[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3113-3114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00986]


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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: 30-Day notice of revision and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe 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 the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address [email protected] or 
Sharon Frederick, Section Chief, Community Risk and Capability 
Assessments Section, National Assessments and Integration Division, 
FEMA, at [email protected] or (202) 368-5156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on September 14, 2021, at 
86 FR 51177 with a 60-day public comment period. No comments were 
received. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA 
will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office 
of Management and Budget for review and clearance.
    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, at 6 U.S.C 752(c). 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 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 6 U.S.C. 
752(c), 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: 256.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 256.
    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.

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    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. 2022-00986 Filed 1-19-22; 8:45 am]
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