Notice2023-03612
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program
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Published
February 22, 2023
Issuing agencies
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. The submission will describe the nature of the information collection, the categories of the respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10916-10917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03612]
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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: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL)
Program
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30 Day notice of revision 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. The submission will describe the
nature of the information collection, the categories of the
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources
used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data
collection instruments FEMA will use.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 2023.
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 St. SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1650535b573b5f787079647b77627f79783b55797a7a7375627f7978653b5b77787771737b7378625670737b7738727e6538717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d2b28202c4024030b021f000c19040203402e020101080e190402031e40200c030c0a08000803192d0b08000c4309051e430a021b">[email protected]</span></a> or
Martha Castro, Program Manager, FEMA at 202-212-5761 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3ae8291978b82cda0829097918ca385868e82cd878b90cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce83afbcbaa6afe08dafbdbabca18ea8aba3afe0aaa6bde0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 to fulfill the
regulatory requirement by using a template letter. Therefore, FEMA Form
090-0-4 (Letter of Application) will no longer be part of this
collection.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on November 15, 2022, at 87 FR 68513 with a 60-Day
public comment period. FEMA received two comments.
The first comment suggested simplifying the CDL application. To
minimize both effort and time required to complete this loan
application, the CDL Program has simplified the application process and
paperwork to the least amount of effort possible. Additionally, the CDL
Program assists local governments through the entire process, even post
loan issuance. Once information has been obtained from the potential
applicant, the CDL Program completes a financial analysis, fills forms,
and then provides the pre-filled forms to the applicants for them to
read, print, and sign.
The second comment received suggested not using Federal tax-payer
dollars to rebuild in known hazard areas. By statute, FEMA is
authorized to provide financial assistance for local governments to
cover operational expenses. Local governments cannot use the financial
assistance for capital improvements. Rebuilding is considered a capital
expense and therefore an ineligible use of these CDL funds. Relocation
is also an ineligible use of the loaned funds. The CDL Program
validates that loans were used only for eligible uses.
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: Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, with 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: $1,061,916.
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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;
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. 2023-03612 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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