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Community map repository address
Unincorporated Areas of Sacramento County .........................................
Sacramento County Department of Water Resources, 827 7th Street,
Suite 301, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Clay County, Iowa and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–2285
City of Spencer .........................................................................................
Unincorporated Areas of Clay County .....................................................
Planning Department, 101 West 5th Street, Spencer, IA 51301.
Clay County Administration Building, 300 West 4th Street, Spencer, IA
51301.
Winneshiek County, Iowa and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–2270
City of Calmar ...........................................................................................
City of Decorah .........................................................................................
City of Fort Atkinson .................................................................................
City of Jackson Junction ..........................................................................
City of Ossian ...........................................................................................
City of Spillville .........................................................................................
Unincorporated Areas of Winneshiek County ..........................................
City Hall, 101 South Washington Street, Calmar, IA 52132.
City Hall, 400 Claiborne Drive, Decorah, IA 52101.
City Hall, 98 Elm Street, Fort Atkinson, IA 52144.
City Hall, 1201 County Road V68, Jackson Junction, IA 52171.
City Hall, 123 West Main Street, Ossian, IA 52161.
City Hall, 438 South Main Street, Spillville, IA 52168.
Winneshiek County Courthouse, 201 West Main Street, Decorah, IA
52101.
Blue Earth County, Minnesota and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–2128 and FEMA–B–2170
City of Eagle Lake ....................................................................................
City of Lake Crystal ..................................................................................
City of Mankato ........................................................................................
City of Minnesota Lake .............................................................................
City of Skyline ...........................................................................................
City of St. Clair .........................................................................................
City of Vernon Center ...............................................................................
Unincorporated Areas of Blue Earth County ............................................
City Hall, 705 Parkway Avenue, Eagle Lake, MN 56024.
City Hall, 100 East Robinson Street, Lake Crystal, MN 56055.
Intergovernmental Center, 10 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, MN 56001.
City Office, 103 Main Street North, Minnesota Lake, MN 56068.
Skyline City Hall, 164 South Skyline Drive, Mankato, MN 56001.
City Hall, 304 Main Street West, St. Clair, MN 56080.
City Hall, 101 Oak Street North, Vernon Center, MN 56090.
Blue Earth County Government Center, 204 South 5th Street, Mankato,
MN 56001.
Emmons County, North Dakota and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–2281
City of Linton ............................................................................................
Unincorporated Areas of Emmons County ..............................................
City Hall, 101 Northeast 1st Street, Linton, ND 58552.
Emmons County Courthouse, 100 4th Street NW, Linton, ND 58552.
Lucas County, Ohio and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–1869 and FEMA–B–2223
City of Oregon ..........................................................................................
City of Toledo ...........................................................................................
Unincorporated Areas of Lucas County ...................................................
Village of Harbor View ..............................................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
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[Docket ID: FEMA–2023–0028; OMB No.
1660–0002]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Disaster
Assistance Registration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
AGENCY:
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City Hall, 5330 Seaman Road, Oregon, OH 43616.
Department of Inspection, One Government Center, Suite 1600, Toledo, OH 43604.
Lucas County Engineer’s Office, 1049 South McCord Road, Holland,
OH 43528.
Village Hall, 327 Lakeview Drive, Harbor View, OH 43434.
60-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
ACTION:
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 a revision of
a currently approved information
collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice seeks comments concerning
changes to modernize and simplify the
disaster assistance registration. The
changes will reduce the burden on
survivors by only requiring them to
answer questions based on the type of
assistance they need. This will also
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reduce the amount of time it takes for
survivors to apply either online, or
through a call center, therefore allowing
call center agents to assist survivors
more quickly.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please
submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2023–0028. 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
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Portal at https://www.regulations.gov,
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
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Thompson, Supervisory Program
Specialist, FEMA, Recovery Directorate
at 540–686–3602 or Brian.Thompson6@
fema.dhs.gov. You may contact the
Information Management Division for
copies of the proposed collection of
information at email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@
fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act)
(Pub. L. 93–288, as amended) (42 U.S.C.
5121–5207) is the legal basis for FEMA
to provide financial assistance and
services to individuals who apply for
disaster assistance benefits in the event
of a Presidentially-declared disaster.
Housing Assistance is a provision of the
Individuals and Households Program,
authorized by section 408(c) of the
Stafford Act. There are two forms of
assistance: financial and direct.
