[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51177-51178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19732]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2021-0020; OMB No. 1660-0131]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment 
(THIRA)--Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool

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

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 
this annual requirement for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS), FEMA to identify current capability levels for all States, 
Tribes, territories, and urban areas receiving non-disaster 
preparedness grant funds administered by DHS.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 15, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-
2021-0020. 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: Sharon Frederick, Section Chief, 
Community Risk and Capability Assessments Section, National Assessments 
and Integration Division, FEMA, at [email protected] or 
(202) 368-5156. You may contact the Information Management Division for 
copies of the proposed collection of information at email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This package is a revision to the collection 
titled the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment 
(THIRA)--Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool 
under OMB Control Number 1660-0131. The Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA) (Pub. L. 109-295), as amended by 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 
(Pub. L. 110-53), established an annual requirement for the 56 states 
and territories to submit a State Preparedness Report. Because this 
reporting now includes States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas, 
FEMA has revised the name of the collection as the Stakeholder 
Preparedness Review (SPR). States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas 
receiving non-disaster preparedness grant funds administered by DHS 
submit the SPR annually, and this encompasses the requirements of the 
previous State Preparedness Report, while reflecting the updated 
methodology reporting needs. The legislation requires a report on 
current capability levels and a description of targeted capability 
levels from all States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas receiving 
non-disaster preparedness grant funds administered by DHS. Each

[[Page 51178]]

report must also include a discussion of the extent to which target 
capabilities identified in the applicable state homeland security plan 
and other applicable plans are unmet, and an assessment of resources 
needed to meet the preparedness priorities established under PKEMRA 
Section 646(e), including: (i) An estimate of the amount of 
expenditures required to attain the preparedness priorities; and (ii) 
the extent to which the use of Federal assistance during the preceding 
fiscal year achieved the preparedness priorities. To meet this 
requirement, States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas first 
identify capability targets through THIRA and then assess against these 
targets in the SPR. Through the SPR, these jurisdictions estimate their 
current capabilities, identify and describe gaps between current 
capabilities and targets, indicate their intended approach for 
addressing gaps in the future, and report on the impact of Federal 
grant dollars in building and sustaining capabilities. It is also 
important to note that completing the THIRA and SPR are allowable 
expenses under the grant awards.

Collection of Information

    Title: Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment 
(THIRA)--Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0131.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-008-FY-21-106, Threat and Hazard 
Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)/Stakeholder Preparedness 
Review (SPR) Unified Reporting Tool (formerly FEMA Forms 008-0-19 and 
008-0-20); FEMA Form FF-008-FY-21-107, THIRA/SPR After Action 
Conference Calls (formerly FEMA Form 008-0-23).
    Abstract: The assessment is structured by the 32 core capabilities 
from the 2015 National Preparedness Goal. States, territories, urban 
areas, and tribes provide information on capability targets, their 
current capability levels and capability gaps for each core capability. 
Respondent States, Tribes, territories, and urban areas gather the 
information and complete the THIRA and SPR following the 
``Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 201, Third Edition.''
    Affected Public: State, Territory, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 128.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 128.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 88,779.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $4,914,805.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 
$21,337,885.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $2,312,561.

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.

Millicent L. Brown,
Acting, Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-19732 Filed 9-13-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-27-P