[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36350-36351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10028]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 revised information collection. In accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments 
concerning the Crisis Counseling Program for Immediate Services 
Program, which provides funding in response to a State request for 
crisis counseling assistance for a Presidentially-declared disaster.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act), Public Law 93-
288, as amended, authorizes the President to provide financial 
assistance to state and local governments for professional counseling 
services to victims of major disasters in order to relieve mental 
health problems caused or aggravated by a major disaster or its 
aftermath. Under the provisions of section 416 of the Act, FEMA issued 
the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Regulations (44 CFR 
206.171). Section 416 of the Act is the authority under which the 
President has designated the Department of Health and Human Services, 
through the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), to coordinate 
with FEMA in administering the Crisis Counseling Assistance and 
Training Program (CCP). FEMA and CMHS, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services 
have signed an interagency agreement under which CMHS provides 
technical assistance and consultation to States applying for CCP 
funding.

Collection of Information

    Title: Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program--Immediate 
Services Program.
    Type of Information Collection: Revisions of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0085.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Abstract: FEMA requires that the State complete an ISP Standard 
Application for CCP that includes the following: (i) The geographical 
areas within the designated disaster area for which services will be 
provided; (ii) An estimate of the number of disaster victims requiring 
assistance; (iii) A description of the state and local resources and 
capabilities, and an explanation of why these resources cannot meet the 
need; (iv) A description of response activities from the date of the 
disaster incident to the date of application; (v) A plan of services to 
be provided to meet the identified needs; and (vi) A detailed budget, 
showing the cost of proposed services separately from the cost of 
reimbursement for any eligible services provided prior to application.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:

                                               Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                   Burden hours
    Project/activity (survey,         No. of       Frequency of         per           Annual       Total annual
   form(s), focus group, etc.)      respondents      responses      respondent       responses     burden hours
                                             (A)             (B)             (C)          (AxB )         (AxBxC)
ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½
CCP/ISP Application.............              56               1              40              19             760
Narrative Final Reporting.......              56               1              10              19             190
Training........................              56               1              32              30             960
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............              82  ..............           1,910
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    Estimated Cost: The annualized cost to respondents using wage rate 
catergories is estimated to be $70,841.90. This is based on an average 
of 19 Immediate Services grants being awarded during a fiscal year and 
an

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annual total burden of 1,910 hours for one State Disaster Mental Health 
coordinator at $37.09 per hour. There is no other program cost to 
respondents for this information collection. FEMA/CMHS provide annual 
technical assistances, CCP trainings and workshops for State 
representatives. The total cost for FEMA and CMHS Immediate Services 
Program Federal staff salaries is estimated to be $57,439.92. There is 
no other government program cost involved with this information 
collection.
    Comments: Written 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. Comments must be submitted on or before August 
25, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Chief, 
Records Management Section, Information Resources Management Branch, 
Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316,Washington, DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Childs, Program Specialist, 
Recovery Branch, (202) 646-3844 for additional information. You may 
contact the Records Management Branch for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail 
address: [email protected].

    Dated: June 21, 2006.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management Section, Information Resources Management 
Branch, Information Technology Services Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-10028 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am]
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