Notice2023-13383
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
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Published
June 23, 2023
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. The submission 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 120 (Friday, June 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41114-41115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13383]
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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: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Application for Participation in the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of renewal 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. The submission 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 July 24, 2023.
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,
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1355565e523e5a7d757c617e72677a7c7d3e507c7f7f7670677a7c7d603e5e727d7274767e767d675375767e723d777b603d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e2a4a7afa3cfab8c848d908f83968b8d8ccfa18d8e8e8781968b8d8c91cfaf838c8385878f878c96a284878f83cc868a91cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a> or
Adrienne L. Sheldon, Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist,
Floodplain Management Division at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c1d180e151912121910520f1419101813123c1a19111d5218140f521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86e7e2f4efe3e8e8e3eaa8f5eee3eae2e9e8c6e0e3ebe7a8e2eef5a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a> or
(202) 212-3966.
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. If a
community does not participate in the NFIP they are not eligible for
certain types of Federal and federally-related financial assistance 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. 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. This proposed information
collection previously published in the Federal Register on March 22,
2023, at 88 FR 17241 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: 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 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: $25,813,944.
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
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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.
[FR Doc. 2023-13383 Filed 6-22-23; 8:45 am]
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