Notice2023-16180
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs
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Published
July 31, 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 information required by FEMA to amend or revise National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps to remove certain property from the one-percent annual chance floodplain.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 145 (Monday, July 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49484-49485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16180]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0011; OMB No. 1660-0015]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program
Maps: Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 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. The submission seeks comments
concerning information required by FEMA to amend or revise National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps to remove certain property from the
one-percent annual chance floodplain.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 30, 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#8ccac9c1cda1c5e2eae3fee1edf8e5e3e2a1cfe3e0e0e9eff8e5e3e2ffa1c1ede2edebe9e1e9e2f8cceae9e1eda2e8e4ffa2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d5b58505c3054737b726f707c69747273305e727171787e697472736e30507c737c7a78707873695d7b78707c3379756e337a726b">[email protected]</span></a> or
Bryan Anderson, FEMA, Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, at
(202) 577-2397 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c0e3e352d222e620d2228293e3f23220c2a29212d6228243f622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2f0c0cbd3dcd09cf3dcd6d7c0c1dddcf2d4d7dfd39cd6dac19cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
is authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
administers the NFIP and maintains the maps that depict flood hazard
information. The land area covered by the floodwaters of the base flood
is the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) on NFIP maps. The SFHA is the
area where the NFIP's floodplain management regulations must be
enforced and the area where the mandatory purchase of flood insurance
applies. If a SFHA has been determined to exist for property and the
owner or lessee of the property believes his/her property has been
incorrectly included in a SFHA, information can be provided to support
removal of the SFHA designation. NFIP regulations, at 44 CFR parts 65
and 70, outline the data that must be submitted by an owner or lessee
of property who believes their property has been incorrectly included
in a SFHA. In order to remove an area from a SFHA, the owner or lessee
of the property must submit scientific or technical data demonstrating
that the
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area is ``reasonably safe from flooding'' and not in the SFHA.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on April 25, 2023, at 88 FR 25004 with a 60-day public
comment period. Two public comments were received, but neither are
germane to this collection because the comments did not discuss these
instruments or the information they collect. This information
collection is set to expire on July 31, 2023. FEMA is requesting a
revision to the currently approved information collection. 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: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps:
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0015.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-104 (formerly 086-0-22) and FEMA
Form FF-206-FY-23-104-A (formerly 086-0-22A (Spanish)), Application
Form for Single Residential Lot or Structure Amendments to National
Flood Insurance Program Maps; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-105 (formerly 086-
0-26), Property Information Form; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-106 (formerly
086-0-26A), Elevation Form; and FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-107 (formerly
086-0-26B), Community Acknowledgment Form.
Abstract: FEMA collects scientific and technical data submissions
to determine whether a specific property is located within or outside
of a SFHA. If the property is determined not to be within a SFHA, FEMA
provides a written determination and the appropriate map is modified by
a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map Revision--Based on
Fill (LOMR-F), making it possible for the lending institution to waive
the flood insurance requirement.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 67,701.
Estimated Number of Responses: 67,701.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 71,234.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $3,748,747.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs:
$12,215,500.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $112,732.
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. 2023-16180 Filed 7-28-23; 8:45 am]
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