88 FR 38 pgs. 12397-12398 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 38Pages: 12397 - 12398
Pages: 12397, 12398Docket number: [Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0054; OMB No. 1660-0061]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-03993 Filed 2-24-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Homeland Security Department
Sub Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0054; OMB No. 1660-0061]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program
AGENCY:
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION:
30-Day notice of revision 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. The submission seeks comments concerning the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Individuals and Households Program, providing financial assistance to individuals whose primary residences were destroyed as a result of a Presidentially-declared disaster. This revision reduces the overall burden on the public by updating the amount of time needed to complete most of the instruments in this collection.
DATES:
Comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 2023.
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 Director, Information Management Division, 500 C St. SW, Washington, DC 20472, email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program Specialist, FEMA, Recovery Directorate by telephone at (540) 686-3602 or email at Brian.Thompson6@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) (Pub. L. 93-288, as amended) is the legal basis for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide financial assistance and services to individuals applying for disaster assistance benefits in the event of a federally declared disaster. Regulations in 44 CFR 206.110-Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households (IHP) implements the policy and procedures set forth in section 408 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5174, as amended). This program provides financial assistance and, if necessary, direct assistance to eligible individuals and households who, as a direct result of a major disaster or emergency, have uninsured or under-insured, necessary expenses, and serious needs, and are unable to meet such expenses or needs through other means.
This proposed information collection previously published in the Federal Register on December 12, 2022, at 87 FR 76064 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: Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0061.
[top] FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-114 (formerly 010-0-11), Individuals and Households Program (IHP)-Other Needs Assistance Administrative Option Selection; Development of State/Tribal Administrative Plan (SAP) for Other Needs Provision of IHP; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-115 (English) (formerly 010-0-12), Individuals and Households Program Application for Continued Temporary Housing Assistance; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-115-A (Spanish) (formerly 010-0-12S), Programa de Individuos y Familias Solicitud Para Continuar La Asistencia de Vivienda Temporera; Request for Approval of Late Registration; Appeal of Program Decision; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-116 (English) (formerly 009-0-95), Request for Advance Disaster Assistance; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-116-A (Spanish) (formerly 009-0-95S), Solicitud de Adelanto de la Asistencia por Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-117 (English) (formerly 009-0-96), Request to Stop Payment and Reissue Disaster Assistance Check; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-117-A (Spanish) (formerly 009-0-96S), Solicitud para Detener el Pago y Reemitir el Cheque de Asistencia por
Abstract: This information collection provides disaster survivors the opportunity to request approval of late applications, continued temporary housing assistance, request advance disaster assistance, stop payments not received in order to be reissued funds, and to appeal program decisions. This collection also allows for the establishment of an annual agreement between FEMA and states, territories, and tribal governments regarding how the Other Needs Assistance provision of IHP will be administered: by FEMA, by the state, territory, or tribal government, or jointly. This collection allows survivors to provide additional information after the initial disaster assistance registration period in support of their applications for assistance from FEMA's IHP. If the information in this collection is not collected, a delay in assistance provided to disaster survivors would occur.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 67,859.
Estimated Number of Responses: 112,163.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64,328.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $2,565,929.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,161,399.
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 Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-03993 Filed 2-24-23; 8:45 am]
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