[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 138 (Friday, July 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43592-43593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15664]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0018; OMB No. 1660-0148]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Letter of Attestation Regarding Export of Certain
Scarce or Threatened Medical Resources
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day 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 to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of
a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
FEMA requiring a letter of attestation regarding the Export of Certain
Scarce or Threatened Medical Resources submitted to FEMA via Customs
and Border Protection's (CBP's) document imaging system.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 15, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-
2020-0018. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket ID
and 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 and Security Notice that is
available via a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Policy and Program Analysis,
Marc Geier, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, (telephone) 202-924-0196, or (email) [email protected]. You may contact the Information Management Division
for copies of the proposed collection of information at email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 10, 2020, the FEMA Administrator
(Administrator) issued a Temporary Final Rule (TFR) to allocate certain
scarce or threatened materials for domestic use, so that these
materials may not be exported from the United States without explicit
approval by FEMA. The TFR aids the response of the United States to the
spread of COVID-19 by ensuring that certain scarce or threatened health
and medical resources are appropriately allocated for domestic use.
The Administrator issued the TFR under the authority of the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended (DPA), and related executive orders
and delegations. Most prominently, on April 3, 2020, the President
signed a Memorandum on Allocating Certain Scarce or Threatened Health
and Medical Resources to Domestic Use (Memorandum). In the Memorandum,
the President directed the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the
Administrator, and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (HHS), to use any and all authority available under
section 101 of the DPA to allocate to domestic use, as appropriate,
five types of personal
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protective equipment (PPE) materials (covered materials).
Consistent with the Memorandum, the TFR provides that until August
10, 2020, and subject to certain exemptions, no shipments of covered
materials may leave the United States without explicit approval by
FEMA. The TFR requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in
coordination with such other officials as may be appropriate, to notify
FEMA of an intended export of covered materials. CBP must temporarily
detain any shipment of such covered materials pending the
Administrator's determination whether to return for domestic use, issue
a rated order for, or allow the export of part or all of the shipment.
In making such determination, the Administrator may consult other
agencies and will consider the totality of the circumstances,
including: (1) The need to ensure that scarce or threatened items are
appropriately allocated for domestic use; (2) minimization of
disruption to the supply chain, both domestically and abroad; (3) the
circumstances surrounding the distribution of the materials and
potential hoarding or price-gouging concerns; (4) the quantity and
quality of the materials; (5) humanitarian considerations; and (6)
international relations and diplomatic considerations.
FEMA requires a letter of attestation regarding the Export of
Certain Scarce or Threatened Medical Resources be submitted to FEMA via
CPB's document imaging system and placed on file with CBP, certifying
to FEMA the purpose of the shipment of covered materials.
This new collection was submitted and approved by OMB until August
10, 2020, under the emergency clearance process. FEMA is seeking public
comments on the collection through the normal clearance process in
order to extend the collection, if necessary, should the TFR also be
extended beyond its current end date of August 10, 2020.
Collection of Information
Title: Letter of Attestation regarding Export of Certain Scarce or
Threatened Medical Resources.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0148.
FEMA Forms: None.
Abstract: FEMA requires a letter of attestation regarding the
Export of Certain Scarce or Threatened Medical Resources be submitted
to FEMA via CPB's document imaging system and placed on file with CBP,
certifying to FEMA the purpose of the shipment of covered materials.
Affected Public: For-Profit Business.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 168.
Estimated Number of Responses: 168.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 84.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $8,568.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: None.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: None.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $9,933.
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 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.
Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-15664 Filed 7-15-20; 4:15 pm]
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