Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
Notice.
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 revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Urban Search and Rescue Response System information collection.
Comments must be submitted on or before July 9, 2012.
To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use only one of the following means to submit comments:
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All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
Catherine Deel, Program Specialist, Urban Search and Rescue Branch at 202–646–3796. You may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile number (202) 646–3347 or email address:
Section 303 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5144, authorizes the President of the United States to form emergency support teams of Federal personnel to be deployed to an area affected by major disaster or emergency. Section 403(a)(3)(B) of the Stafford Act provides that the President may authorize Federal Agencies to perform work on public or private lands essential to save lives and protect property, including search and rescue and emergency medical care, and other essential needs. The Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA) codified the Urban Search and Rescue in the Homeland Security Act (HAS) of 2002 (as amended), stating “There is in the Agency [FEMA] a system known as the Urban Search and Rescue Response System” (US&R) under these authorities. The information collection activity authorized under 44 CFR part 208, 44 CFR part 13, and OMB Circular A–110 is the collection of program and administrative information from US&R Sponsoring Agencies relating to readiness and response cooperative agreement awards.
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the