Document ID: FEMA-2019-0004-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Debt Collection Financial Statement
Posted Date: 2020-02-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 12001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04128]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2019-0004; OMB No. 1660-0011]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Debt 
Collection Financial Statement

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 to take this opportunity to comment on a 
reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information 
collection for which approval has expired. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments on the 
collection of information related to disaster program accounts and 
debts owed to FEMA by individuals.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 28, 2020.

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-XXXX-XXXX. 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: You may contact the Information 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or Zita Zduoba, FEMA Finance Center, Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer, at (540) 504-1613.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Debt Collection Act as amended (31 
U.S.C. 3701, et seq.), the Federal Claims Collection Standards (31 CFR 
parts 900-904), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
regulations (6 CFR Part 11); the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) is: (1) Required to attempt collection of all 
debts owed to the United States arising out of activities of the FEMA; 
and (2) for debts not exceeding $100,000, authorized to compromise such 
debts or terminate collection action completely where it appears that 
no person is liable for such debt or has the present or prospective 
financial ability to pay a significant sum or that the cost of 
collecting such debt is likely to exceed the amount of the recovery (31 
U.S.C. 3711(a)(2)).
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on July 19, 2019 at 84 FR 34918 with a 60-day public 
comment period. No comments were received. This information collection 
expired on June 30, 2019. FEMA is requesting a reinstatement, without 
change, of a previously approved information collection for which 
approval has expired. The purpose of this notice is 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: Debt Collection Financial Statement.
    Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a 
previously approved information collection for which approval has 
expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0011.
    Form Titles and Numbers: Debt Collection Financial Statement, FEMA 
form 127-0-1.
    Abstract: FEMA Form 127-0-1 is used to collect information provided 
voluntarily by the debtor to evaluate the debtor's financial abilities 
to determine if they qualify for a payment plan and set repayment terms 
or determine a compromise to write-off a debt in part or in full. 
Financial information obtained is essential to evaluate the debtor's 
ability for the payment of the debt in part or in full. Debt may be a 
recoupment of an ineligible disaster assistance payment or improper 
payment to an employee.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 300.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 225.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $8,206.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $41,661.

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.

Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-04128 Filed 2-27-20; 8:45 am]
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