Financial Housing Assistance refers to
funds provided to eligible applicants for
temporary lodging expenses, rental of
temporary housing, or repair or
replacement of a damaged primary
residence. Direct Temporary Housing
Assistance includes providing
Temporary Housing Units through
Multifamily Lease and Repair and Direct
Lease, or placing transportable
temporary housings, such as
manufactured housing units and
recreational vehicles or travel trailers,
on private, commercial, or group sites.
This program provides financial
assistance and, if necessary, direct
assistance to eligible individuals and
households who, as a direct result of a
major disaster, have necessary expenses
and serious needs that are unable to be
met through other means. Individuals
and households may apply for
assistance through the Registration
Intake process under the Individuals
and Households Program in person, via
telephone, or the internet. FEMA
provides financial assistance under
Other Needs Assistance to individuals
or households affected by a major
disaster to meet disaster-related
medical, dental, funeral, childcare,
personal property, transportation,
moving and storage expenses, and other
necessary expenses or serious needs
resulting from a major disaster under
section 408(e)(1) of the Stafford Act.
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The changes to the following forms
support Executive Order 14058,
Transforming Federal Customer
Experience and Service Delivery to
Rebuild Trust in Government (86 FR
71357, December 16, 2021). The changes
will rebuild trust in the Federal
Government by promoting transparency
of FEMA’s Disaster Assistance
application process. The major changes
will decrease the amount of time to
create a new registration and streamline
the application process to create a
simpler registration progression focused
on an individual’s specific recovery
needs. Streamlining breaks the
application process down into specific
workflows in a more user-friendly
format:
FEMA Forms FF–104–FY–21–123
(formerly 009–0–1T, English) and FF–
104–FY–21–123–A (formerly 009–0–1T,
Spanish), Tele-Registration Application
for Disaster Assistance are being
removed due to the addition of the ten
Streamline Registration Intake
workflows. The ten workflows are:
Home Damage, Personal Property
Damage, Vehicle Damage, Emergency
Needs, Essential Utilities Outage,
Funeral Expenses, Childcare Expenses,
Lodging Expenses, Medical or Dental
Expenses, and Expenses for
Miscellaneous items (e.g., chainsaws,
generators, etc.).
FEMA Form FF–104–FY–21–123–FA
(English), Tele-Registration, is being
removed and replaced with FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–22–260, Streamline
Registration Intake for Funeral
Expenses, Disaster Assistance
Registration.
FEMA Forms FF–104–FY–21–123
(formerly 009–0–1T, English) and FF–
104–FY–21–123–A (formerly 009–0–1T,
Spanish), Tele-Registration Application
for Disaster Assistance are being
removed due to the addition of the ten
Streamline Registration Intake flows.
COVID–19 Funeral Assistance will
remain in FEMA Template FT–104–FY–
22–101, Request for Information (RFI)—
Funeral Verification (English) until the
COVID–19 application period ends.
This collection contains the proposed
changes to the disaster application
process that will reduce the time to
apply for IHP assistance. This update
specifically recognizes post launch
usability and the public’s responses to
the changes which will also be nonsubstantive throughout as the updates
are not specifically content driven.
These changes will reduce the burden
on survivors by only requiring them to
answer questions based on the type of
assistance they need.
In documenting all post-registration
callouts, auto-dialer contacts and
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subsequent collection of data, FEMA
can determine whether applicants have
unmet needs, can process the applicant
for financial or direct assistance sharing
the results of those contacts directly
with external stakeholders. This data is
specifically used for FEMA and its
stakeholders to determine whether
assistance is warranted.
The notice also includes FEMA
documenting all post-registration
contacts, including callouts, casework,
and auto-dialers performed for the
purpose of determining whether disaster
assistance applicants have unmet needs
and may be eligible for additional
assistance and/or share the results of
those contacts directly with external
stakeholders, such as state or local
government partners, who can
potentially assist those same applicants
with assistance or services not provided
by FEMA through specific programs
directly targeted to disaster survivors.
This notice specifically recognizes
post launch usability and feedback from
the public. FEMA is seeking the public’s
comments on identifying ways on
making this a more user-friendly
collection and more functional to meet
the end users-applicants’ needs. The
changes in this information collection
will also be non-substantive throughout
as the updates are not specifically
content driven. These changes in the
application process are, however,
designed to not only reduce the burden
on the public but also reduce the
administrative burden through this
modernization update.
