60-day Federal Register Notice

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

646–3347 or e-mail address: [email protected].
Dated: December 18, 2008.
Samuel C. Smith,
Acting Director, Records Management
Division, Office of Management, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department
of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8–30721 Filed 12–23–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2008–0017]

Voluntary Private Sector Accreditation
and Certification Preparedness
Program

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AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; request for
recommendations.
SUMMARY: In the ‘‘Implementing the
Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007’’ (the 9/11
Act), Congress authorized the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to establish a voluntary private
sector preparedness accreditation and
certification program. This program,
now known as ‘‘PS-Prep,’’ will assess
whether a private sector entity complies
with one or more voluntary
preparedness standards adopted by
DHS, through a system of accreditation
and certification set up by DHS in close
coordination with the private sector.
PS-Prep will raise the level of private
sector preparedness through a number
of means, including (i) Establishing a
system for DHS to adopt private sector
preparedness standards; (ii) encouraging
creation of those standards; (iii)
developing a method for a private sector
entity to obtain a certification of
conformity with a particular DHSadopted private sector standard, and
encouraging such certification; and (iv)
making preparedness standards adopted
by DHS more widely available.
This Notice discusses essential
elements of the program, describes the
consultation that has taken place and
will take place with the private sector,
and seeks additional recommendations
in a number of areas, including the
private sector preparedness standards
that DHS should adopt, both initially
and over time.
DATES: Comment period: Anyone may
submit comments on this guidance at
any time, and comments will be
considered as they are received. We

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would appreciate any recommendations
for adoption of currently-existing
private sector preparedness standards
by January 23, 2009, though, as made
clear below, we will accept submissions
of private sector preparedness standards
for adoption as well as comments on
this notice at any time.
Public Meetings: DHS intends to hold
two public meetings in Washington, DC
to provide a forum for public comment
on the subject of private sector
preparedness standards, one in January
and another in February, 2009. Meeting
details and registration information will
be published in the Federal Register
and posted at http://www.fema.gov/
privatesectorpreparedness.
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket ID FEMA–2008–
0017, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(All government requests for
comments—even if, as in this case, they
are not for regulatory purposes—are sent
to this portal.)
E-mail: [email protected].
Include Docket ID FEMA–2008–0017 in
the subject line of the message.
Fax: 866–466–5370.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of
Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Room 845, Washington, DC 20472.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number (if available). 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
on the Privacy and Use Notice link on
the Administration Navigation Bar of
http://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov. Submitted
comments may also be inspected at
FEMA, Office of Chief Counsel, 500 C
Street, SW., Room 840, Washington, DC
20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Don Grant, Incident Management
Systems Director, National Preparedness
Directorate, FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472. Phone: (202)
646–8243 or e-mail:
[email protected].
ADDRESSES:

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This
supplementary information section is
organized as follows:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents
I. Background
A. Preparedness in the Wake of 9/11
B. Purpose and Structure of the Program
II. Establishment of PS-Prep
A. Statutory Authorization
B. The Designated Officer
C. The PS-Prep Coordinating Council
(PSPCC)
D. Coordination with the Private Sector
and Other Non-DHS Entities
III. DHS’s Adoption of Voluntary
Preparedness Standards
A. Call for Recommendations
B. Principles for Standards Adoption
C. Elements to be Considered for DHS
Adoption of a Standard
IV. Accreditation
A. The Selected Entity
B. Procedures and Requirements for the
Accreditation Process
C. Review of Certifiers
V. Certification of Qualified Private Sector
Entities
VI. Small Business Concerns
VII. Other Relevant Issues
A. SAFETY Act
B. Access to Sensitive Information
C. Availability of Standards
VIII. Public Listing of Certified Private Sector
Entities
IX. Ongoing and Regular Activities of the
PS-Prep Coordinating Council
X. Next Steps
XI. Draft List of Possible Elements to
Consider in Standards Development
(Target Criteria)

I. Background
A. Preparedness in the Wake of 9/11
Private-sector preparedness is not a luxury;
it is a cost of doing business in the post- 9/
11 world. It is ignored at a tremendous
potential cost in lives, money, and national
security.

This conclusion was reached by the
National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States—the 9/
11 Commission—in making a specific
finding about private sector
preparedness. During the course of its
inquiry, the Commission found that the
private sector was not prepared for the
aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, and that,
despite 9/11, the private sector
remained largely unprepared at the time
of its final report. The 9/11 Commission
Report: Final Report of the National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon
the United States at 398 (2004) (9/11
Commission Report). The 9/11
Commission’s central recommendation
in this area was that the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) promote
private sector preparedness standards
that establish a common set of criteria
and terminology for preparedness,
disaster management, emergency

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