[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65066-65067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22650]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2020-0024; OMB No. 1660-0149]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Requests for Special Priorities Assistance
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: 30 Day notice 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 November 13, 2020.
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, email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or Office of Policy and Program
Analysis, Marc Geier, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street
SW, Washington, DC 20472, (telephone) 202-924-0196, or (email) FEMA-DPA@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2020 at 85 FR
46688 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: Requests for Special Priorities Assistance.
Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0149.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 009-0-142, Requests for Special
Priorities Assistance.
Abstract: Contractors may request Special Priorities Assistance
(SPA) when placing rated orders with suppliers, to obtain timely
delivery of products, materials or services from suppliers, or for any
other reason under the EMPAS, in support of approved national programs.
Additionally, when responding to COVID-19, State and local governments,
owners, operators, and the private sector may request SPA. FEMA Form
009-0-142 is used to apply for such assistance.
Affected Public: For-Profit Business; Private Non-Profit; State,
local or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
Estimated Number of Responses: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $288.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: None.
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Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: None.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $52,857.
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.
Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-22650 Filed 10-13-20; 8:45 am]
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