Collection of Information
Title: Disaster Assistance Registration.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0002.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–104–
FY–21–122 (formerly 009–0–1, English),
Paper Application, Disaster Assistance
Registration; FEMA Form FF–104–FY–
21–122–A (formerly 009–0–2, Spanish),
Solicitud en Papel, Registro Para
Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form FF–
104–FY–21–123 (formerly 009–0–1T,
English), Tele-Registration, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–21–123–A (formerly 009–
0–1T, Spanish), Tele-Registration,
Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre;
FEMA Form FF–104–FY–21–123–
COVID–FA (English), Tele-Registration,
COVID–19 Funeral Assistance; FEMA
Form FF–104–FY–21–125 (formerly
009–0–1Int, English), internet, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–21–125–A (formerly 009–
0–2Int, Spanish), internet, Registro Para
Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form FF–
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104–FY–21–127 (formerly 009–0–5,
English), Manufactured Housing Unit
Revocable License and Receipt for
Government Property (Revocable
License); FEMA Form FF–104–FY–21–
127–A (formerly 009–0–6, Spanish),
Licencia Revocable para la Unidad de
Vivienda Temporera y Recibo para el
uso de Propiedad del Gobierno
(Licencia Revocable); FEMA Form FF–
104–FY–21–128 (formerly 009–0–3,
English), Declaration and Release;
FEMA Form FF–104–FY–21–128–A
(formerly 009–0–4, Spanish),
Declaracion Y Autorizacion; FEMA
Form FF–104–FY–22–255, Streamline
Registration Intake for Home Damage,
Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA
Form FF–104–FY–22–256, Streamline
Registration Intake for Personal Property
Damage, Disaster Assistance
Registration; FEMA Form FF–104–FY–
22–257, Streamline Registration Intake
for Vehicle Property Damage, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–22–258, Streamline
Registration Intake for Emergency
Needs, Disaster Assistance Registration;
FEMA Form FF–104–FY–22–259,
Streamline Registration Intake for
Essential Utilities Outage, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–22–260, Streamline
Registration Intake for Funeral
Expenses, Disaster Assistance
Registration; FEMA Form FF–104–FY–
22–261, Streamline Registration Intake
for Childcare Expenses, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–22–262, Streamline
Registration Intake for Lodging
Expenses, Disaster Assistance
Registration; FEMA Form FF–104–FY–
22–263, Streamline Registration Intake
for Medical or Dental Expenses, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–22–264, Streamline
Registration Intake for Expenses for
Miscellaneous Items, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA
Template FT–104–FY–22–101, Request
for Information (RFI)—Funeral
Verification; FEMA Template FT–104–
FY–22–102, Request for Information
(RFI)—Ownership Verification; FEMA
Template FT–104–FY–22–103, Request
for Information (RFI)—Occupancy
Verification; FEMA Template FT–104–
FY–22–104, Request for Information
(RFI)—Medical, Dental, DisabilityAccessibility-Related Items.
Abstract: The forms in this collection
are used to obtain pertinent information
to provide financial assistance, and if
necessary, direct assistance to eligible
individuals and households who, as a
direct result of a disaster or emergency,
have uninsured or under-insured,
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necessary or serious expenses they are
unable to meet. This revision of a
currently approved information
collection will improve the applicant’s
experience with the disaster assistance
registration process by providing a
simpler, more intuitive interface and
limiting required responses to those
needed based on their needs. These
changes will help rebuild trust in the
Federal Government by promoting
transparency of FEMA’s Disaster
Assistance application process.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,366,134.
Estimated Number of Responses:
2,366,134.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 700,954.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $30,246,167.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $33,303,400.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2023–0002; Internal
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–2362]
Proposed Flood Hazard
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Comments are requested on
proposed flood hazard determinations,
which may include additions or
modifications of any Base Flood
Elevation (BFE), base flood depth,
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
boundary or zone designation, or
regulatory floodway on the Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and
where applicable, in the supporting
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for
the communities listed in the table
below. The purpose of this notice is to
seek general information and comment
regarding the preliminary FIRM, and
where applicable, the FIS report that the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) has provided to the affected
communities. The FIRM and FIS report
are the basis of the floodplain
management measures that the
community is required either to adopt
or to show evidence of having in effect
in order to qualify or remain qualified
for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP).
