Document ID: FEMA-2017-0011-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Debt Collection Financial Statement
Posted Date: 2017-04-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 72 (Monday, April 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 18154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07611]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0011; 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 owed to FEMA by 
individuals.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 16, 2017.

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-2017-0011. 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: Jackie Cohen, Chief, Debt Management 
Unit, FEMA Finance Center, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, FEMA 
at (540) 504-1650. You may contact the Records Management Division for 
copies of the proposed collection of information at email address: 
FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Debt Collection Improvement Act as 
amended (Pub. L. 104-134), the Federal Claims Collection Standards (31 
CFR parts 900-904) 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 that the person 
liable for such debt does not have 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 recovery (31 U.S.C. 3711(a)(2)). 
FEMA is revising this collection by requesting additional information 
on FEMA Form 127-0-1 including the debtor's phone number and detailed 
information concerning the debtor's dependents, including age, 
relationship, and contribution to the household income, if any. 
Additionally, FEMA has incorporated Household Expense Listing form 
questions such as other monthly gross income, monthly housing & utility 
expenses, monthly transportation expenses, etc.

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 Form 127-0-1, 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. FEMA uses this information to determine whether to 
compromise, suspend, or completely terminate collection efforts on 
respondents' debts. This information is also used to locate debtor's 
assets if the debts are sent for judicial enforcement.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Number of Responses: 300.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 225 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $7,632.00. 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 
$62,644.00.

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: April 5, 2017.
Tammi Hines,
Records Management Program Chief (Acting), Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-07611 Filed 4-14-17; 8:45 am]
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