Notice2023-05835
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program
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Published
March 22, 2023
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Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 an extension, without change, a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of information under which communities submit information to FEMA for application and continued participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17241-17242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05835]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2023-0006; OMB No. 1660-0004]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Application for Participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60 Day notice of renewal and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 an extension, without change, a currently approved
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of
information under which communities submit information to FEMA for
application and continued participation in the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0006. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
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 Act
notice that is available via the link in the footer of
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrienne L. Sheldon, Supervisory
Emergency Management Specialist, Floodplain Management Division at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef8e8b9d868a81818a83c19c878a838b8081af898a828ec18b879cc1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="19787d6b707c77777c75376a717c757d7677597f7c7478377d716a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 212-3966. You may contact the
Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of
information at email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3e5e6eee28eeacdc5ccd1cec2d7cacccd8ee0cccfcfc6c0d7cacccdd08eeec2cdc2c4c6cec6cdd7e3c5c6cec28dc7cbd08dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94d2d1d9d5b9ddfaf2fbe6f9f5e0fdfbfab9d7fbf8f8f1f7e0fdfbfae7b9d9f5faf5f3f1f9f1fae0d4f2f1f9f5baf0fce7baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4001, et seq., requires all flood prone
communities throughout the country to apply for participation in the
NFIP one year after their flood prone status is identified or submit to
the prohibition of certain types of federal and federally-related
financial assistance for use in their floodplains. 44 CFR 59.2
authorizes previously unavailable flood insurance protection to
property owners in flood-prone areas and identifies the information
that communities are required to submit to FEMA for application into
the NFIP. 44 CFR 59.22 and 59.24 identifies the information a community
is required to submit to FEMA for continued participation in the
program.
This collection has been updated to account for the burden hours
associated with the applicant's time to collect information as part of
the community development permit process. To qualify for the NFIP, a
participating community must adopt certain minimum standards in
accordance with FEMA's regulations at 44 CFR 60.3, 60.4, and 60.5. To
verify whether communities maintain such standards, the NFIP requires
participating communities to retain documentation on development taking
place in the flood hazard areas within the community. See 44 CFR 59.22.
Such information will be made available to FEMA upon request. This
information assists FEMA in evaluating the effectiveness of a
community's floodplain management program and participating property
owners' eligibility for flood insurance. In the past the NFIP
application did not account for burden hours associated with this
collection of information.
The ``Application for Participation in the NFIP'' and the ``NFIP
and the Community Development Permit Process'' are separate actions
documented under the same collection
Collection of Information
Title: Application for Participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP).
Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0004.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-160 (formerly 086-0-30),
Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Abstract: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides
flood insurance to the communities that apply for participation and
make a
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commitment to protect against future flood damages. The application
form and supporting documentation will enable FEMA to continue to
rapidly process new community applications and to thereby more quickly
provide flood insurance protection to the residents in communities.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 22,660.
Number of Responses: 90,460.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 271,440.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $24,215,162.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $110,446.
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. 2023-05835 Filed 3-21-23; 8:45 am]
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