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e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.

212–5761 or Martha.Castro@
fema.dhs.gov.

Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2022–0036; OMB No.
1660–0083]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request;
Application for Community Disaster
Loan (CDL) Program
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30 Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
will describe the nature of the
information collection, the categories of
the respondents, the estimated burden
(i.e., the time, effort and resources used
by respondents to respond) and cost,
and the actual data collection
instruments FEMA will use.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Information
Management Division, 500 C St. SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address:
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Martha
Castro, Program Manager, FEMA at 202–

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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, 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 disasterrelated municipal operating expenses.
FEMA reviewed the forms included in
this collection and found that FEMA
Form 090–0–4 (Letter of Application)
presented difficulties for the local
governments. FEMA found a simpler
way to fulfill the regulatory requirement
by using a template letter. Therefore,
FEMA Form 090–0–4 (Letter of
Application) will no longer be part of
this collection.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on November 15, 2022, at 87
FR 68513 with a 60-Day public
comment period. FEMA received two
comments.
The first comment suggested
simplifying the CDL application. To
minimize both effort and time required
to complete this loan application, the
CDL Program has simplified the
application process and paperwork to
the least amount of effort possible.
Additionally, the CDL Program assists
local governments through the entire
process, even post loan issuance. Once
information has been obtained from the
potential applicant, the CDL Program
completes a financial analysis, fills
forms, and then provides the pre-filled

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forms to the applicants for them to read,
print, and sign.
The second comment received
suggested not using Federal tax-payer
dollars to rebuild in known hazard
areas. By statute, FEMA is authorized to
provide financial assistance for local
governments to cover operational
expenses. Local governments cannot use
the financial assistance for capital
improvements. Rebuilding is considered
a capital expense and therefore an
ineligible use of these CDL funds.
Relocation is also an ineligible use of
the loaned funds. The CDL Program
validates that loans were used only for
eligible uses.
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: Application for Community
Disaster Loan (CDL) Program.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, with change, of a currently
approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0083.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–104–
FY–22–223 (formerly 090–0–1),
Certification of Eligibility for
Community Disaster Loans; FF–104–
FY–22–224 (formerly 116–0–1),
Promissory Note; FF–104–FY–22–225
(formerly 085–0–1), Local Government
Resolution—Collateral Security; FF–
104–FY–22–226 (formerly 112–0–3C),
Certifications Regarding Lobbying,
Debarment, Suspension and Other
Responsibility Matters, and Drug-Free
Workplace Requirements; FF–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
actual expenses.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
260.
Estimated Number of Responses: 260.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 552.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $25,800.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: 0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: 0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $1,061,916.

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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; 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.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–0022–0047; OMB No.
1660–0118]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Homeland
Security Exercise and Evaluation
Program (HSEEP) Documentation
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
will describe the nature of the
information collection, the categories of
the respondents, the estimated burden
(i.e. the time, effort and resources used
by respondents to respond) and cost,
and the actual data collection
instruments FEMA will use.

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Comments must be submitted on
or before March 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Information
Management Division, 500 C St. SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address:
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Kristen
Fish, Supervisory Emergency
Management Specialist, Kristen.Fish@
fema.dhs.gov or (202) 412–0882.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD–8:
National Preparedness), issued on
March 30, 2011, establishes a National
Preparedness Goal (NPG) that identifies
the core capabilities necessary for
preparedness and a National
Preparedness System (NPS) which
guides activities to enable the Nation to
achieve the NPG. The NPS allows the
Nation to track the progress of our
ability to build and improve the
capabilities necessary to prevent,
protect against, mitigate the effects of,
respond to, and recover from those
threats that pose the greatest risk to the
security of the Nation.
The NPS provides an integrated
approach to preparedness that can be
implemented and measured at all levels
of government. This system is an all-ofNation and whole community approach
to preparedness, from neighborhood
organizations to civic groups and
private businesses. It contains a
methodical approach integrated across
the preparedness cycle and links
together programs and requirements
into a comprehensive system, driving
rational decision-making and allowing
for a direct and defensible assessment of
progress against clearly defined
objectives.
The NPS is based on a consistent
methodology for assessing the threats
and hazards facing a given jurisdiction.
The findings of the assessment drive
planning factors and all other
components of the preparedness cycle
including resource requirements,
existing capabilities and capability gaps,
driving investments to close those gaps,
making and validating improvements in
capabilities through training and
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exercising, and continually assessing
progress.
Section 648(b)(1) of the Post-Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of
2006 (6 U.S.C. 748(b)(1)) also provides
for these exercises and states the
Administrator ‘‘shall carry out a
national exercise program to test and
evaluate the national preparedness goal,
National Incident Management System,
National Response, and other related
plans and strategies.’’ The Homeland
Security Exercise and Evaluation
Program (HSEEP) provides the program
structure, multi-year planning system,
tools, and guidance necessary for
entities to build and sustain exercise
programs that enhance homeland
security capabilities, and ultimately,
preparedness. The HSEEP After Action
Report Improvement, Integrated
Preparedness Plan, and National
Exercise Program Support Request
Forms provide the standardized
methods for reporting the results of
exercises, identifying exercise program
priorities, and submitting exercise
nominations necessary to validate
national preparedness capabilities.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on December 9, 2022, at 87 FR
75641 with a 60-day public comment
period. No comments were received.
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: Homeland Security Exercise and
Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
Documentation.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, with change, of a currently
approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0118.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–008–
FY–21–102 (formerly 091–0–1), After
Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/
IP); FEMA Form FF–008–FY–21–100
(formerly 008–0–26), Integrated
Preparedness Plan (IPP); and FEMA
Form FF–008–FY–21–101 (formerly
008–0–27), National Exercise Program
(NEP) Support Request Form.
Abstract: The Homeland Security
Exercise and Evaluation Program
(HSEEP) Documentation collection
provides reporting on the results of
preparedness exercises and provides
assessments of the respondents’
capabilities so that strengths and areas
for improvement are identified,
corrected, and shared as appropriate
prior to a real incident. This information
is also required to be submitted as part
of certain FEMA grant programs.

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