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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The Declaration Process: Requests for Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA), Requests for Supplemental Federal Disaster Assistance, Appeals, and Requests for Cost Share Adjustments
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 accorda...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register
on December 4, 2015 at 80 FR 75870 with a 60 day public comment period. FEMA received one comment requesting a copy of the proposed information collection. FEMA responded to the comment and provided the most up-to-date copy of the proposed information collection to the requester. 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:
The Declaration Process: Requests for Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA), Requests for Supplemental Federal Disaster Assistance, Appeals, and Requests for Cost Share Adjustments.
Type of information collection:
Revision of a currently approved information collection.
OMB Number:
1660-0009.
Form Titles and Numbers:
FEMA Form 010-0-13, Request for Presidential Disaster Declaration Major Disaster or Emergency.
Abstract:
When a disaster occurs, the Governor of the State or the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government, may request a major disaster declaration or an emergency declaration. The Governor or Chief Executive should submit the request to the President through the appropriate Regional Administrator to ensure prompt acknowledgement and processing. The information obtained by joint Federal, State, and local preliminary damage assessments will be analyzed by FEMA regional senior level staff. The regional summary and the regional analysis and recommendation will include a discussion of State and local resources and capabilities, and other assistance available to meet the disaster related needs. The Administrator of FEMA provides a recommendation to the President and also provides a copy of the Governor's or Chief Executive's request. In the event the information required by law is not contained in the request, the Governor's or Chief Executive's request cannot be processed and forwarded to the White House. In the event the Governor's request for a major disaster declaration or an emergency declaration is not granted, the Governor or Chief Executive may appeal the decision.
Affected Public:
State, local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
623.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
11,748.
Estimated Cost:
The estimated annual cost to respondents for the hour burden is $527,976.48. 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 $3,934,673.24.
Dated: February 17, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.