2024-18498. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Emergency Notification System (ENS)

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Department of Homeland Security

Federal Emergency Management Agency

1. [Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0015; OMB No. 1660-0137]

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION:

30-Day notice of extension and request for comments.

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. FEMA invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Emergency Notification System (ENS).

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before September 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES:

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Anthony Allen, ENS System Security Officer/IT Technician, FEMA/ORR, by email at [e-mail] or telephone at 540-326-2645. You may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email address: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FEMA's Office of Response & Recovery (ORR) owns and operates the Emergency Notification System (ENS). FEMA Directive 262-3 designates ENS as the Agency's solution for all notification and alerts activities. The ENS sends electronic notifications and relays messages, whether critical in nature, routine, or for testing purposes with appropriate authorization, to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees and contractors, as well as emergency response personnel. In accordance with Executive Order 12656, Presidential Policy Directive 40, and Federal Continuity Directive-1, all DHS organizational components must have in place a viable Continuity of Operations Planning capability and plan that ensures the performance of their essential functions during any emergency or situation that could disrupt normal operations. An effective ENS solution is a critical part of this plan.

This proposed information collection previously published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2024, at 89 FR 24849 with a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received. 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: Emergency Notification System (ENS).

Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved information collection.

OMB Number: 1660-0137.

FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-24-100, Emergency Notification System (ENS).

Abstract: The Emergency Notification System (ENS) has been deemed the standard notification tool for FEMA. The purpose of this notification tool is to activate teams and disseminate information. The respondents to this information are Mobile Operation Centers and Regions that use this information to make decisions on how to meet operational missions.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments; Federal Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 700.

Estimated Number of Responses: 2,200.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 184.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $8,005.

Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.

Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $214,743.

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; 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, ( print page 67101) e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Millicent Brown Wilson,

Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.