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that ‘‘ ‘walls that are impermeable to the
passage of water without human
intervention’ should be ‘walls that are
substantially impermeable to the
passage of water without human
intervention.’ ’’ FEMA disagrees with
the commenter’s recommendation
because it deviates from the
requirements of 44 CFR 60.6(c)(2)(i).
Under applicable regulations, if FEMA
allows a community to allow
floodproofed residential basements
pursuant to 44 CFR 60.6(c), the
community must require that new
residential construction ‘‘be designed
and built so that any basement area,
together with attendant utilities and
sanitary facilities below the
floodproofed design level, is watertight
with walls that are impermeable to the
passage of water without human
intervention.’’ 44 CFR 60.6(c)(2)(i)
(emphasis added). This language is
mirrored in the current information
collection. FEMA believes that the
commenter may be confusing the
requirements applicable to basements in
non-residential buildings at 44 CFR
60.3(c)(3). This regulation states in part,
that buildings ‘‘be designed so that
below the base flood level the structure
is watertight with walls substantially
impermeable to the passage of water
. . .’’ (emphasis added). These
requirements do not apply to this
information collection.
In the third germane comment,
FEMA–2020–0010–0003, a former
Executive Director of the Association of
State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)
generally commented that ASFPM
supports the continuation of the
information collection, but he had
concerns regarding how the form is used
and the applicable regulations. First, the
commenter expressed concern that
individuals were submitting Residential
Basement Floodproofing Certification
forms for buildings located in
communities not eligible to allow the
construction of floodproofed residential
basements. The commenter suggested
adding a clear statement on FEMA’s
website to download the form that
submission of a Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certification form is only
appropriate in certain eligible
communities. Based on this comment,
FEMA will add the recommended
statement on the appropriate websites to
help individuals avoid unnecessarily
completing the form. Second, the
commenter suggested enhancing
FEMA’s oversight of community
compliance with the regulations
concerning residential basement
floodproofing at 44 CFR 60.6(c). FEMA
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oversight of community compliance
with the NFIP’s floodplain management
regulations and will ensure that
communities’ continued compliance
with 44 CFR 60.6(c) is part of that
oversight. Third, the commenter
suggested that FEMA work with the
United States Army Corps of Engineers
to provide technical assistance and
guidance on floodproofing basements.
FEMA will consider providing
additional assistance in the future.
Fourth, the commenter recommended
that if FEMA were to end the
Residential Basement Floodproofing
program, FEMA should develop a policy
to address the status of homes that
would no longer comply with
floodplain management requirements as
a result. FEMA does not plan to end this
program at this time, but will take this
comment under advisement if FEMA
does discontinue the program in the
future.
This information collection expired
on April 30, 2020. FEMA is requesting
a reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information
collection for which approval has
expired. This notice is to notify the
public that FEMA will submit the
information collection abstracted below
to OMB for review and clearance.
Title: Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certification.
Type of Information Collection:
Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved collection for
which approval has expired.
OMB Number: 1660–0033.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form 086–0–24, Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certification.
Abstract: The Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certification, completed
by a registered professional surveyor,
engineer, or architect, is required to
certify that floodproofing of a structure
meets at least minimal floodproofing
specifications. Residential structures
that receive this certification are granted
reduced rates on flood insurance
premiums.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Number of Responses: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 325.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $21,525.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $35,000.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.

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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.
Millicent Brown,
Senior Manager, Records Management
Branch, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA–2020–0020]

Interoperable Communications and
Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP)
Training Survey
Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; NEW information collection
request, 1670–NEW.
AGENCY:

The Emergency
Communications Division (ECD) within
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA) will submit the
following Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.

