Notice2022-05115
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate
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Published
March 10, 2022
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
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 revision of a currently approved collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Elevation Certificate and the Floodproofing Certificate for Non- Residential Structures.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 13743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05115]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0012; OMB No. 1660-0008]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision 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 revision of
a currently approved collection. In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the
Elevation Certificate and the Floodproofing Certificate for Non-
Residential Structures.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 9, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket ID FEMA-
2022-0012. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joycelyn Collins, Program Analyst,
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Flood Insurance
Directorate, at 202-701-3383 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#387257415b5d544156167b57545451564b785e5d5559165c504b165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="195376607a7c756077375a76757570776a597f7c7478377d716a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>. You may
contact the Information Management Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6325262e224e2a0d050c110e02170a0c0d4e200c0f0f0600170a0c0d104e2e020d0204060e060d172305060e024d070b104d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6f0f3fbf79bffd8d0d9c4dbd7c2dfd9d89bf5d9dadad3d5c2dfd9d8c59bfbd7d8d7d1d3dbd3d8c2f6d0d3dbd798d2dec598d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Communities participating in the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are required to adopt a floodplain
management ordinance that meets or exceeds the minimum floodplain
management requirements of the NFIP. In accordance with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) minimum floodplain management
criteria, communities must require that all new construction and
substantial improvement of residential structures and non-residential
structures have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated to above
the base flood elevation subject to 44 CFR 60.3(c)(2) and (3), unless,
for residential structures, the community is granted an exception by
FEMA for the allowance of basements under 44 CFR 60.6(b) or (c). New
construction and substantial improvement of non-residential structures
can also be floodproofed. This means that, together with attendant
utility and sanitary facilities, they are designed such that below the
base flood level the structure is watertight, with walls substantially
impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components
having the capability to resist hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and
effects of buoyancy. 44 CFR 60.3(c)(3)(ii). Use of the Elevation
Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate is one convenient way for a
community to document building compliance. Title 44 CFR 61.7 and 61.8
require proper investigation to estimate the risk premium rates
necessary to provide flood insurance.
This information collection expires on November 30, 2022. FEMA is
requesting a revision of this currently approved information
collection.
Collection of Information
Title: Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate.
Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0008.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-152 (formerly 086-
0-33), Elevation Certificate and FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-153 (formerly
086-0-34), Floodproofing Certificate for Non-Residential Structures.
Abstract: The Elevation Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate
are used in conjunction with the Flood Insurance Application to
determine a building's compliance with local floodplain management
provisions and to document elevations in support of flood insurance
premiums or discounts that align with the building's risk of damage
from flooding. Respondents are primarily surveyors, architects, or
engineers; individual property owners may opt to complete specified
portions of the Elevation Certificate.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,517.
Estimated Number of Responses: 3,517.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,734.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $622,253.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $32,343.
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.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-05115 Filed 3-9-22; 8:45 am]
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