[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10921-10923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03611]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0043; OMB No. 1660-0002]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; Disaster Assistance Registration

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

ACTION: 30 Day notice of revision and request for comments.

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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 changes to modernize and simplify the disaster assistance 
registration. The changes will reduce the burden on survivors by only 
requiring them to answer questions based on the type of assistance they 
need. This will also reduce the amount of time it takes for survivors 
to apply either online, or through a call center, therefore allowing 
call center agents to assist survivors more quickly. The notice also 
includes FEMA documenting all post-registration contacts, including 
callouts, casework, and auto-dialers performed for the purpose of 
determining whether disaster assistance applicants have unmet needs and 
may be eligible for additional assistance and/or share the results of 
those contacts directly with external stakeholders, such as state or 
local government partners, who can potentially assist those same 
applicants with assistance or services not provided by FEMA through 
specific programs directly targeted to disaster survivors.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 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 Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address: [email protected] or 
Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program Specialist, FEMA, Recovery 
Directorate at 540-686-3602 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-288, as amended) (the Stafford 
Act) is the legal basis for FEMA to provide financial assistance and 
services to individuals who apply for disaster assistance benefits in 
the event of a Presidentially-declared disaster. Regulations in title 
44 CFR, subpart D, ``Federal Assistance to Individuals and 
Households,'' implement the policy and procedures set forth in section 
408 of the Stafford Act. Housing Assistance (HA) is a provision of the 
Individuals and Households Program (IHP), authorized by section 408(c) 
of the Stafford Act. There are two forms of assistance: financial and 
direct. Financial Housing Assistance refers to funds provided to 
eligible applicants for temporary lodging expenses, rental of temporary 
housing, or repair or replacement of a damaged primary residence. 
Direct Temporary Housing Assistance includes providing Temporary 
Housing Units (THU) through Multi-Family Lease or Repair (MLR) or 
Direct Lease, or placing transportable temporary housings (TTHU), such 
as manufactured housing units (MHU) and recreational vehicles or travel 
trailers, on private, commercial, or group sites. This program provides 
financial assistance and, if necessary, direct assistance to eligible 
individuals and households who, as a direct result of a major disaster, 
have necessary expenses and serious needs that are unable to be met 
through other means. Individuals and households may apply for 
assistance through the Registration Intake (RI) process under the IHP 
in person, via telephone, or the internet. FEMA provides financial 
assistance under

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Other Needs Assistance to individuals or households affected by a major 
disaster to meet disaster-related medical, dental, funeral, childcare, 
personal property, transportation, moving and storage expenses, and 
other necessary expenses or serious needs resulting from a major 
disaster under section 408(e)(1) of the Stafford Act.
    The changes to the following forms support Executive Order 14058, 
Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to 
Rebuild Trust in Government. The changes will rebuild trust in the 
Federal Government by promoting transparency of FEMA's Disaster 
Assistance application process. The major changes are:
     FEMA Forms FF-104-FY-21-123 (formerly 009-0-1T, English) 
and FF-104-FY-21-123-A (formerly 009-0-1T, Spanish), Tele-Registration 
Application for Disaster Assistance are being removed due to the 
addition of the ten Streamline Registration Intake flows. Those ten 
flows are:

[cir] Home damage
[cir] Personal property damage
[cir] Vehicle damage
[cir] Emergency needs
[cir] Essential utilities outage
[cir] Funeral expenses
[cir] Childcare expenses
[cir] Lodging expenses
[cir] Medical or Dental expenses
[cir] Expenses for miscellaneous items (e.g., chainsaws, generators, 
etc.)

     FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-123-FA (English), Tele-
Registration, is being removed and replaced with FEMA Form FF-104-FY-
22-260, Streamline Registration Intake for Funeral Expenses, Disaster 
Assistance Registration.
     FEMA Forms FF-104-FY-21-123 (formerly 009-0-1T, English) 
and FF-104-FY-21-123-A (formerly 009-0-1T, Spanish), Tele-Registration 
Application for Disaster Assistance are being removed due to the 
addition of the Streamline RI flows and will be replaced by the 
following:

[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-255, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Home Damage, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-256, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Personal Property Damage, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-257, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Vehicle Property Damage, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-258, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Emergency Needs, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-259, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Essential Utilities Outage, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-260, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Funeral Expenses, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-261, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Childcare Expenses, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-262, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Lodging Expenses, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-263, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Medical or Dental Expenses, Disaster Assistance Registration
[cir] FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-264, Streamline Registration Intake for 
Expenses for Miscellaneous Items (e.g., chainsaws, generators, etc.), 
Disaster Assistance Registration

     COVID-19 Funeral Assistance being removed from FEMA 
Template FT-104-FY-22-101 Request for Information (RFI)--Funeral 
Assistance (English).
    In documenting all post-registration callouts, auto-dialer contacts 
and subsequent collection of data, FEMA can determine whether 
applicants have unmet needs, can process the applicant for financial or 
direct assistance sharing the results of those contacts directly with 
external stakeholders. This data is specifically used for FEMA and its 
stakeholders to determine whether assistance is warranted.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on November 28, 2022, at 87 FR 73018 with a 60-day 
public comment period. One public comment was received, but is 
considered not germane to this collection because it was incomplete. 
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: Disaster Assistance Registration.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0002.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-122 (formerly 009-0-1 
(English)), Paper Application, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA 
Form FF-104-FY-21-122-A (formerly 009-0-2 (Spanish)), Solicitud en 
Papel, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-123 
(formerly 009-0-1T (English)), Tele-Registration, Disaster Assistance 
Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-123-A (formerly 009-0-1T 
(Spanish)), Tele-Registration, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; 
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-125 (formerly 009-0-1Int (English)), internet, 
Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-125-A 
(formerly 009-0-2Int (Spanish)), internet, Registro Para Asistencia De 
Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-127 (formerly 009-0-5 (English)), 
Manufactured Housing Unit Revocable License and Receipt for Government 
Property (Revocable License); FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-127-A (formerly 
009-0-6 (Spanish)), Licencia Revocable para la Unidad de Vivienda 
Temporera y Recibo para el uso de Propiedad del Govierno (Licencia 
Revocable); FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-128 (formerly 009-0-3 (English)), 
Declaration and Release; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-128-A (formerly 009-0-4 
(Spanish)), Declaracion Y Autorizacion; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-255, 
Streamline Registration Intake for Home Damage, Disaster Assistance 
Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-256, Streamline Registration 
Intake for Personal Property Damage, Disaster Assistance Registration; 
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-257, Streamline Registration Intake for Vehicle 
Property Damage, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-
22-258, Streamline Registration Intake for Emergency Needs, Disaster 
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-259, Streamline 
Registration Intake for Essential Utilities Outage, Disaster Assistance 
Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-260, Streamline Registration 
Intake for Funeral Expenses, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA 
Form FF-104-FY-22-261, Streamline Registration Intake for Childcare 
Expenses, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-262, 
Streamline Registration Intake for Lodging Expenses, Disaster 
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-263, Streamline 
Registration Intake for Medical or Dental Expenses, Disaster Assistance 
Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-264, Streamline Registration 
Intake for Expenses for Miscellaneous Items (e.g., chainsaws, 
generators, etc.), Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Template FT-
104-FY-22-101, Request for Information (RFI)--Funeral Verification; 
FEMA Template FT-104-FY-22-102, Request for Information (RFI)--
Ownership Verification; FEMA Template FT-104-FY-22-103, Request for 
Information

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(RFI)--Occupancy Verification; and FEMA Template FT-104-FY-22-104, 
Request for Information (RFI)--Medical, Dental, Disability-
Accessibility-Related Items.
    Abstract: The forms in this collection are used to obtain 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 or serious expenses they are unable to meet. This revision of 
a currently approved information collection will improve the 
applicant's experience with the disaster assistance registration 
process by providing a simpler, more intuitive interface and limiting 
required responses to those needed based on their needs. These changes 
will rebuild trust in the Federal Government by promoting transparency 
of FEMA's Disaster Assistance application process.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,684,234.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,684,234.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 476,030.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $19,331,577.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: 33,303,400.

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. 2023-03611 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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