SUMMARY:

Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until April 20, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number CISA–
DATES:

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2020–0020, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: [email protected]. Please
include docket number CISA–2020–
0020 in the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Written comments and
questions about this Information
Collection Request should be forwarded
to DHS/CISA/ECD, ATTN: ICTAP—John
Peterson, CISA–NGR STOP 0645,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency, 1110 N Glebe Rd.,
Arlington, VA 20598–0645.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the docket
number for this action. Comments
received will be posted without
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites. For
this reason, please do not include in
your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive
personal information or proprietary
information. If you send an email
comment, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comments that
may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact John Peterson,
[email protected], or 202–503–5074.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Emergency Communications
Plan (NECP) is the Nation’s over-arching
strategic plan to drive measurable
improvements in emergency
communications across all levels of
government and disciplines. First
released in 2008, the plan is
periodically updated to reflect the
ongoing evolution of emergency
communications technologies and
processes. In support of the NECP, the
Interoperable Communications and
Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP)
within the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Emergency Communications Division
(ECD) provides a portfolio of no-cost
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the NECP, state’s and territories’
Statewide Communication
Interoperability Plans (SCIPs),
broadband planning, voice and digital
network engineering, training, exercise
support, and operational assessment
focused on interoperable emergency
communications at all levels of
government.
The purpose of the ICTAP Training
Survey is to obtain anonymous feedback
regarding several of the training courses
offered by the ICTAP. The feedback and
experience given by survey respondents
will assist the ICTAP in improving,
revising, and updating the course
materials for future students. The three
courses which the ICTAP would like to
obtain feedback are for:
• Communications Unit Leader
(COML);
• Communications Unit Technician
(COMT); and
• Information Technology Service
Unit Leader (ITSL)
COML is designed for all state/
territory, tribal, regional, and local
emergency response professionals and
for support personnel with a
communications background. It is
designed to familiarize these
professionals with the role and
responsibilities of a COML under the
National Incident Management System
(NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS)
and to provide hands-on exercises that
reinforce the lecture materials. CISA
and FEMA Emergency Management
Institute (EMI) offer this course jointly
as ‘‘L0969, NIMS ICS All-Hazards
Communications Unit Leader Course.’’
Under the NIMS ICS structure, a COML
is the focal point within the
Communications Unit. This course
provides DHS-approved and NIMScompliant instruction to ensure that
every state/territory has trained
personnel capable of coordinating onscene emergency communications
during a multi-jurisdictional response or
planned event.
COML is designed for all state/
territory, tribal, regional, and local
emergency response professionals and
for support personnel with a
communications background. It is
designed to familiarize these
professionals with the role and
responsibilities of a COML under the
National Incident Management System
(NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS)
and to provide hands-on exercises that
reinforce the lecture materials. CISA
and FEMA Emergency Management
Institute (EMI) offer this course jointly
as ‘‘L0969, NIMS ICS All-Hazards
Communications Unit Leader Course.’’
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Communications Unit. This course
provides DHS-approved and NIMScompliant instruction to ensure that
every state/territory has trained
personnel capable of coordinating onscene emergency communications
during a multi-jurisdictional response or
planned event.
The COMT course provides
introductory and refresher training for
the NIMS ICS COMT position. It
introduces public safety professionals
and support staff to various
communications concepts and
technologies including interoperable
communications solutions, LMR
communications, satellite, telephone,
data, and computer technologies used in
incident response and planned events. It
is designed for state/territory, tribal,
urban, and local emergency response
professionals and support personnel in
all disciplines who have a technical
communications background.
Participants develop the essential core
competencies required for performing
the duties of the COMT in an allhazards incident, including
responsibilities while operating in a
local, regional, or state-level AllHazards Incident Management Team.
In 2018 and 2019, ICTAP introduced
the ITSL course, and SAFECOM/
National Counsel of Statewide
Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC)
have coordinated with FEMA National
Integration Center (NIC) and other
organizations focused on public safety
communications to establish the best
way to integrate the ITSL into the ICS.
The ITSL is needed to provide
information management, cybersecurity,
and application management for the
many critical incident/event related
functions to include: Incident/Unified
Command Post, Incident
Communications Centers, and various
tactical operations centers, joint
information center (JIC), staging areas,
and field locations. The ITSL course
targets Federal, state/territory, tribal,
urban, local, and emergency response
professionals, and support personnel in
all disciplines with a communications
background and an aptitude for and
extensive experience in information
technology. Specifically, the training
course provides an overview of the ITSL
components including
Communications/IT Help Desk or
Unified Help Desk, IT Infrastructure
Manager, Network Manager. It covers
their roles and responsibilities and
provides an in-depth overview with
exercises for the ITSL’s major functions,
to include ensuring reliable and timely
delivery of IT services to participating
agencies and officials.

