81 FR 8521 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Application for Community Disaster Loan Cancellation

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 33 (February 19, 2016)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on an extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the application for loan cancellation under the Community Disaster Loan Program.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 8521]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03454]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2016-0005; OMB No. 1660-0082]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Application for Community Disaster Loan Cancellation

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on an extension, without change, of a currently approved 
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the application for loan 
cancellation under the Community Disaster Loan Program.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA- 2016-0005. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    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 http://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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Polanco, Assistant Program 
Manager, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Public Assistance 
Division, at 202-701-4023. You may contact the Records Management 
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program is 
authorized by section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
5184, and implementing regulations at 44 CFR subpart K. The Assistant 
Administrator 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 in order to perform its governmental functions. 
FEMA shall cancel repayment of all or part of a CDL to the extent that 
the Assistant Administrator for the Disaster Assistance Directorate 
determines that revenues of the local government during the full three 
fiscal year period following the disaster are insufficient, as a result 
of the disaster, to meet the operating budget for the local government, 
including additional unreimbursed disaster-related expenses for a 
municipal operating character.

Collection of Information

    Title: Application for Community Disaster Loan Cancellation.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0082.
    FEMA Form: FEMA Form 009-0-15, Application for Loan Cancellation.
    Abstract: The loan cancellation form for the CDL Program provides 
local governments that have suffered substantial loss of tax or other 
revenues as a result of a major disaster or emergency and have not 
recovered financially during the third fiscal year post-disaster the 
opportunity to request cancellation of their loan. The loan 
cancellation must be justified on the basis of need and actual 
expenses.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 81.
    Number of Responses: 81.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 81 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $3,947.13. There are no annual costs to respondents' 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$12,355.11.

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.

    Dated: February 12, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2016-03454 Filed 2-18-16; 8:45 am]
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