[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 28857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13291]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2018-0009; OMB No. 1660--NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Transcript Request Form

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 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 July 23, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected].

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 
Clarence (Smiley) White, Chief, Operations and Support Branch, United 
States Fire Administration, 301-447-1055 or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on February 22, 2018 at 83 
FR 7752 with a 60 day public comment period. FEMA received two 
anonymous public comments that were not relevant to the information 
collection. 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: Transcript Request Form.
    Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660--NEW.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 064-0-0-12, Transcript Request 
Form.
    Abstract: FEMA provides training to advance the professional 
development of personnel engaged in fire prevention and control and 
emergency management activities through its Center for Domestic 
Preparedness (CDP), Emergency Management Institute (EMI), National Fire 
Academy (NFA), National Training and Education Division, National 
Domestic Preparedness Consortium, and Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium. FEMA collects information from students who have completed 
courses at the National Fire Academy (NFA) and the Emergency Management 
Institute (EMI) for the purpose of fulfilling the student's request to 
provide a copy of their transcript for their personal records and/or 
for transmittal to an institution of higher education that delivers 
training and education also in support of the FEMA mission.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,500.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4,500.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 225 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $7,978.50.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $28,899.24.

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.

Rachel Frier,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-13291 Filed 6-20-18; 8:45 am]
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