DATES: Comments are to be submitted
on or before January 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and
where applicable, the FIS report for
each community are available for
inspection at both the online location
https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/
prelimdownload and the respective
Community Map Repository address
listed in the tables below. Additionally,
the current effective FIRM and FIS
report for each community are
accessible online through the FEMA
Map Service Center at https://
msc.fema.gov for comparison.
You may submit comments, identified
by Docket No. FEMA–B–2362, to Rick
Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services
Branch, Federal Insurance and
Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 400
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646–7659, or (email)
patrick.sacbibit@fema.dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services
Branch, Federal Insurance and
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0028; OMB No. 1660-0002]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Disaster Assistance Registration
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 a revision of
a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
changes to modernize and simplify the disaster assistance registration.
The changes will reduce the burden on survivors by only requiring them
to answer questions based on the type of assistance they need. This
will also reduce the amount of time it takes for survivors to apply
either online, or through a call center, therefore allowing call center
agents to assist survivors more quickly.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0028. 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
[[Page 72093]]
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, 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 www.regulations.gov.
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)
(42 U.S.C. 5121-5207) is the legal basis for FEMA to provide financial
assistance and services to individuals who apply for disaster
assistance benefits in the event of a Presidentially-declared disaster.
Housing Assistance is a provision of the Individuals and Households
Program, authorized by section 408(c) of the Stafford Act. There are
two forms of assistance: financial and direct. Financial Housing
Assistance refers to funds provided to eligible applicants for
temporary lodging expenses, rental of temporary housing, or repair or
replacement of a damaged primary residence. Direct Temporary Housing
Assistance includes providing Temporary Housing Units through
Multifamily Lease and Repair and Direct Lease, or placing transportable
temporary housings, such as manufactured housing units and recreational
vehicles or travel trailers, on private, commercial, or group sites.
This program provides financial assistance and, if necessary,
direct assistance to eligible individuals and households who, as a
direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious
needs that are unable to be met through other means. Individuals and
households may apply for assistance through the Registration Intake
process under the Individuals and Households Program in person, via
telephone, or the internet. FEMA provides financial assistance under
Other Needs Assistance to individuals or households affected by a major
disaster to meet disaster-related medical, dental, funeral, childcare,
personal property, transportation, moving and storage expenses, and
other necessary expenses or serious needs resulting from a major
disaster under section 408(e)(1) of the Stafford Act.
The changes to the following forms support Executive Order 14058,
Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to
Rebuild Trust in Government (86 FR 71357, December 16, 2021). The
changes will rebuild trust in the Federal Government by promoting
transparency of FEMA's Disaster Assistance application process. The
major changes will decrease the amount of time to create a new
registration and streamline the application process to create a simpler
registration progression focused on an individual's specific recovery
needs. Streamlining breaks the application process down into specific
workflows in a more user-friendly format:
FEMA Forms FF-104-FY-21-123 (formerly 009-0-1T, English) and FF-
104-FY-21-123-A (formerly 009-0-1T, Spanish), Tele-Registration
Application for Disaster Assistance are being removed due to the
addition of the ten Streamline Registration Intake workflows. The ten
workflows are: Home Damage, Personal Property Damage, Vehicle Damage,
Emergency Needs, Essential Utilities Outage, Funeral Expenses,
Childcare Expenses, Lodging Expenses, Medical or Dental Expenses, and
Expenses for Miscellaneous items (e.g., chainsaws, generators, etc.).
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-123-FA (English), Tele-Registration, is
being removed and replaced with FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-260, Streamline
Registration Intake for Funeral Expenses, Disaster Assistance
Registration.
FEMA Forms FF-104-FY-21-123 (formerly 009-0-1T, English) and FF-
104-FY-21-123-A (formerly 009-0-1T, Spanish), Tele-Registration
Application for Disaster Assistance are being removed due to the
addition of the ten Streamline Registration Intake flows.
COVID-19 Funeral Assistance will remain in FEMA Template FT-104-FY-
22-101, Request for Information (RFI)--Funeral Verification (English)
until the COVID-19 application period ends.
This collection contains the proposed changes to the disaster
application process that will reduce the time to apply for IHP
assistance. This update specifically recognizes post launch usability
and the public's responses to the changes which will also be non-
substantive throughout as the updates are not specifically content
driven. These changes will reduce the burden on survivors by only
requiring them to answer questions based on the type of assistance they
need.
