Notice2024-19693
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program
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Published
September 3, 2024
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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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71382-71383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <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: Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program
Specialist, FEMA, Recovery Directorate at 540-686-3602 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdffcfd4dcd393e9d5d2d0cdced2d38bfddbd8d0dc93d9d5ce93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="185a6a717976364c707775686b77762e587e7d7579367c706b367f776e">[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#4e080b030f63072028213c232f3a272120630d2122222b2d3a2721203d63032f202f292b232b203a0e282b232f602a263d60292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e484b434f23476068617c636f7a676160234d6162626b6d7a6761607d23436f606f696b636b607a4e686b636f206a667d20696178">[email protected]</span></a>.
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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