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The ICTAP Training Survey will not
collect any personal identifiable
information (PII) from respondents
(emergency communications
stakeholders) of the survey. In collecting
feedback regarding the ITSL, COML,
and COMT courses, the survey will
collect what state the respondent lives,
where they took the course, did the
course provide the information needed,
should the course curriculum be
updated, and any comments to improve
the course material. The survey will
encompass 10 questions regarding the
former student’s experience, anything
that they liked, disliked, or something
new that they would like to see
incorporated into the refreshed class. It
is estimated that it will take each
participant 10 minutes to complete the
training survey. For 300 respondents
annually, the burden is 50 hours. To
estimate the cost of this collection, CISA
uses the mean hourly wage of ‘‘All
Occupations’’ of $25.72. CISA then
applies a load factor of 1.4597 to this
average wage to obtain a fully loaded
average hourly wage of $37.54. The total
respondent cost burden for this
collection is $1,877 (50 hours × $37.54).
This is a NEW collection of
information.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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 submissions
of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
Title of Collection: Interoperable
Communications and Technical
Assistance Program (ICTAP) Training
Survey.
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Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal,
and Territorial Governments.
Number of Annualized Respondents:
300.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 10
Minutes.
Total Annualized Burden Hours: 50
hours.
Total Annualized Respondent
Opportunity Cost: $1,877.16.
Total Annualized Respondent Out-ofPocket: $0.
Total Annualized Government Cost:
$4,082.67.
Samuel Vazquez,
Acting Chief Information Officer, Department
of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2021–03404 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND
WATER COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES AND MEXICO
Notice of Availability of an Amended
Draft Environmental Assessment (EA)
and Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for Aquatic Habitat
Restoration in the Rio Grande
Canalization Project
United States Section,
International Boundary and Water
Commission, United States and Mexico
(USIBWC).ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, the Council on Environmental
Quality Final Regulations, and USIBWC
Operational Procedures for
Implementing Section 102 of NEPA,
published in the Federal Register
September 2, 1981, the USIBWC hereby
gives notice that the amended Draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for Aquatic Habitat Restoration
in the Rio Grande Canalization Project
is available. The EA seeks to identify,
develop, and design aquatic projects to
implement aquatic habitat, wetland, and
riparian habitat restoration for the Rio
Grande Canalization Project (RGCP). An
Environmental Impact Statement will
not be prepared unless additional
information which may affect this
decision is brought to our attention
within 30 days from the date of this
Notice.
DATES: Public Comments: USIBWC will
consider substantive comments from the
public and stakeholders for 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register.
Please note all written and email
comments received during the comment
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period will become part of the public
record, including any personal
information you may provide. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent
to: Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural
Resources Specialist, USIBWC, 4191 N
Mesa; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone:
(915) 832–4701, Fax: (915) 493–2428,
email: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural Resources
Specialist, Telephone: (915) 832–4701,
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4,
2009, the USIBWC issued a Record of
Decision (ROD) on the long-term
management of the RGCP in southern
New Mexico and western Texas. The
ROD committed the USIBWC to the
restoration of aquatic and riparian
habitat at up to 30 sites over 10 years
(through 2019). In May 2019, the
USIBWC prepared a Draft EA to analyze
the potential impact of seven action
alternatives and a No Action Alternative
to implement aquatic habitat within the
RGCP, and the USIBWC extended the
comment period (Federal Register July
22, 2019). After public input and
subsequent development of preliminary
designs, USIBWC re-evaluated
alternative sites for aquatic habitat and
assessed the feasibility of three
additional sites, two of which were
added to the EA. The USIBWC has
prepared an Amended Draft EA, which
evaluates potential impacts of ten
alternatives, including the No Action
Alternative and the following sites: Yeso
Arroyo, Angostura Arroyo, Broad
Canyon Arroyo, Selden Point Bar, Las
Cruces Effluent, Mesilla Valley Bosque
State Park, Downstream of Courchesne
Bridge, Trujillo Restoration Site, and
Montoya Intercepting Drain.
Restoration actions could include
invasive vegetation removal, native
vegetation planting, overbank lowering,
bank cuts, natural levee breaches,
secondary channels, bank

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