[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70465-70466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26696]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 proposed continuing information collection. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), this notice seeks comments concerning FEMA's Debt 
Collection Financial Statement, which requests personal financial data 
from individual debtors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under FEMA's debt collection regulations, 44 
CFR 11.36(b), FEMA is required to maintain current credit data on 
FEMA's debtors including, the individual debtor's own financial 
statement, executed under penalty for false claim, concerning his/her 
assets and liabilities and his/her income and expenses. FEMA Form 22-
13, Debt Collection Financial Statement, collects such data directly 
from the individual debtor. FEMA uses this data to understand the 
debtor's financial condition and locate their assets to accurately 
determine a debtor's ability to pay debts or to set arrangements for 
installment payments of debts.

Collection of Information

    Title: Debt Collection Financial Statement.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0011.
    Form Numbers: FEMA Form 22-13, Debt Collection Financial Statement.
    Abstract: FEMA may request debtors to provide personal financial 
information on FEMA Form 22-13 concerning their current financial 
position. With this information, FEMA evaluates whether to allow 
debtors to pay the FEMA debts under installment repayment agreements 
and if so, under what terms. FEMA also uses this data to determine 
whether to compromise, suspend, or completely terminate collection 
efforts on respondent's debts. This data is also used to locate the 
debtor's assets if the debts are sent for judicial enforcement.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 225 hours.
    Estimated Costs: The annualized cost for this information 
collection is $5100, based on 300 respondents spending 45 minutes (.75 
hours) per form at an average hourly rate of $22.27 per 2003 Department 
of Labor's National Employment, Hours, and Earnings Tables.
    Comments: Written 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. Comments should be received within 60 days of 
the date of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Muriel 
B. Anderson, Chief, Records Management Section, Information Resources 
Management Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 500 C Street, SW., Room 
316, Washington, DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michael H. Komack, Systems 
Accountant, FEMA, Financial and Acquisition Management Division (FAMD), 
Management and Policy

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Analysis Branch (MPA), (202) 646-4164 for additional information. You 
may contact Ms. Anderson for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: November 30, 2004.
Edward W. Kernan,
Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information 
Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26696 Filed 12-3-04; 8:45 am]
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