[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 1739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01078]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No.: 0970-0476]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: Generic Clearance for Disaster Information 
Collection Form.
    Title: Disaster Information Collection Form.
    Description: This is a request by the Administration for Children 
and Families (ACF) for an extension without change to a generic 
clearance for the Disaster Information Collection Form. An approval for 
this extension without change to the generic clearance is being 
requested because each of the thirteen program offices within ACF has a 
slightly different need for information about program impact 
information collection during a disaster.
    ACF oversees more than 60 programs that affect the normal day to 
day operations of families, children, individuals and communities in 
the United States. Many of these programs encourage grantees or state 
administrators to develop emergency preparedness plans, but do not have 
statutory authority to require these plans be in place. ACF facilitates 
the inclusion of emergency preparedness planning and training efforts 
for ACF programs.
    Presidential Policy Directive-8 (PPD-8) provides federal guidance 
and planning procedures under established phases--protection, 
preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The Disaster 
Information Collection Forms addressed in this clearance process 
provide assessment of ACF programs in disaster response, and recovery.
    ACF/Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response 
(OHSEPR) has a requirement under PPD-8, the National Response 
Framework, and the National Disaster Recovery Framework to report 
disaster impacts to ACF-supported human services programs to the HHS 
Secretary's Operation Center (SOC) and interagency partners. ACF/OHSEPR 
works in partnership with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response (ASPR), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to 
report assessments of disaster impacted ACF programs and the status of 
continuity of services and recovery.
    Respondents: State Administrators, and/or ACF grantees.

Annual Burden Estimates

    The estimate is based on a single disaster per year. The estimate 
is for one state administrator to go through all the applicable 
questions with the Regional and Central Office staff, if applicable.

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                                                           Number of
              Instrument                   Number of     responses per     Average burden hours per response                Total burden hours
                                          respondents     respondent
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Disaster Information Collection Form..              10              15  0.08 Hours (5 Minutes).................  12 Hours (720 Minutes).
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12 hours.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), the Administration for 
Children and Families is soliciting public comment on the specific 
aspects of the information collection described above. Copies of the 
proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be 
forwarded by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington DC 20201. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-01078 Filed 2-4-19; 8:45 am]
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