Document ID: FEMA-2014-0006-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Debt Collection Financial Statement
Posted Date: 2014-02-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9251-9252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03504]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0006; OMB No. 1660-0011]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Debt Collection Financial Statement

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 a revision of a currently approved information 
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of information 
related to disaster program accounts and debts receivable.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 21, 2014.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov under 
Docket ID FEMA-2014-0006. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 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 http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Mary Schneider, Chief, Debt 
Management Unit, FEMA Finance Center, Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, FEMA, at (540) 504-1649 for further information. You may 
contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or email 
address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Debt Collection Improvement Act as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 3701, et seq.), the Federal Claims Collection 
Standards (31 CFR 901), and DHS regulations (6 CFR 11); the 
Administrator of FEMA is: (1) Required to attempt collection of all 
debts owed to the United States arising out of activities of 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)).

Collection of Information

    Title: Debt Collection Financial Statement.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0011.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form127-0-1, Debt Collection Financial Statement.
    Abstract: FEMA may request debtors to provide personal financial 
information on FEMA Form 127-0-1 concerning their current financial 
position. With this information, FEMA evaluates whether to allow its 
debtors to pay their FEMA debts under installment repayment agreements 
and if so, under what terms. FEMA also uses this data to determine 
whether to compromise, suspend, or completely terminate collection 
efforts on respondent's debts. This data is also used to locate the 
debtor's assets if the debts are sent for judicial enforcement.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Number of Responses: 2,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500 hours.

                                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                                                                   Total
                                Form Name/form       No. of          No. of       Total No.    Avg. burden per     annual    Avg. hourly   Total annual
      Type of respondent            number         respondents    responses per       of        response  (in   burden  (in   wage rate     respondent
                                                                   respondent     responses        hours)          hours)                      cost
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Individuals or Households....  Debt Collection            2,000               1        2,000  45 minutes......        1,500       $33.74      $50,610.00
                                Financial
                                Statement/FEMA
                                Form 127-0-1.
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    Total....................  ................           2,000  ..............        2,000  ................        1,500  ...........      $50,610.00
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 Note: The ``Avg. Hourly Wage Rate'' for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

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    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $50,610.00. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$189,319.75.

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 6, 2014.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2014-03504 Filed 2-14-14; 8:45 am]
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