Data Collection Available for Public Comments, 36837-36838 [2024-09681]

Agencies

• SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36837-36838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09681]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Data Collection Available for Public Comments

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request 
approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the 
collection of information described below. Unless waived, the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) requires federal agencies to publish a notice in 
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information 
before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public comment in 
response to the notice.

DATES: Submit comments on or before July 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to, Robert Camacho, Financial and Loan 
Specialist, Office of Financial Assistance, [email protected], 
Small Business Administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Camacho, Financial and Loan 
Specialist, Office of Financial Assistance, (817) 661-0317 
[email protected], Small Business Administration, or Curtis B.

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Rich, Agency Clearance Officer, (202) 205-7030, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SBA Form 3513 has been used for physical 
and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), including COVID loans. Going 
forward, this form will eventually be used for determining fraud for 
non-COVID disaster loans only.
    As authorized by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the Paycheck Protection Program and 
Health Care Enhancement Act, and the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 
Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, the Small Business 
Administration (SBA) provided COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans 
to provide working capital for small businesses, private nonprofits, 
and small agricultural enterprises who suffered substantial economic 
injury as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. SBA received more than 
16 million loan applications during the pandemic and a small percentage 
of those applications may have been a result of identity theft.
    To ensure SBA is taking the appropriate action for any individuals 
who have indicated they have been the victim of identity theft, the 
individual will need to provide an affidavit to SBA indicating no 
involvement in the filing of the loan application, and that they did 
not receive or have knowledge of who received the loan funds. The 
information will be collected from those individuals (or their 
representative) who, without their knowledge or authorization, had an 
application submitted to SBA's Office of Capital Access (OCA) utilizing 
their personal information. OCA will review the information contained 
in the affidavit to determine whether there was identity theft 
involved, and if so, OCA will take the necessary steps to stop all 
billing statements, release any collateral filings, and to ensure that 
loan information will not be publicly reported in the name of the 
identity theft victim. In addition, this affidavit will be provided to 
the Office of Inspector General and other enforcement agencies in any 
legal action as necessary.

Solicitation of Public Comments

    SBA is requesting comments on (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the agency to properly perform its 
functions; (b) whether the burden estimates are accurate; (c) whether 
there are ways to minimize the burden, including through the use of 
automated techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d) 
whether there are ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information.

Summary of Information Collection

    OMB Control Number: 3245-0418.
    (1) Title: Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Application 
Declaration of Identify Theft COVID-19.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals who have identified and 
attest to potential identity theft.
    Form Number: SBA Form 3513.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 60,000.
    Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 15,000.

Curtis Rich,
Agency Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-09681 Filed 5-2-24; 8:45 am]
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