In documenting all post-registration callouts, auto-dialer contacts
and subsequent collection of data, FEMA can determine whether
applicants have unmet needs, can process the applicant for financial or
direct assistance sharing the results of those contacts directly with
external stakeholders. This data is specifically used for FEMA and its
stakeholders to determine whether assistance is warranted.
The notice also includes FEMA documenting all post-registration
contacts, including callouts, casework, and auto-dialers performed for
the purpose of determining whether disaster assistance applicants have
unmet needs and may be eligible for additional assistance and/or share
the results of those contacts directly with external stakeholders, such
as state or local government partners, who can potentially assist those
same applicants with assistance or services not provided by FEMA
through specific programs directly targeted to disaster survivors.
This notice specifically recognizes post launch usability and
feedback from the public. FEMA is seeking the public's comments on
identifying ways on making this a more user-friendly collection and
more functional to meet the end users-applicants' needs. The changes in
this information collection will also be non-substantive throughout as
the updates are not specifically content driven. These changes in the
application process are, however, designed to not only reduce the
burden on the public but also reduce the administrative burden through
this modernization update.
Collection of Information
Title: Disaster Assistance Registration.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0002.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-122 (formerly 009-0-1, English),
Paper Application, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-
FY-21-122-A (formerly 009-0-2, Spanish), Solicitud en Papel, Registro
Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-123 (formerly 009-
0-1T, English), Tele-Registration, Disaster Assistance Registration;
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-123-A (formerly 009-0-1T, Spanish), Tele-
Registration, Registro Para Asistencia De Desastre; FEMA Form FF-104-
FY-21-123-COVID-FA (English), Tele-Registration, COVID-19 Funeral
Assistance; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-125 (formerly 009-0-1Int, English),
internet, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-125-
A (formerly 009-0-2Int, Spanish), internet, Registro Para Asistencia De
Desastre; FEMA Form FF-
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104-FY-21-127 (formerly 009-0-5, English), Manufactured Housing Unit
Revocable License and Receipt for Government Property (Revocable
License); FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-127-A (formerly 009-0-6, Spanish),
Licencia Revocable para la Unidad de Vivienda Temporera y Recibo para
el uso de Propiedad del Gobierno (Licencia Revocable); FEMA Form FF-
104-FY-21-128 (formerly 009-0-3, English), Declaration and Release;
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-128-A (formerly 009-0-4, Spanish), Declaracion Y
Autorizacion; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-255, Streamline Registration
Intake for Home Damage, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-
104-FY-22-256, Streamline Registration Intake for Personal Property
Damage, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-257,
Streamline Registration Intake for Vehicle Property Damage, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-258, Streamline
Registration Intake for Emergency Needs, Disaster Assistance
Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-259, Streamline Registration
Intake for Essential Utilities Outage, Disaster Assistance
Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-260, Streamline Registration
Intake for Funeral Expenses, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA
Form FF-104-FY-22-261, Streamline Registration Intake for Childcare
Expenses, Disaster Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-262,
Streamline Registration Intake for Lodging Expenses, Disaster
Assistance Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-263, Streamline
Registration Intake for Medical or Dental Expenses, Disaster Assistance
Registration; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-264, Streamline Registration
Intake for Expenses for Miscellaneous Items, Disaster Assistance
Registration; FEMA Template FT-104-FY-22-101, Request for Information
(RFI)--Funeral Verification; FEMA Template FT-104-FY-22-102, Request
for Information (RFI)--Ownership Verification; FEMA Template FT-104-FY-
22-103, Request for Information (RFI)--Occupancy Verification; FEMA
Template FT-104-FY-22-104, Request for Information (RFI)--Medical,
Dental, Disability-Accessibility-Related Items.
Abstract: The forms in this collection are used to obtain pertinent
information to provide financial assistance, and if necessary, direct
assistance to eligible individuals and households who, as a direct
result of a disaster or emergency, have uninsured or under-insured,
necessary or serious expenses they are unable to meet. This revision of
a currently approved information collection will improve the
applicant's experience with the disaster assistance registration
process by providing a simpler, more intuitive interface and limiting
required responses to those needed based on their needs. These changes
will help rebuild trust in the Federal Government by promoting
transparency of FEMA's Disaster Assistance application process.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,366,134.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,366,134.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 700,954.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $30,246,167.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $33,303,400.
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. 2023-23065 Filed 10-18-23; 8:45 am]
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