[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68512-68513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24803]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0036; OMB No. 1660-0083]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-day notice of revision 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 to take this opportunity to comment on an extension, 
with change, of a currently approved information collection. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 
comments concerning the Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program. This 
collection allows the Federal Government to make loans to local 
governments that have suffered economic problems due to disasters.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2022-0036. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    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 and 
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Castro, Program Manager, 
Program Support and Monitoring Branch, Public Assistance Division, 202-
212-5761, [email protected]. You may contact the Information 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at email address: [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection is required for 
Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program eligibility determinations, CDL 
management, and compliance with other Federal laws and regulations. The 
CDL Program is authorized by section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-288, as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 5184) and implementing regulations at 44 CFR, part 
206, subpart K. FEMA may make a CDL to any local government which has 
suffered a substantial loss of tax or other revenues as a result of a 
major disaster or emergency and which demonstrates a need for Federal 
financial assistance to perform its governmental functions.
    The CDL must be justified on the basis of need and be based on the 
actual and projected expenses, as a result of the disaster, for the 
fiscal year in which the disaster occurred and the three succeeding 
fiscal years. FEMA has the authority to cancel repayment of all or part 
of these CDLs to the extent that a determination is made that revenues 
of the local government during the three fiscal years following the 
disaster are insufficient to meet the operating budget of that local 
government because of disaster related revenue losses and additional 
unreimbursed disaster-related municipal operating expenses.
    FEMA reviewed the forms included in this collection and found that 
FEMA Form 090-0-4 (Letter of Application) presented difficulties for 
the local governments. FEMA found a simpler way of fulfilling the 
regulatory requirement through a template letter which local 
governments can paste into their letterhead. Therefore, FEMA Form 090-
0-4 (Letter of Application) will no longer be part of this collection.

Collection of Information

    Title: Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with minor change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0083.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-223 (formerly 090-0-1), 
Certification of Eligibility for Community Disaster Loans; FF-104-FY-
22-224 (formerly 116-0-1), Promissory Note; FF-104-FY-22-225 (formerly 
085-0-1), Local Government Resolution--Collateral Security; FF-104-FY-
22-226 (formerly 112-0-3C), Certifications Regarding Lobbying, 
Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters, and Drug-Free 
Workplace Requirements; FF-104-FY-22-227 (formerly 009-0-15), 
Application for Loan Cancellation.
    Abstract: The loan package for the CDL Program provides local 
governments that have suffered substantial loss of tax or other 
revenues as a result of a major disaster, the opportunity to obtain 
financial assistance in order to perform their governmental functions. 
The loan must be justified on the basis of need and actual expenses.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 260.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 260.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 552.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $25,800.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: 0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,059,047.

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. 2022-24803 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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