80_FR_26158 80 FR 26071 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, National Fire Department Census

80 FR 26071 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, National Fire Department Census

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 87 (May 6, 2015)

Page Range26071-26072
FR Document2015-10525

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed extension, without change, of a currently approved collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the use of a form to collect data for the development and continuation of the National Fire Department Census.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0010; OMB No. 1660-0070]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request, National Fire Department Census

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on a proposed extension, without change, of a currently 
approved collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the use of a form to 
collect data for the development and continuation of the National Fire 
Department Census.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2015-0010. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC 
20472-3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (202) 212-4701.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any 
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this 
information makes it

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public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act notice that is available 
via the link in the footer of www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Kelch, Statistician, United 
States Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center at (301) 447-1154 
for additional information. You may contact the Records Management 
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at 
facsimile number (202) 212-4701 or email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 93-498 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, 
capabilities, and activities of fire departments Nationwide.
    In the fall of 2001, information was collected from 16,000 fire 
departments. Since the first year of the collection, an additional 
11,150 departments have registered with the census for a total of 
27,150 fire departments. This leaves an estimated 2,850 departments 
still to respond. Additionally, about 5,430 current census registered 
departments are contacted by USFA each year and are asked to provide 
updates to any previously submitted information.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Fire Department Census.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0070.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 070-0-0-1, National Fire 
Department Census.
    Abstract: This collection seeks to identify fire departments in the 
United States to compile and update 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 Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,093 hours.

                                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                        Number of                    Average
                                      Form name/form      Number of     responses   Total number   burden per   Total annual     Average    Total annual
        Type of respondent                number         respondents       per            of        response     burden  (in   hourly wage   respondent
                                                                       respondent     responses    (in hours)      hours)         rate          cost
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State, Local, or Tribal (Career).  National Fire                 422             1           422         .4167           176         32.49        $5,718
                                    Department Census/
                                    FEMA Form 070-0-0-
                                    1.
State, Local, or Tribal            National Fire               2,428             1         2,428        0.4167         1,012          0.00             0
 (Volunteer).                       Department Census/
                                    FEMA Form 070-0-0-.
State, Local, or Tribal (Career).  National Fire                 804             1           804         .1667           134         32.49         4,354
                                    Department Census/
                                    FEMA Form (Update).
State, Local, or Tribal            National Fire               4,626             1         4,626         .1667           771          0.00             0
 (Volunteer).                       Department Census/
                                    FEMA Form (Update).
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    Total........................  ...................         8,280  ............         8,280  ............         2,093  ............        10,072
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    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $10,072. The estimated annual cost to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services is $0. There 
are no annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal 
government is $88,866.

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.

Janice P Waller,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-10525 Filed 5-5-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                                             Location and             Chief executive            Community map             Online location of letter of   Effective date of   Community
                                                State and county               case No.            officer of community            repository                    map revision               modification         No.

                                              Idaho: Ada .............     City Of Boise       The Honorable David          City of Boise, Planning      http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 3, 2015 ..      160002
                                                                             (14-10-2112P).      Bieter, Mayor, City of       and Development Serv-
                                                                                                 Boise, P.O. Box 500,         ices, City Hall, 150
                                                                                                 Boise, ID 83701.             North Capital Boule-
                                                                                                                              vard, Boise, ID 83701.

