Notice2022-18459
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program
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Published
August 26, 2022
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Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
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. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 165 (Friday, August 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52588-52589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18459]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0013; 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 renewal 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. 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 26, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b2d2e262a4622050d0419060a1f02040546280407070e081f0204051846260a050a0c0e060e051f2b0d0e060a450f0318450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0442414945294d6a626b766965706d6b6a29476b68686167706d6b6a772949656a65636169616a7044626169652a606c772a636b72">[email protected]</span></a> or
Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program Specialist, FEMA, Recovery
Directorate by telephone at (540) 686-3602 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c280b0aba3acec96aaadafb2b1adacf482a4a7afa3eca6aab1eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4507372c242b6b112d2a2835362a2b7305232028246b212d366b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), Public Law 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 April 13, 2022, at 87 FR 21894 with a 60 day public
comment period. FEMA received one comment.
Comment: ``There needs to be a limit on how long you allow those
displaced to find new arrangements. The rebuilding time and building in
a known flood zone simply does not make sense. The new development on
the shore of an ocean and on the banks of rivers that will have new
heights makes no sense at all. [FEMA] needs to look ahead as well as
behind and prevent new development in flood zones.''
FEMA Response: An eligible applicant may receive Continued
Temporary Housing Assistance based on their need and generally only
when adequate, alternate housing is not available, or when the
applicant's permanent housing plan has not been fulfilled through no
fault of the applicant. While FEMA may provide financial temporary
housing assistance up to 18 months, i.e., the end of the period of
assistance, FEMA generally expects that pre-disaster renters will use
their initial Rental Assistance to obtain permanent housing and that
all recipients of financial assistance will obtain and occupy permanent
housing at the earliest possible time. Regardless, in order to receive
Continued Temporary Housing Assistance, applicants must submit to FEMA
documentation, showing they have a temporary housing need, and must
continue to work toward obtaining permanent housing to remain eligible
for Continued Temporary Housing Assistance.
With regard to flood zones and coastal areas, the National Flood
Insurance Reform Act and FEMA regulations require applicants who
receive Federal financial assistance to purchase flood insurance for
future flood damage to any insurable property for acquisition or
construction purposes. This requirement applies only to real and
personal property that is, or will be, in a designated Special Flood
Hazard Area (SFHA) and can be insured under the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP). Applicants who live in a designated SFHA and
receive Individuals and Households Program (IHP) assistance for Home
Repair, Home Replacement, Personal Property, or Permanent Housing
Construction (PHC) must obtain and maintain flood insurance coverage
for at least the amount of disaster assistance they receive from FEMA
for NFIP-insurable real or personal property items. Applicants may
satisfy the insurance requirement by purchasing private insurance or a
policy through the NFIP. Applicants who do not obtain and maintain
flood insurance will be ineligible for IHP assistance for flood-damaged
real or personal property in future disasters with flood-related
damage.
The NFIP was created to reduce the impact of flooding on private
and public structures by providing affordable insurance to property
owners and by encouraging communities to adopt and enforce floodplain
management regulations.
Further, the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) protects coastal
areas from development by limiting Federal financial assistance for
development-related activities in designated Coastal Barrier Resources
System (CBRS) areas. CBRS areas are coastal areas that protect valuable
habitat for fish and wildlife and are subject to wave, wind, and tidal
forces, and are mapped by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The CBRS
contains two types of coastal barrier areas: CBRS Units and otherwise
protected areas (OPAs). An eligible applicant whose pre-disaster
primary
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residence is located within a CBRS Unit may not be considered for Home
Repair Assistance, Home Replacement Assistance, PHC, or certain types
of Other Needs Assistance. Whereas an eligible applicant whose pre-
disaster residence is located within an OPA may be considered for all
forms of IHP assistance; however, the residence is also subject to
NFIRA requirements for sanctioned communities and SFHAs, if applicable.
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, 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 (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 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: 67,785.
Estimated Number of Responses: 112,089.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 98,609.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $3,906,709.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,109,953.
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. 2022-18459 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]
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