[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33395-33396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13457]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the following information collection to the Office of Management

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and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 
35). The submission describes 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 
includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.
    Title: Request for Federal Assistance--How to Process Mission 
Assignments in Federal Disaster Operations.
    OMB Number: 1660-0047.
    FEMA Form(s): FEMA Form 90-129, Mission Assignment (MA), FEMA Form 
90-136, Action Request (ARF).
    Abstract: FEMA Form 990-129, Mission Assignment, is used by FEMA to 
record a request for Federal assistance by States and may become the 
official FEMA obligating document if a mission assignment to another 
Federal agency results from the request. States may use FEMA Form 90-
136 to submit a written request for Federal assistance may be submitted 
on an Action Request Form (ARF). Mission Assignments are directives 
provided by FEMA to another agency to perform specific work in disaster 
operations, on a reimbursable basis and are defined in the 44 Code of 
Federal Regulations, 206.2(a)18 and to record State and Federal 
approving signatures.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 56.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: FEMA Form 90-129, 1 minute or 
.016666 hour; FEMA Form 90-136, 20 minutes or .33333 hour; and 8 hours 
for training State Representatives.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,672 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Cost to Respondents: Annualized cost to all respondents is 
estimated at $35,045. This cost is based on the hourly wage rate of 
$20.96 per respondent.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for Emergency 
Preparedness and Response Directorate/Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, 
Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Comments must be 
submitted on or before July 15, 2004. In addition, interested persons 
may also send comments to FEMA (see contact information below).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Muriel B. 
Anderson, Chief, Records Management, FEMA at 500 C Street, SW., Room 
316, Washington, DC 20472, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail 
address [email protected].

    Dated: June 2, 2004.
Edward W. Kernan,
Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information 
Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. 04-13457 Filed 6-14-04; 8:45 am]
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