[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12397-12398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03993]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0054; OMB No. 1660-0061]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; Federal Assistance to Individuals and 
Households Program

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 Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) 
Individuals and Households Program, providing financial assistance to 
individuals whose primary residences were destroyed as a result of a 
Presidentially-declared disaster. This revision reduces the overall 
burden on the public by updating the amount of time needed to complete 
most of the instruments in this collection.

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 
Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program Specialist, FEMA, Recovery 
Directorate by telephone at (540) 686-3602 or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) (Pub. L. 93-288, as amended) is 
the legal basis for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to 
provide financial assistance and services to individuals applying for 
disaster assistance benefits in the event of a federally declared 
disaster. Regulations in 44 CFR 206.110--Federal Assistance to 
Individuals and Households (IHP) implements 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, necessary expenses, and serious needs, and are unable to 
meet such expenses or needs through other means.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on December 12, 2022, at 87 FR 76064 with a 60-day 
public comment period. No comments were received. 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: Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0061.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-114 (formerly 010-0-11), 
Individuals and Households Program (IHP)--Other Needs Assistance 
Administrative Option Selection; Development of State/Tribal 
Administrative Plan (SAP) for Other Needs Provision of IHP; FEMA Form 
FF-104-FY-21-115 (English) (formerly 010-0-12), Individuals and 
Households Program Application for Continued Temporary Housing 
Assistance; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-115-A (Spanish) (formerly 010-0-
12S), Programa de Individuos y Familias Solicitud Para Continuar La 
Asistencia de Vivienda Temporera; Request for Approval of Late 
Registration; Appeal of Program Decision; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-116 
(English) (formerly 009-0-95), Request for Advance Disaster Assistance; 
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-116-A (Spanish) (formerly 009-0-95S), Solicitud 
de Adelanto de la Asistencia por Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-117 
(English) (formerly 009-0-96), Request to Stop Payment and Reissue 
Disaster Assistance Check; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-117-A (Spanish) 
(formerly 009-0-96S), Solicitud para Detener el Pago y Reemitir el 
Cheque de Asistencia por

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Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-118--(English) (formerly 140-003d-1S), 
Authorization for the Release of Information Under the Privacy Act; 
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-118-A--(Spanish) (formerly 140-003d-1S), 
Autorizaci[oacute]n para la Divulgaci[oacute]n de Informaci[oacute]n 
bajo el Acta de Privacidad.
    Abstract: This information collection provides disaster survivors 
the opportunity to request approval of late applications, continued 
temporary housing assistance, request advance disaster assistance, stop 
payments not received in order to be reissued funds, and to appeal 
program decisions. This collection also allows for the establishment of 
an annual agreement between FEMA and states, territories, and tribal 
governments regarding how the Other Needs Assistance provision of IHP 
will be administered: by FEMA, by the state, territory, or tribal 
government, or jointly. This collection allows survivors to provide 
additional information after the initial disaster assistance 
registration period in support of their applications for assistance 
from FEMA's IHP. If the information in this collection is not 
collected, a delay in assistance provided to disaster survivors would 
occur.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local or Tribal 
government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 67,859.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 112,163.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64,328.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $2,565,929.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,161,399.

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. 2023-03993 Filed 2-24-23; 8:45 am]
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