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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program
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 t...
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, 88 Stat. 143 (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.
The proposed information collection would revise FEMA Form-104-FY-22-224, Promissory Note to remove Part III—Schedule of Loan Increments to Be Disbursed to Borrower. FEMA has determined that the information was not sufficiently useful to reviewing the application and opted to eliminate the entire table titled “Part III—Schedule of Loan Increments to Be Disbursed to Borrower” from the form.
Collection of Information
Title:
Application for Community Disaster Loan (CDL) Program.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, with minor change, of a currently approved information collection.
OMB Number:
1660-0083.
FEMA Forms:
FEMA Form-104-FY-22-223 (formerly 090-0-1), Certification of Eligibility for Community Disaster Loans; FEMA Form-104-FY-22-224 (formerly 116-0-1), Promissory Note; FEMA Form-104-FY-22-225 (formerly 085-0-1), Local Government Resolution—Collateral Security; FEMA Form-104-FY-22-226 (formerly 112-0-3C), Certifications Regarding Lobbying, Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters, and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements; FEMA Form-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 disaster-related expenses.
Affected Public:
Local, U.S. Territory, or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
260.
Estimated Number of Responses:
260.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
552.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost:
$29,990.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs:
0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs:
0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government:
$80,961.
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.
Nigel S. Allicock,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.