Rated Orders, Adjustments, Exceptions, or Appeals Under the Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS)

ICR 202103-1660-002

OMB: 1660-0150

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2021-04-13
Supplementary Document
2021-04-13
Supporting Statement A
2021-04-12
Supplementary Document
2021-03-30
Supplementary Document
2021-03-30
Supplementary Document
2021-03-30
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
243833
Unchanged
ICR Details
1660-0150 202103-1660-002
Received in OIRA 202009-1660-007
DHS/FEMA
Rated Orders, Adjustments, Exceptions, or Appeals Under the Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS)
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Emergency 04/13/2021
04/13/2021
  Requested Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved 04/30/2021
26 26
9 9
0 0

The purpose of this authority is to ensure the timely delivery of products, materials, and services to meet current national defense requirements. The definition of “national defense” in Section 702(14) of the DPA provides that this term includes “homeland security,” “emergency preparedness activities” conducted pursuant to Section 602 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) (42 U.S.C. 5195a), and “critical infrastructure protection and restoration.” The President exercised his authority pursuant to the DPA to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Executive Orders 13909 and 13910, authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prioritize and allocate health and medical resources and prevent hoarding of such resources to respond to the spread of COVID-19. Pursuant to Executive Order 13911, the President has also delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority conferred by section 101 of the DPA and the authority to promulgate regulations necessary to implement the Executive Order. The Secretary of Homeland Security has further delegated this authority to the FEMA Administrator in DHS Delegation 09052 Rev. 00.1 (Apr. 1, 2020). Because of the substantial risk to life, safety, or health of individuals due to the shortage in emergency medical products, materials, and equipment supporting distribution infrastructure, and other life- sustaining products, materials, and equipment related to COVID-19 treatment, FEMA requests an emergency approval to collect the necessary information from contractors when placing rated orders with suppliers, to obtain timely delivery of products, materials, equipment, or services from suppliers, or for any other reason under the EMPAS, in support of approved national programs. To help ensure the timely delivery of goods and services in support of approved emergency management programs, section 333.13 of the EMPAS regulation requires suppliers to accept or reject priority rated orders for these goods and services which are placed with them by their customers within established time periods (10 working days for a “DX” rated order and 15 working days for a “DO” rated order). Section 333.13 also requires that certain emergency preparedness rated orders must be accepted or rejected within shorter time periods as specified in section 333.12(b). Section 333.13(d)(3) of the EMPAS regulation requires that, if after acceptance of a rated order the supplier discovers that shipment or performance against the order will be delayed, the supplier must notify the customer immediately in written electronic format, giving the reasons for the delay, and advising the customer of a new shipment or performance date. This collection of information involves order communications between a Federal Government prime contractor and its subcontractors. Finally, under section 333.70 each request for adjustment or exception must be in writing and contain a complete statement of all the facts and circumstances related to 44 CFR part 333 or official action from which adjustment is sought and a full and precise statement of the reasons why relief should be provided. Under section 333.71, any person who has had a request for adjustment or exception denied by FEMA under section 333.70 may appeal to the Administrator. Each appeal must be in writing and contain a complete statement of all the facts and circumstances related to the action appealed from a full and precise statement of the reasons the decision should be modified or reversed. Regarding customer notification of the acceptance of rated orders, the rejection of rated orders, and the delay of rated orders, the Federal Government does not typically receive information under this collection unless FEMA is facilitating a sale to a third party.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) seeks to utilize the emergency process for approval for a new information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Collection 1660-NEW Rated Orders Adjustments, Exceptions, or Appeals Under the Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS) in accordance with Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501, et seq.) and Executive Order 13603, 77 FR 16651 (Mar. 22, 2012) and Executive Order 13911, 85 FR 18403 (Apr. 1, 2020). It is vital that FEMA implement the information collection as soon as possible to support immediate needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Code: 6 USC 313 Name of Law: Federal Emergency Management Agency
   US Code: 6 USC 314 Name of Law: Authorities and Responsibilities
  
None

1660-AB04 Final or interim final rulemaking 86 FR 1288 01/08/2021

No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
44 CFR part 333

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 26 26 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 9 9 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No

$188
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Yes
Millicent Brown 202 646-2814 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
04/13/2021


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