80 FR 79057 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 243 (December 18, 2015)

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 will describe the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79057-79058]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31870]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0019; OMB No. 1660-0108]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emergency Family Registry and Locator 
System (NEFRLS)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 will describe the 
nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, 
the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by 
respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-
3100, or email address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2015 at 80 
FR 60397 with a 60 day public comment period. FEMA received one comment 
which included the following statements regarding NEFRLS:
    1. ``Shelters are not jails, the evacuees come and go after 
arriving, often without the knowledge of the shelter managers. 
Therefore using the Safe and Well program is but a small way of 
contacting evacuees.''
    2. ``Some will intentionally hide their identity for a myriad of 
reasons. (abusive spouse, warrants, debts, don't want the government to 
know where they are, no legal citizens).''
    3. ``There is no single collection point for several states to 
share data of missing persons after a catastrophic event that covers 
several states.''
    4. ``In Texas and other larger western states the travel times are 
considerable, so would like to have vehicles able to have reports of 
who is on board said vehicles.''
    5. ``Integration with other local (state level) software solutions 
via API such as WebEOC is a must.''
    6. ``One system at the federal level--this should replace NSS or 
integrate into it (single sign on).''
    FEMA evaluated the comment received regarding the NEFRLS. As 
mandated by Congress, NEFRLS is intended to be a system that survivors 
and people searching for them can use voluntarily on an individual 
basis. It is not intended to be a comprehensive data collection tool 
for responders and/or governments nor is it intended to be inclusive of 
all disaster survivors but only those who voluntarily choose to 
register. NEFRLS is not an evacuation tracking tool that can be used to 
create manifests. FEMA has developed the National Mass Evacuation 
Tracking System (NMETS) that is available to States at no charge that 
can perform this function. Information about NMETS can be found at the 
following link, http://www.fema.gov/individual-assistance-national-mass-evacuation-tracking-system. FEMA routinely explores options to 
increase interoperability and data sharing where applicable. FEMA 
always appreciates feedback from members of the emergency management 
community.

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    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: National Emergency Family and Registry System (NEFRLS).
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0108.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 528-2.
    Abstract: NEFRLS is a Web-based database enabling FEMA to provide a 
nationally available and recognized database allowing adults (including 
medical patients) that have been displaced by a Presidentially declared 
major disaster or emergency to voluntarily register via the Internet or 
a toll-free number. This database allows designated individuals to 
search for displaced friends, family, and household members. Congress 
mandated that FEMA establish NEFRLS in the Post Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006, (PKEMRA) section 689c.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government, Federal 
Government, and Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,640.
    Estimated Cost: $241,634. There are no recordkeeping, capital, 
start-up or maintenance costs associated with this information 
collection.

Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-31870 Filed 12-17-15; 8:45 am]
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