[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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