[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14715-14717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05802]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2013-0043; OMB No. 1660-0002]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Disaster Assistance Registration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 Disaster Assistance 
Registration process.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 16, 2014.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2013-0043. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC 
20472-3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (703) 483-2999.
    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 http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any 
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this 
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Elizabeth McDowell, 
Supervisory Program Specialist, FEMA, Recovery Directorate, at (540) 
686-3630 for further information. You may contact the Records 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or email address: [email protected]..

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-288) (the Stafford Act), as 
amended, is the legal basis for the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) to provide financial assistance and services to individuals who 
apply for disaster assistance benefits in the event of a federally 
declared disaster. Regulations in title 44 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), Subpart D, ``Federal Assistance to Individuals and 
Households,'' implement 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, damage, 
necessary expenses, and serious needs

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which are not covered through other means.
    Individuals and households may apply for assistance under the 
Individuals and Households program in person, via telephone or 
internet. FEMA utilizes paper forms 009-0-1 (English) Disaster 
Assistance Registration or FEMA Form 009-0-2 (Spanish), Solicitud/
Registro Para Asistencia De Resastre to register individuals.
    FEMA provides direct assistance to eligible applicants pursuant to 
the requirements in 44 CFR 206.117. To receive direct assistance for 
temporary housing (e.g., mobile home or other manufactured housing 
unit) from FEMA, the applicant is required to acknowledge and accept 
the conditions for occupying government property. The applicant is also 
required to acknowledge that he or she has been informed of the 
conditions for continued direct housing assistance. To accomplish these 
acknowledgments and notifications, FEMA uses the applicant's household 
composition data in National Emergency Management Information System to 
prepare a Manufactured Housing Unit Revocable License and Receipt for 
Government Property FEMA Form 009-0-5, or Las Casas Manufacturadas 
Unidad Licencia Revocable y Recibo de la Propiedad del Gobierno FEMA 
Form 009-0-6.
    Federal public benefits are provided to U.S. citizens, non-citizen 
nationals, or qualified aliens. A parent or guardian of a minor child 
may be eligible for disaster assistance if, the minor child is a U.S. 
citizen, Non-citizen national or qualified alien and the minor child 
lives with the parent or guardian. (See 8 U.S.C. 1601-1646).
    By signing FEMA Forms 009-0-3, Declaration and Release or 009-0-4, 
Declaraci[oacute]n Y Autorizaci[oacute]n an applicant or a member of 
the applicant's household is attesting to being a U.S. citizen, non-
citizen national or qualified alien. A parent or guardian of a minor 
child signing FEMA Forms 009-0-3, Declaration and Release or 009-0-4, 
Declaraci[oacute]n Y Autorizaci[oacute]n is attesting that the minor 
child is a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national or qualified alien.

Collection of Information

    Title: Disaster Assistance Registration.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0002.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 009-0-1T (English) Tele-Registration, 
Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009-0-1Int (English) 
Internet, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009-0-2Int 
(Spanish) Internet, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 
009-0-1 (English) Paper Application/Disaster Assistance Registration; 
FEMA Form 009-0-2 (Spanish), Solicitud en Papel/Registro Para 
Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 009-0-1S (English) Smartphone, 
Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form 009-0-2S (Spanish) 
Smartphone, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form 009-0-3 
(English), Declaration and Release; FEMA Form 009-0-4 (Spanish), 
Declaraci[oacute]n Y Autorizaci[oacute]n; FEMA Form 009-0-5 (English), 
Manufactured Housing Unit Revocable License and Receipt for Government 
Property; FEMA Form 009-0-6 (Spanish), Las Casas Manufacturadas Unidad 
Licencia Revocable y Recibo de la Propiedad del Gobierno.
    Abstract: The various forms in this collection are used to collect 
pertinent information to provide financial assistance, and if 
necessary, direct assistance to eligible individuals and households 
who, as a direct result of a disaster or emergency, have uninsured or 
under-insured, necessary expenses and serious needs that they are 
unable to meet through other means.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Number of Respondents: 3,264,753.
    Number of Responses: 3,264,753.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 628,036 hours.

                                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                          Number of                Avg. burden     Total
                                                             Number of    responses      Total         per         annual    Avg. hourly   Total annual
         Type of respondent            Form name/Form No.   respondents      per       number of     response   burden  (in   wage rate     respondent
                                                                          respondent   responses    (in hours)     hours)                      cost
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Individuals or Households..........  Tele-registration        1,151,255            1    1,151,255          0.3      345,377       $30.66     $10,589,258
                                      Application for                                               (18 mins.)
                                      Disaster Assistance/
                                      (English) FEMA Form
                                      009-0-1T.
Individuals or Households..........  Internet application       323,040            1      323,040          0.3       96,912        30.66    2,971,321.90
                                      for Disaster                                                  (18 mins.)
                                      Assistance/(English
                                      and Spanish) FEMA
                                      Forms 009-0-1Int and
                                      009-0-02Int.
Individuals or Households..........  Paper Application for       51,549            1       51,549          0.3       15,465        30.66      474,156.90
                                      Disaster Assistance/                                          (18 mins.)
                                      (English and
                                      Spanish) FEMA Forms
                                      009-0-1 and 009-0-2.
Individuals or Households..........  Smartphone                 192,447            1      192,447          0.3       57,734        30.66    1,770,124.40
                                      Application for                                               (18 mins.)
                                      Disaster Assistance/
                                      (English and
                                      Spanish) FEMA Forms
                                      009-0-1S and 009-0-
                                      2S.
Individuals or Households..........  Declaration and          1,099,706            1    1,099,706         .033       36,657        30.66    1,123,903.60
                                      Release (English and                                           (2 mins.)
                                      Spanish)/FEMA Forms
                                      009-0-3 and 009-0-4.
Individuals or Households..........  Manufactured Housing        17,183            1       17,183         0.25        4,296        30.66      131,715.36
                                      Unit Revocable                                                (15 mins.)
                                      License and Receipt
                                      for Government
                                      Property (English
                                      and Spanish) FEMA
                                      Forms 009-0-5 and
                                      009-0-6.
Individuals or Households..........  Request for                429,573            1      429,573     0.166666       71,595        30.66    2,195,102.70
                                      Information (RFI),                                            (10 mins.)
                                      English and Spanish.
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    Total..........................  .....................    3,264,753  ...........    3,264,753  ...........      628,036  ...........      19,255,579
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 Note: The ``Avg. Hourly Wage Rate'' for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $19,255,579. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or

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capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is $15,618,762.

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.

    Dated: March 11, 2014.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2014-05802 Filed 3-14-14; 8:45 am]
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