[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 77 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21359-21360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8561]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; Telephone
Survey, OMB 1660-0057, Revision of a currently approved collection.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted
the following information collection to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
describes 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
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includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Current national conditions of increased
risk for man-made and/or accidental chemical disasters create great
demand for the constant monitoring of preparedness-related activities.
Since the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) is
a cooperative effort among local, State, and Federal governments
working closely with the public in communities surrounding fixed
hazards, documenting performance at each of these levels is vital for
program planning and management in each of the CSEPP sites.
Furthermore, since no preparedness program can be successful without
the public's understanding and cooperation, input from the residents
and businesses of immediate and/or surrounding areas is vital for
program managers to design custom-tailored strategies to educate and
communicate risks and action plans at the local level. Failure to
collect this information will hamper the program's ability to document
strengths and weaknesses at each site, forcing managers to rely on
intuitive rather than on factual decision-making, with no objective
basis to quantify program performance, a requirement of the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
Title: Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP)
Evaluation and Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: OMB 1660-0057.
Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/FEMA's CSEPP
will collect data from State and local governments to measure program
effectiveness and establish a quantitative baseline of customer
satisfaction with program products and services. Data findings will be
used to set customer service standards while providing benchmarks for
program monitoring and evaluation. This information collection also
constitutes an assessment tool that measures public knowledge of
emergency preparedness and response actions in the event of a chemical
emergency affecting any of the seven CSEPP sites and surrounding
communities. Data from this collection will continue to provide a basis
for program planning and management through the development and/or
modification of performance standards, the ability to monitor program
changes and trends over time, and the capability to objectively
evaluate outreach performance against best practices (benchmarks) in
multi-hazard readiness programs.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 2,224.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 556 hours.
Annual Hour Burden
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Data collection activity/ Number of Frequency of Hour burden Annual Total annual
instrument respondents responses per response responses burden hours
(A) (B) (C) (D) = (A x B) (C x D)
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Open-ended Questionnaire\1\..... 170 1 0.25 170 42.50
Site Survey Questionnaires\2\
Anniston, AL................ 961 1 0.25 961 240.25
Pine Bluff, AR.............. 1,093 1 0.25 1,093 273.25
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* Total................. 2,224 .............. .............. 2,224 556.00
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Notes: \1\ State and local officials. \2\ Individual/residential respondents.
* Since publication of the 60 day Federal Register Notice, Volume 72, Number 224, page 65585, the number of
burden hours have decreased from 1910 to 556 due to a drop in the number of sites surveyed and therefore
number of respondents surveyed.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management Budget, Attention: Nathan
Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, and sent
via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to (202)
395-6974. Comments must be submitted on or before May 21, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Records Management Division, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
Mail Drop Room 301, 1800 S. Bell Street, Arlington, VA 22202, facsimile
number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address [email protected].
Dated: April 2, 2008.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Management, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8-8561 Filed 4-18-08; 8:45 am]
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