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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 24, 2008 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and
request for comments; Revision of a
currently approved collection, OMB
Number: 1660–0069, National Fire
Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0.
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 a revised information
collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice seeks comments concerning the
continued use of the National Fire

Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0
database.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Commission on Fire
Prevention and Control conducted a
comprehensive study of the Nation’s fire
problem and recommended to Congress
actions to mitigate the fire problem,
reduce loss of life and property, and
educate the public on fire protection
and prevention. As a result of the study,
Congress enacted Public Law 93–498,
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
of 1974, which establishes the U.S. Fire
Administration to administer fire
prevention and control programs,
supplement existing programs of
research, training, and education, and
encourage new and improved programs
and activities by State and local
governments.
Section 9(a) of the Act authorizes the
Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration
(USFA), to operate directly or through
contracts or grants, an integrated,
comprehensive method to select,
analyze, publish, and disseminate
information related to prevention,

occurrence, control, and results of fires
of all types.
Collection of Information
Title: National Fire Incident Reporting
System (NFIRS) v5.0.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0069.
Form Numbers: The National Fire
Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0.
Abstract: NFIRS provides a
mechanism using standardized
reporting methods to collect and
analyze fire incident data at the Federal,
State, and local levels. Data analysis
helps local fire departments and States
to focus on current problems, predict
future problems in their communities,
and measure whether their programs are
working.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 10,769,720 burden hours.
Annual Hour Burden

TABLE A.12—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS
Type of respondent

State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
State, Local, or
Tribal Government.

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Total ................

Form name/form
number

Number of
respondents

NFIRS Version 5.0
Modules 1–12
(Manual).
NFIRS Version 5.0
Modules 1–12
(Electronic).
NFA Program Manager Training.

Average burden
per response
(in hours)

Total annual
burden
(in hours)

Average
hourly wage
rate

Total annual respondent cost ($)

2,200

950

1.13 hours (68 minutes).

2,361,700

21.22

50,115,274.00

19,800

942

27 min (0.45 hr) ....

8,393,220

21.22

178,104,128.40

30

1

48 hours ................

1,440

21.22

30,556.80

60

1

16 hours ................

960

21.22

20,371.20

NFIC Training
Workshop.

100

1

16 hours ................

1,600

21.22

33,952.00

NFIC CD/on-site
Orientation.

200

1

4 hours ..................

800

21.22

16,976.00

Introduction to
NFRIS Distance
Learning.

500

1

20 hours ................

10,000

21.22

212,200.00

22,890

....................

................................

10,769,720

....................

228,553,458.40

NFA Program Manager Orientation.

................................

Estimated Cost: The estimated
annualized cost to respondents based on
wage rate categories is $228,553,458.40.
The estimated annual cost to the Federal
Government is $13,310,000.
Comments: Written 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

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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

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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. Comments must be
submitted on or before February 23,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons should
submit written comments to Office of

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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 24, 2008 / Notices
Management, Records Management
Division, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Mark Whitney, Fire Program
Specialist, United States Fire
Administration, National Fire Data
Center, (301) 447–1836 for additional
information. You may contact the
Records Management Branch for copies
of the proposed collection of
information at facsimile number (202)
646–3347 or e-mail address: [email protected].
Dated: December 19, 2008.
Samuel C. Smith,
Acting Director, Records Management
Division, Office of Management, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department
of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8–30719 Filed 12–23–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and
request for comments; Revision of a

currently approved collection, 1660–
0045, No Forms.
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 a revised information
collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice seeks comments concerning the
collection of information to assure
appropriate flood insurance rates being
placed on the affected public within
Monroe County in Florida.

Title 44
CFR Parts 59 and 61, National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP); Inspection of
Insured Structures by Communities
implements the inspection procedures
in Monroe County, the City of
Marathon, and the Village of
Islamorada, Florida and any other
community that incorporates in Monroe
County on or after January 1, 1999. The
inspection procedure has two major
purposes: (1) To help the communities
of Monroe County, the City of Marathon,
and the Village of Islamorada, Florida,
and any other communities in Monroe
County that incorporate after January 1,
1999, verify that structures in their
communities (those built after the
effective date of the Flood Insurance
Rate Map (FIRM)), referred to as postFIRM, comply with the community’s

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floodplain management ordinance; and
(2) to ensure that property owners pay
flood insurance premiums
commensurate with their flood risk. The
inspection procedure requires owners of
insured buildings (policyholders) to
obtain an inspection from community
floodplain management officials and
submit a community inspection report
as a condition of renewing the Standard
Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP) on
buildings.
Collection of Information
Title: Inspection of Insured Structures
by Communities.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0045.
Form Numbers: No Forms.
Abstract: The community inspection
report is used for the implementation of
the inspection procedures to help
communities in Monroe County, the
City of Marathon and the Village of
Islamorada, Florida verify buildings are
compliant with their floodplain
management ordinance and to help
FEMA ensure that policyholders are
paying flood insurance premiums that
are commensurate with their flood risk.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, State, local and Tribal
governments.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,041 hours.

TABLE A.12—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS
Type of respondent

Form name/form
number

Individuals/Households.
State/Local/Tribal
Governments.

Inspection acquisition/No form.
Inspection results
submission/No
Form.
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Total ..............

No. of
responses per
respondent

Avg. burden per
response
(in hours)

833

1

.25

833

1

........................

........................

No. of
respondents

Estimated Cost: The estimated
annualized cost to respondents based on
wage rate categories is $23.296. The
estimated annualized cost burden to
respondents or recordkeepers is
$168,266. The estimated annual cost to
the Federal Government is $10,173.
Comments: Written 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

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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. Comments must be
submitted on or before February 23,
2009.

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Total annual
burden
(in hours)

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Avg. hourly
wage rate

Total annual
respondent
cost

208

$19.29

$4,012

833

23.15

19,284

1,041

........................

23,296

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should
submit written comments to Office of
Management, Records Management
Division, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, Mail Drop Room
301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Jennifer Tylander, Program
Specialist, FEMA Mitigation Directorate,
(202) 646–2607 for additional
information. You may contact the
Records Management Branch for copies
of the proposed collection of
information at facsimile number (202)

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