[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12398-12399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03992]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0048; OMB No. 1660-0009]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; The Declaration Process: Requests for 
Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA), Requests for Supplemental Federal 
Disaster Assistance, Appeals, and Requests for Cost Share Adjustments

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 the Declaration Process: Requests for Preliminary Damage 
Assessment (PDA), Requests for Supplemental Federal Disaster 
Assistance, Appeals, and Requests for Cost Share Adjustments 
collection. This collection allows states and Tribes to request a major 
disaster or emergency declaration.

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: [email protected] or 
Dean Webster, Declarations Unit, Federal Emergency Management Agency at 
(202) 646-2833 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under sections 401 and 501 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) 
(42 U.S.C 5170 and 5190), if a state or Tribe is impacted by an event 
of the severity and magnitude that is beyond its response capabilities, 
the state Governor or Chief Executive may seek a declaration by the 
President that a major disaster or emergency exists. Any major disaster 
or emergency request must be submitted through FEMA, which evaluates 
the request and makes a recommendation to the President about what 
response action to take. If the major disaster or emergency declaration 
request is granted, the state or Tribe may be eligible to receive 
assistance under 42 U.S.C. 5170a-5170c; 5172-5186; 5189c-5189d; and 
5192. A state or Tribe may appeal denials of a major disaster or 
emergency declaration request for determinations under section 44 CFR 
206.46 and seek an adjustment to the cost share percentage under 
section 44 CFR 206.47. FEMA is revising the currently approved 
information collection to account for an update in the estimates of the 
number of disaster declaration requests received each year.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on December 12, 2022, at 87 FR 76067 with a 60-day 
public comment period. No comments were received. This notice also 
corrects two typographical errors in the previously published notice, 
which listed the number of respondents as 70 when the correct number of 
respondents is 140 and the estimated number of responses as 120 when 
the correct number of responses is 240. 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: The Declaration Process: Requests for Preliminary Damage 
Assessment (PDA), Requests for Supplemental Federal Disaster

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Assistance, Appeals, and Requests for Cost Share Adjustments.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0009.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-232 (formerly 010-0-13), Request 
for Presidential Disaster Declaration Major Disaster or Emergency.
    Abstract: When a disaster occurs, the Governor of the state or the 
Chief Executive of an affected Indian Tribal government may request a 
major disaster declaration or an emergency declaration. The Governor or 
Chief Executive should submit the request to the President through the 
appropriate Regional Administrator to ensure prompt acknowledgement and 
processing. The information obtained by joint Federal, state, and local 
preliminary damage assessments will be analyzed by FEMA regional senior 
level staff. The regional summary and the regional analysis and 
recommendation will include a discussion of state and local resources 
and capabilities, and other assistance available to meet the disaster 
related needs. The FEMA Administrator provides a recommendation to the 
President and also provides a copy of the Governor's or Chief 
Executive's request. In the event the information required by law is 
not contained in the request, the Governor's or Chief Executive's 
request cannot be processed and forwarded to the White House. In the 
event the Governor's request for a major disaster declaration or an 
emergency declaration is not granted, the Governor or Chief Executive 
may appeal the decision.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 140.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 240.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,040.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $208,218.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $9,193,769.

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. 2023-03992 Filed 2-24-23; 8:45 am]
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