Notice2023-20982
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF)
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Published
September 27, 2023
Issuing agencies
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 to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the conversion of this information collection to a common form, and the instrument under it which is used by Federally- regulated lending institutions when making, increasing, extending, renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose of determining whether flood insurance is required and available.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66491-66492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20982]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0015; OMB No. 1660-0040]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form
(SFHDF)
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), 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 information collection. In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the conversion of this information collection to a
common form, and the instrument under it which is used by Federally-
regulated lending institutions when making, increasing, extending,
renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose of determining whether
flood insurance is required and available.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 27, 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: Susan Bernstein, Insurance Specialist,
Federal Insurance Directorate, Policyholder Services Division,
Marketing and Outreach Branch at (303) 701-3595 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#34674147555a1a7651465a4740515d5a74525159551a505c471a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84d7f1f7e5eaaac6e1f6eaf7f0e1edeac4e2e1e9e5aae0ecf7aae3ebf2">[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#084e4d45492541666e677a65697c616766254b6764646d6b7c6167667b25456966696f6d656d667c486e6d6569266c607b266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4f2f1f9f599fddad2dbc6d9d5c0dddbda99f7dbd8d8d1d7c0dddbdac799f9d5dad5d3d1d9d1dac0f4d2d1d9d59ad0dcc79ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1365 of the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 (NFIA) (42 U.S.C. 4104b), as added by section 528 of the
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-325, Title V),
requires that FEMA develop a standard hazard determination form for
recording the determination of whether a structure is located within an
identified Special Flood Hazard Area and whether flood insurance is
available. Regulated lending institutions, Federal agency lenders, the
Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, and the Government National Mortgage Association must
complete this form for any loan made, increased, extended, renewed or
purchased by these entities. The requirement for Federally-regulated
lending institutions to determine whether a building or mobile home
securing a loan is located in an area having special flood hazards and
whether flood insurance is available has been in effect since the
enactment of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, although the
use of a standard form was not required until the enactment of the
section 1365 of the NFIA. The establishment of the SFHDF has enabled
lenders to provide consistent information.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on June 7, 2023, at 88 FR 37259 with a 60-day public
comment period. FEMA received two public comments. One comment
requested FEMA to finalize the release of the instrument without change
by the expiration date and the other comment noted that FEMA must
provide the instrument for Federal agencies and others in the private
sector to use, but FEMA does not collect any information itself and
recommended that FEMA discontinue this information collection and have
the other Federal agencies that actually require the use of the form to
collect information from the public to create and submit their own
information collections for OMB's approval.
FEMA is converting this information collection into a common form
collection to reflect more accurately that FEMA is providing this
instrument pursuant to statutory mandate for other entities (including
other Federal agencies) to use and that FEMA does not use the
instrument to collect any information from the public. Other Federal
agencies will be able to request approval from OMB to use the common
form instrument under this information collection. FEMA will submit
this revision to OMB before the current expiration date of September
30, 2023, to prevent the current collection from expiring until OMB can
review and approve this conversion. 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: Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF).
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0040.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Instruction FI-206-FY-22-102, Standard Flood
Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF); FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-116 (formerly
086-0-32), Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF).
Abstract: This instrument is used by Federally-regulated lending
institutions, Federal agency lenders, the Federal National Mortgage
Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the
Government National Mortgage Association. Federally-regulated lending
institutions complete this form when making, increasing, extending,
renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose is of determining
whether flood insurance is required and available. FEMA is responsible
for maintaining the form and making it available but does not collect
any information itself.
Affected Public: Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $29.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,764.
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
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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. 2023-20982 Filed 9-26-23; 8:45 am]
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