[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71382-71383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19693]


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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: 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 extension 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 
extension, without change, of a currently approved information 
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this notice seeks comments concerning 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 renewal 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 Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) 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 October 3, 2024.

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: Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program 
Specialist, FEMA, Recovery Directorate at 540-686-3602 or 
[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 FEMA to provide financial assistance and services 
to individuals applying for disaster assistance benefits in the event 
of a Presidentially-declared disaster. Regulations in 44 CFR 206.110, 
``Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households'' implement the 
policy and procedures set forth in Section 408 of the Stafford Act (42 
U.S.C. 5174, as amended) and govern FEMA's Individuals and Households 
Program (IHP). 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 May 16, 2024, at 89 FR 42894 with a 60-day public 
comment period. No public comments were received. The purpose of this 
renewal is to allow public comment regarding the Individual Assistance 
Equity Interim Final Rule (IFR) updates and 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, without 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 (formerly 010-0-12, English), Individuals and 
Households Program Application for Continued Temporary Housing 
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; 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; and Appeal of Program 
Decision; Displacement Assistance Extension

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Request; Serious Needs Assistance Modification Requests.
    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: 1,750,864.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,027,047.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 508,505.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $23,255,941.
    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. 2024-19693 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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