Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System
Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)
Notices
Page 60397
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2015-25302
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0019; OMB No. 1660-0108
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on an extension of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the FEMA National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS), which allows adults that have been displaced by a Presidentially declared disaster or emergency to reunify with their families.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 7, 2015.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use only one of the following means to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2015-0019. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, all submissions 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 Act notice that is available via the link in the footer of www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Lee, Program Specialist, Recovery Directorate, Individual Assistance Division, Mass Care/
Emergency Management Section at (202) 212-5775. You may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA), in Title VI of the DHS Appropriations Act of 2007, Public Law 109-295, Section 689c, 120 Stat. 1355 at 1451 is the legal basis for FEMA to provide a National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS). NEFRLS allows adults (including medical patients), displaced by a Presidentially declared major disaster or emergency, to voluntarily register by submitting personal information into a database that can be used by others to help reunify them with their families. Children who are traveling with their families during a Presidentially declared major disaster or emergency can be listed in NEFRLS. NEFRLS allows a registrant to designate up to 7 individuals who are authorized to search for and access the registrant's information in the system. The ability to list children within NEFRLS is only to indicate which family members are together and safe.
Collection of Information
Title: National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS).
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0108.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 528-1.
Abstract: NEFRLS is a Web-based database enabling FEMA to provide a nationally available and recognized database allowing adults (including medical patients) that have been displaced by a Presidentially declared major disaster or emergency to voluntarily register via the Internet or a toll-free number. This database allows designated individuals to search for displaced friends, family, and household members. Congress mandated that FEMA establish NEFRLS in the PKEMRA section 689c.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government, Federal Government, and Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 56,000.
Number of Responses: 56,000; NEFRLS Tele-registration: 14,000 and NEFRLS Internet Registration: 42,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,640.
Estimated Cost: $241,634. There are no recordkeeping, capital, start-up or maintenance costs associated with this information collection.
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.
Dated: September 30, 2015.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
FR Doc. 2015-25302 Filed 10-5-15; 8:45 am
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