[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10912-10913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03608]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0041; OMB No. 1660-0100]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; General Admissions Applications (Long and 
Short) and Stipend Forms

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 seeks comments 
concerning the admission applications and student stipend agreements 
for FEMA courses and programs that are delivered on-campus and 
throughout the Nation, in coordination with state and local training 
officials and local colleges and universities.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 2023.

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 
Smiley White, Supervisory Program Specialist, United States Fire 
Administration, at [email protected] or 301-447-1055.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA offers courses and programs that are 
delivered at National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, 
Maryland, the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, 
Alabama, and throughout the Nation in coordination with state and local 
training officials and local colleges and universities to carry out the 
authorities listed below. To facilitate meeting these requirements, 
FEMA collects information necessary to be accepted for courses and for 
the student stipend or travel reimbursement program for these courses. 
There are several organizations within FEMA that deliver training and 
education in support of the FEMA mission.
    1. Section 7 of Public Law 93-498, the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 2206, established the National Fire 
Academy (NFA) to advance the professional development of fire service 
personnel and of other persons engaged in fire prevention and control 
activities.
    2. Section 611(f) of Public Law 93-288, the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 5196(f), authorizes FEMA to conduct or arrange, by 
contract or otherwise, training programs for the instruction of 
emergency preparedness officials and other persons in the organization, 
operation, and techniques of emergency preparedness; conduct or operate 
schools or classes, including the payment of travel expenses and per 
diem allowances for these purposes, in lieu of subsistence for trainees 
in attendance or the furnishing of subsistence and quarters for 
trainees and instructors on terms prescribed by the Administrator and 
provide instructors and training aids as deemed necessary. This 
training is conducted through the Emergency Management Institute (EMI).
    3. Title XIV of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1997, 
Public Law 104-201, 110 Stat. 2432; title I of the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act of 1998, Public Law 105-119, 111 Stat. 2440; 
sections 403 and 430 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 
107-296, 116 Stat. 2135; and section 611 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006, Public Law 109-295, 120 Stat. 1355, all 
authorize CDP to serve as a training facility for all relevant 
Federally supported training efforts that target state and local law 
enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other key 
agencies such as public works and state and local emergency management. 
The focus of the training is to prepare relevant state and local 
officials to deal with chemical, biological, or nuclear terrorist acts 
and handle incidents dealing with hazardous materials.
    4. Public Law 110-53, the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007, 6 U.S.C. 1102, established a National Domestic 
Preparedness Consortium within the Department of Homeland Security. The 
Consortium is mandated to identify, test, and deliver training to 
state, local, and tribal emergency response providers, provide on-site 
and mobile training at the performance, management, and planning 
levels, and facilitate the delivery of training by the training 
partners of the Department.
    5. Consistent with requirements under Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration (OSHA) Appendix C Respirator Medical Evaluation 
Questionnaire (29 CFR 1910.134, Respiratory Protection), in any 
workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the 
employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the 
employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection 
program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated 
as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that 
affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the 
following provisions of this section,

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as applicable: 1910.134(c)(1)(ii) Medical evaluations of employees 
required to use respirators.
    FEMA is revising this collection to add a new instrument, FEMA Form 
FF-008-FY-22-125, Respiratory Medical Evaluation Questionnaire For 
Students, to comply with OSHA's requirements under 29 CFR 1910.134.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on November 25, 2022, at 87 FR 72495 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.

Collection of Information

    Title: General Admissions Applications (Long and Short) and Stipend 
Forms.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0100.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-101 (formerly 119-25-0-1), 
General Admissions Application; FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-102 (formerly 
119-25-0-6), Training Registration Form; FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-103 
(formerly 119-25-3), Student Stipend Agreement; FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-
21-104 (formerly 119-25-4), Student Stipend Agreement (Amendment); FEMA 
Form FF-USFA-FY-21-105 (formerly 119-25-5), National Fire Academy 
Executive Fire Officer Program Application Admission; and FEMA Form FF-
008-FY-22-125, Respiratory Medical Evaluation Questionnaire For 
Students.
    Abstract: FEMA provides training to advance the professional 
development of personnel engaged in fire prevention and control and 
emergency management activities through CDP, Emergency Management 
Institute, NFA, National Training and Education Division, National 
Domestic Preparedness Consortium, and Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, and State, local or Tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 223,300.
    Number of Responses: 223,300.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 21,644.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,204,641.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $252,825.

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 Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-03608 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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