                                              Illinois:
                                                    Kane ...............   City of Aurora      The Honorable Thomas         City Hall, Engineering De-   http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 6, 2015 ..      170320
                                                                             (15-05-0787P).      Weisner, Mayor, City of      partment, 44 East
                                                                                                 Aurora, 44 East Downer       Downer Place, Aurora,
                                                                                                 Place, Aurora, IL 60505.     IL 60505.
                                                   Kane ...............    (Unincorporated     The Honorable Chris-         Kane Village Hall, Main      http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 6, 2015 ..      170896
                                                                             Areas) (15–         topher Lauzen, Kane          Street, P.O. Box 167,
                                                                             05–0787P).          County Chairman, Kane        Kane, IL 62054.
                                                                                                 County Government
                                                                                                 Center, 719 South Ba-
                                                                                                 tavia Avenue, Building
                                                                                                 A Geneva, IL 60134.
                                              Massachusetts:               Town Of             Ms. Irma Lauter Chair,       Town Hall 210 Central        http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 14, 2015        250268
                                               Plymouth.                     Hingham             Board of Selectman           Street Hingham, MA
                                                                             (15-01-0904P).      Town Hall 210 Central        02043.
                                                                                                 Street Hingham, MA
                                                                                                 02043.
                                              Michigan: Macomb             Township of         Mr. Dan O’Leary Town-        57900 Van Dyke Avenue        http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 3, 2015 ..      260447
                                                                             Washington          ship Supervisor, Town-       Washington, MI 48094.
                                                                             (14-05-8670P).      ship of Washington
                                                                                                 57900 Van Dyke Road
                                                                                                 Washington, MI 48094.
                                              Minnesota: Clay ....         City Of Moor-       The Honorable Del Rae        500 Center Avenue Moor-      http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 14, 2015        275244
                                                                             head                Williams, Mayor, City of     head, MN 56561.
                                                                             (15-05-0455P).      Moorhead, Moorhead
                                                                                                 City Hall, 500 Center
                                                                                                 Avenue, Moorhead, MN
                                                                                                 56561.
                                              Missouri:
                                                  Jefferson ........       City of De Soto  The Honorable Werner            17 Boyd Street, De Soto,     http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 7, 2015 ..      295263
                                                                             (15–07–0329P).   Stichling, Mayor, City of       MO 63020.
                                                                                              De Soto, 17 Boyd
                                                                                              Street, De Soto, MO
                                                                                              63020.
                                                   Jefferson ........      (Unincorporated  The Honorable Ken               300 Main Street, P.O. Box    http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 7, 2015 ..      290808
                                                                             Areas) (15–      Waller, Jefferson Coun-         100, Hillsboro, MO
                                                                             07–0329P).       ty Executive, Jefferson         63050.
                                                                                              County Administration
                                                                                              Center, 729 Maple
                                                                                              Street, Suite G30 Hills-
                                                                                              boro, MO 63050.
                                              Virginia: Fairfax .....      City Of Fairfax  The Honorable Scott             10455 Amstrong Street,       http://www.msc.fema.gov/lomc     August 7, 2015 ..      515524
                                                                             (15-03-0545P).   Silverthorne, Mayor,            Room 200, Fairfax, VA
                                                                                              City of Fairfax, Fairfax        22030.
                                                                                              City Hall, 10455
                                                                                              Amstrong Street, Room
                                                                                              316 Fairfax, VA 22030.



                                              [FR Doc. 2015–10533 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am]                      SUMMARY:   The Federal Emergency                         (1) Online. Submit comments at
                                              BILLING CODE 9110–12–P                                          Management Agency, as part of its                      www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
                                                                                                              continuing effort to reduce paperwork                  FEMA–2015–0010. Follow the
                                                                                                              and respondent burden, invites the                     instructions for submitting comments.
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                          general public and other Federal                         (2) Mail. Submit written comments to
                                              SECURITY                                                        agencies to take this opportunity to                   Docket Manager, Office of Chief
                                                                                                              comment on a proposed extension,                       Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
                                              Federal Emergency Management                                    without change, of a currently approved                Room 8NE, Washington, DC 20472–
                                              Agency                                                          collection. In accordance with the                     3100.
                                                                                                              Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this                    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to
                                              [Docket ID: FEMA–2015–0010; OMB No.                             notice seeks comments concerning the                   (202) 212–4701.
                                              1660–0070]                                                      use of a form to collect data for the                    All submissions received must
                                                                                                              development and continuation of the                    include the agency name and Docket ID.
                                              Agency Information Collection                                   National Fire Department Census.                       Regardless of the method used for
                                              Activities: Proposed Collection;
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                                                                                                                                                                     submitting comments or material, all
                                              Comment Request, National Fire                                  DATES: Comments must be submitted on
                                                                                                                                                                     submissions will be posted, without
                                              Department Census                                               or before July 6, 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                     change, to the Federal eRulemaking
                                              AGENCY: Federal Emergency                                       ADDRESSES:  To avoid duplicate                         Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
                                              Management Agency, DHS.                                         submissions to the docket, please use                  and will include any personal
                                                                                                              only one of the following means to                     information you provide. Therefore,
                                              ACTION: Notice.
                                                                                                              submit comments:                                       submitting this information makes it


