81 FR 32769 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Controlled Equipment Request Form.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 100 (May 24, 2016)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 an extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of information from grant recipients requesting to purchase controlled equipment.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32769-32770]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12179]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0029; OMB No. 1660-0141]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Controlled Equipment Request Form.

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on an extension, without change, of a currently approved 
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of 
information from grant recipients requesting to purchase controlled 
equipment.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 25, 2016.

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-2015-0029. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    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 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: Abigail Bordeaux, Management & Program 
Analyst, FEMA, Grant Programs Directorate, at (202) 786-0872. You may 
contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This form was developed to collect required 
information as part of the implementation of Executive Order 13688: 
Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition, issued 
January 16, 2015, which established a Prohibited Equipment List and a 
Controlled Equipment List and identified actions that can improve 
Federal support for the appropriate use, acquisition, and transfer of 
controlled equipment by state, local, tribal, territorial, and private 
grant recipients. One of the requirements of the report is to collect 
information on the grant recipient, their policies, training, record 
keeping, and detailed justification on why that type of requested 
information is needed. In considering the approach to implementing 
these recommendations, FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate worked hard to 
balance the requirement to collect the information, and the effort 
required by the grant recipients. The proposed form includes only 
fields required to comply with the recommendations (which were accepted 
by the President). The fillable nature of the form reduces the amount 
of time and effort required for grant recipients.
    In accordance with Executive Order 13688: Federal Support for Local 
Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition, and the Recommendations Pursuant 
to Executive Order 13688, all Federal equipment acquisition programs 
must require grant recipients that apply for controlled equipment to 
provide mandatory information in their application, including a 
detailed justification with a clear and persuasive explanation of the 
need for the controlled equipment, the availability of the requested 
controlled equipment to recipient in its inventory or through other 
means, certifications that appropriate protocols and training 
requirements have been adopted, evidence of the civilian governing 
body's review and approval or concurrence of the entity's acquisition 
of the requested controlled equipment, and whether the entity has been 
or is in violation of civil rights and other statutes, regulations, or 
programmatic terms. Ongoing coordination among the various Federal 
agencies will ensure that a uniform process is in place to assess the 
adequacy of the justification in each application. This coordination 
includes sharing of required information to prohibit duplication of 
grant funding for controlled equipment or potentially granting of 
funding for controlled equipment to an entity that has been sanctioned 
by another agency.

Collection of Information

    Title: Controlled Equipment Request Form.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0141.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 087-0-0-1, Controlled Equipment Request Form.
    Abstract: This form was developed to collect required information 
as part of the implementation of Executive Order 13688: Federal Support 
for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition, issued January 16, 
2015, which established a Prohibited Equipment List and a Controlled 
Equipment List and identified actions that can improve Federal support 
for the appropriate use, acquisition, and transfer of controlled 
equipment by state, local, tribal, territorial, and private grant 
recipients.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; State, Local, or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 175.
    Number of Responses: 175.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 131 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $3,877.60. There are no annual costs to respondents' 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$759.40.

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

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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.

    Dated: May 18, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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