Notice2022-24803
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program
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Published
November 15, 2022
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Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
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 an extension, with change, of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program. This collection allows the Federal Government to make loans to local governments that have suffered economic problems due to disasters.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68512-68513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24803]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0036; OMB No. 1660-0083]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) 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 an extension,
with change, of a currently approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program. This
collection allows the Federal Government to make loans to local
governments that have suffered economic problems due to disasters.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket ID FEMA-2022-0036. 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Castro, Program Manager,
Program Support and Monitoring Branch, Public Assistance Division, 202-
212-5761, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d604c5f59454c036e4c5e595f426d4b48404c0349455e034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f725e4d4b575e117c5e4c4b4d507f595a525e115b574c11585049">[email protected]</span></a>. You may contact the Information
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of
information at email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c583808884e88caba3aab7a8a4b1acaaabe886aaa9a9a0a6b1acaaabb6e888a4aba4a2a0a8a0abb185a3a0a8a4eba1adb6eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2462616965096d4a424b564945504d4b4a09674b48484147504d4b4a570969454a45434149414a5064424149450a404c570a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection is required for
Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program eligibility determinations, CDL
management, and compliance with other Federal laws and regulations. The
CDL Program is authorized by section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-288, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 5184) and implementing regulations at 44 CFR, part
206, subpart K. FEMA may make a CDL to any local government which has
suffered a substantial loss of tax or other revenues as a result of a
major disaster or emergency and which demonstrates a need for Federal
financial assistance to perform its governmental functions.
The CDL must be justified on the basis of need and be based on the
actual and projected expenses, as a result of the disaster, for the
fiscal year in which the disaster occurred and the three succeeding
fiscal years. FEMA has the authority to cancel repayment of all or part
of these CDLs to the extent that a determination is made that revenues
of the local government during the three fiscal years following the
disaster are insufficient to meet the operating budget of that local
government because of disaster related revenue losses and additional
unreimbursed disaster-related municipal operating expenses.
FEMA reviewed the forms included in this collection and found that
FEMA Form 090-0-4 (Letter of Application) presented difficulties for
the local governments. FEMA found a simpler way of fulfilling the
regulatory requirement through a template letter which local
governments can paste into their letterhead. Therefore, FEMA Form 090-
0-4 (Letter of Application) will no longer be part of this collection.
Collection of Information
Title: Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, with minor change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0083.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-223 (formerly 090-0-1),
Certification of Eligibility for Community Disaster Loans; FF-104-FY-
22-224 (formerly 116-0-1), Promissory Note; FF-104-FY-22-225 (formerly
085-0-1), Local Government Resolution--Collateral Security; FF-104-FY-
22-226 (formerly 112-0-3C), Certifications Regarding Lobbying,
Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters, and Drug-Free
Workplace Requirements; FF-104-FY-22-227 (formerly 009-0-15),
Application for Loan Cancellation.
Abstract: The loan package for the CDL Program provides local
governments that have suffered substantial loss of tax or other
revenues as a result of a major disaster, the opportunity to obtain
financial assistance in order to perform their governmental functions.
The loan must be justified on the basis of need and actual expenses.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 260.
Estimated Number of Responses: 260.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 552.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $25,800.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: 0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,059,047.
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. 2022-24803 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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