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                                              public. You may wish to read the                                                 for this information to guide                                       current census registered departments
                                              Privacy Act notice that is available via                                         programmatic decisions, and produce                                 are contacted by USFA each year and
                                              the link in the footer of                                                        mailing lists for USFA publications.                                are asked to provide updates to any
                                              www.regulations.gov.                                                             Recommendations for the creation of the                             previously submitted information.
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                 fire department census database came
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Collection of Information
                                              Gayle Kelch, Statistician, United States                                         out of a Blue Ribbon Panel’s review of
                                              Fire Administration, National Fire Data                                          the USFA. The report included a review                                 Title: National Fire Department
                                              Center at (301) 447–1154 for additional                                          of the structure, mission, and funding of                           Census.
                                              information. You may contact the                                                 the USFA, future policies, programmatic                                Type of Information Collection:
                                              Records Management Division for                                                  needs, course development and                                       Extension, without change, of a
                                              copies of the proposed collection of                                             delivery, and the role of the USFA to                               currently approved collection.
                                              information at facsimile number (202)                                            reflect changes in the fire service. As a                              OMB Number: 1660–0070.
                                              212–4701 or email address: FEMA-                                                 result of those recommendations, the                                   Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
                                              Information-Collections-Management@                                              USFA is working to identify all fire                                Form 070–0–0–1, National Fire
                                              fema.dhs.gov.                                                                    departments in the United States to                                 Department Census.
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public
                                                                                                                               develop a database that will include                                   Abstract: This collection seeks to
                                              Law 93–498 provides for the gathering                                            information related to demographics,                                identify fire departments in the United
                                              and analyzing of data as deemed useful                                           capabilities, and activities of fire                                States to compile and update a database
                                              and applicable for fire departments. The                                         departments Nationwide.                                             related to their demographics,
                                              U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)                                                     In the fall of 2001, information was                             capabilities, and activities. The database
                                              receives many requests from fire service                                         collected from 16,000 fire departments.                             is used to guide programmatic decisions
                                              organizations and the general public for                                         Since the first year of the collection, an                          and provide information to the public
                                              information related to fire departments,                                         additional 11,150 departments have                                  and the fire service.
                                              including total number of departments,                                           registered with the census for a total of                              Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
                                              number of stations per department,                                               27,150 fire departments. This leaves an                             Government.
                                              population protected, and number of                                              estimated 2,850 departments still to                                   Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                              firefighters. The USFA also has a need                                           respond. Additionally, about 5,430                                  Hours: 2,093 hours.
                                                                                                                 ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS
                                                                                                                                                Number of                               Average                Total annual      Average               Total annual
                                                                                                                                Number of        responses            Total number       burden
                                                 Type of respondent                 Form name/form number                                                                                                         burden       hourly wage             respondent
                                                                                                                               respondents          per               of responses    per response              (in hours)         rate                    cost
                                                                                                                                                respondent                             (in hours)

                                              State, Local, or Tribal               National Fire Department                           422                       1             422                .4167                 176                32.49             $5,718
                                                (Career).                             Census/FEMA Form
                                                                                      070–0–0–1.
                                              State, Local, or Tribal               National Fire Department                         2,428                       1            2,428              0.4167               1,012                  0.00                 0
                                                (Volunteer).                          Census/FEMA Form
                                                                                      070–0–0-.
                                              State, Local, or Tribal               National Fire Department                           804                      1              804                 .1667                134               32.49               4,354
                                                (Career).                             Census/FEMA Form
                                                                                      (Update).
                                              State, Local, or Tribal               National Fire Department                         4,626                       1            4,626                .1667                771                  0.00                 0
                                                (Volunteer).                          Census/FEMA Form
                                                                                      (Update).

                                                  Total .........................   ........................................         8,280   ......................           8,280   ......................          2,093   ......................         10,072



                                                 Estimated Cost: The estimated annual                                          the methodology and assumptions used;                               DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
                                              cost to respondents for the hour burden                                          (c) enhance the quality, utility, and                               SECURITY
                                              is $10,072. The estimated annual cost to                                         clarity of the information to be
                                              respondents operations and                                                       collected; and (d) minimize the burden                              Federal Emergency Management
                                              maintenance costs for technical services                                         of the collection of information on those                           Agency
                                              is $0. There are no annual start-up or                                           who are to respond, including through                               [Docket ID FEMA–2015–0001; Internal
                                              capital costs. The cost to the Federal                                           the use of appropriate automated,                                   Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1470]
                                              government is $88,866.                                                           electronic, mechanical, or other
                                                                                                                               technological collection techniques or                              Proposed Flood Hazard
                                              Comments
                                                                                                                               other forms of information technology,                              Determinations
                                                Comments may be submitted as                                                   e.g., permitting electronic submission of                           AGENCY: Federal Emergency
                                              indicated in the ADDRESSES caption                                               responses.                                                          Management Agency, DHS.
                                              above. Comments are solicited to (a)                                                                                                                 ACTION: Notice.
                                              evaluate whether the proposed data                                               Janice P Waller,
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                                              collection is necessary for the proper                                           Acting Director, Records Management                                 SUMMARY:  Comments are requested on
                                              performance of the agency, including                                             Division, Mission Support, Federal                                  proposed flood hazard determinations,
                                              whether the information shall have                                               Emergency Management Agency, Department                             which may include additions or
                                              practical utility; (b) evaluate the                                              of Homeland Security.                                               modifications of any Base Flood
                                              accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the                                         [FR Doc. 2015–10525 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am]                          Elevation (BFE), base flood depth,
                                              burden of the proposed collection of                                             BILLING CODE 9111–45–P                                              Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
                                              information, including the validity of                                                                                                               boundary or zone designation, or


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before July 6, 2015.
ContactGayle Kelch, Statistician, United States Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center at (301) 447-1154 for additional information. You may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at
FR Citation80 FR 26071 

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