 21APN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionCommittee Management; Notice of Open Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
DatesThe meeting will take place on Thursday, May 7, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Please note that the meeting may close early if the Board has completed its business.
ContactAlternate Designated Federal Officer: Denis G. Onieal, telephone (301) 447-1117, email [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 22214 
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