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OMB Control No: 1660-0002	ICR Reference No: 201809-1660-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201711-1660-003
Agency/Subagency: DHS/FEMA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Disaster Assistance Registration
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 09/15/2018
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/15/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/15/2018
Terms of Clearance: OIRA is granting this emergency revision, but notes that the need for emergency approval was not precipitated by the arrival of Hurricane Florence, but rather by the agency's lack of adequate planning to allow time for the collection to go through notice and comment. Despite that fact, OIRA is approving this emergency so that FEMA can best respond to the needs of those impacted by the hurricane. The agency has received an approval of three months. When the agency resubmits this collection, it will be after going through notice and comment as required by the statute. The agency will work to ensure that all necessary updates are in place and have gone through the normal PRA process prior to the start of the next hurricane season and will brief OIRA in the coming months to demonstrate that it has developed a plan to accomplish this goal.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2018	3 Months From Approved	02/28/2021
Responses	3,264,753	0	3,264,753
Time Burden (Hours)	628,036	0	628,036
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Disaster Assistance Registration is a program used to provide financial assistance and, if necessary, direct assistance to eligible individuals and households who, as a direct result of a disaster, have uninsured or under-insured, necessary expenses and serious needs and are unable to meet such expenses or needs through other financial means.

Emergency Justfication: It is vital that the revisions to the currently-approved information collection be implemented as soon as possible because of upcoming potential disaster declarations. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)and the 0MB implementing regulations at 5 C.F:R. § 1320.13: (1) th.is information is necessary to the mission of the agency, (2) this information is necessary prior to the normal timeframes established under the PRA, (3) public harm is reasonably likely to result. if normal clearance procedures are followed, and ( 4) unanticipated events are likely to occur. FEMA requests approval to revise 0MB Collection 1660-0002 Disaster Assistance Registration in the following manner: Addition of applicant self-assessment questions and Addition of identity-proofing questions

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 5174 Name of Law: Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
   PL: Pub.L. 93 - 288 0000 Name of Law: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1601 Name of Law: Personnel Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	3,264,753	3,264,753
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	628,036	628,036
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $15,618,762

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Millicent Brown 202 646-2814 millicent.brown@fema.dhs.gov

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