Notice2022-20884
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate
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Published
September 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
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 (PRA). In accordance with the PRA, 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 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58508-58509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20884]
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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: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing
Certificate
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice. 30 Day notice of revision and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: 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 (PRA). In accordance with the PRA,
this notice seeks comments concerning the Elevation Certificate and the
Floodproofing Certificate for Non-Residential Structures.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 27, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 Street SW, Washington, DC 20472-
3100, email address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db9d9e969af692b5bdb4a9b6baafb2b4b5f698b4b7b7beb8afb2b4b5a8f696bab5babcbeb6beb5af9bbdbeb6baf5bfb3a8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d99f9c9498f490b7bfb6abb4b8adb0b6b7f49ab6b5b5bcbaadb0b6b7aaf494b8b7b8bebcb4bcb7ad99bfbcb4b8f7bdb1aaf7beb6af">[email protected]</span></a> or Joycelyn Collins, Program Analyst, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Flood Insurance Directorate,
at 202-701-3383 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b113422383e37223575183437373235281b3d3e363a753f3328753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1ebced8c2c4cdd8cf8fe2cecdcdc8cfd2e1c7c4ccc08fc5c9d28fc6ced7">[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 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 sanitation 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 proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on March 10, 2022, at 87 FR 13743, with a 60-day
public comment period. FEMA received 17 public comments related to the
Elevation Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate. Two of the
comments were not relevant to this information collection. Two other
comments only expressed approval of the changes made and provided no
suggestions. Several comments provided suggestions that had already
been addressed in the proposed revisions. Some comments will be
considered for future iterations as improved technology capabilities
allow. FEMA accepted many of the other suggestions that better
clarified the information being requested and improved the instructions
for use of the collection instruments. None of the comments received
addressed cost and hour burden.
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: 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
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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: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,517.
Estimated Number of Responses: 3,517.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,734.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $610,424.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $32,248.
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. 2022-20884 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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