[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42894-42895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10727]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0018; OMB No. 1660-0061]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households 
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 the revision 
of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice 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 primarily includes the addition of new 
forms/form updates from the IA Equity review, the Other Needs 
Assistance (ONA) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) update, and a 
review of all forms from the OMB Collection Review project that 
specifically targeted accuracy, plain language, and updates due to 
policy and business practice changes.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please only 
submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2024-0018. 
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: Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program 
Specialist, FEMA, Recovery Directorate by telephone at (540) 686-3602 
or email at [email protected]. You may contact the 
Information Management Division for copies of the proposed collection 
of information at email address: [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.

Collection of Information

    Title: Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision, 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 (formerly 010-0-12, English), Individuals and 
Households Program Application for Continued Temporary Housing

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Assistance; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-115-A (formerly 010-0-12S, Spanish), 
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 
(formerly 009-0-95, English), Request for Advance Disaster Assistance; 
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-116-A (formerly 009-0-95S, Spanish), Solicitud 
de Adelanto de la Asistencia por Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-117 
(formerly 009-0-96, English), Request to Stop Payment and Reissue 
Disaster Assistance Check; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-117-A (formerly 009-
0-96S, Spanish), Solicitud para Detener el Pago y Reemitir el Cheque de 
Asistencia por Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-118--(formerly 140-
003d-1, English), Authorization for the Release of Information Under 
the Privacy Act; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-118-A (formerly 140-003d-1S, 
Spanish), Autorizaci[oacute]n para la Divulgaci[oacute]n de 
Informaci[oacute]n bajo el Acta de Privacidad; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-
228--(English), Individuals and Households Program (IHP)--Supplemental 
Application for Continued Temporary Housing Assistance; FEMA Form FF-
104-FY-22-228-A--(Spanish), Individuals and Households Program (IHP)--
Programa De Individuos Y Familias Solicitud Suplementaria De Asistencia 
De Vivienda Temporal Continua; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-229--Individuals 
and Households Program (IHP)--Appeal Request; and FEMA Form FF-104-FY-
22-229-A--Programa de Individuos Y Familias (IHP) Solicitud de 
Apelaci[oacute]n.
    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: 1,750,896.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,027,047.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 508,505.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $21,982,880.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,227,786.

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. 2024-10727 Filed 5-15-24; 8:45 am]
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