Notice2023-22851
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Community Rating System-Application Letter & Quick Check; Community Annual Recertification; Environmental & Historic Preservation Certification; NFIP Repetitive Loss Update Form
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Published
October 17, 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 application for the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP's) Community Rating System (CRS) program. This program allows communities to become eligible for discounts on the cost of flood insurance when the communities undertake activities to mitigate anticipated damage due to flooding. The application materials verify and document the community mitigation activities performed and provides FEMA with the information necessary to determine what flood insurance premium discounts are appropriate for participating communities.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71584-71585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22851]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0013; OMB No. 1660-0022]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Community Rating System--Application Letter &
Quick Check; Community Annual Recertification; Environmental & Historic
Preservation Certification; NFIP Repetitive Loss Update Form
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 application for the National Flood Insurance Program's
(NFIP's) Community Rating System (CRS) program. This program allows
communities to become eligible for discounts on the cost of flood
insurance when the communities undertake activities to mitigate
anticipated damage due to flooding. The application materials verify
and document the community mitigation activities performed and provides
FEMA with the information necessary to determine what flood insurance
premium discounts are appropriate for participating communities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 16, 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,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3771727a761a7e595158455a56435e58591a74585b5b5254435e5859441a7a56595650525a5259437751525a5619535f4419505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82c4c7cfc3afcbece4edf0efe3f6ebedecafc1edeeeee7e1f6ebedecf1afcfe3ece3e5e7efe7ecf6c2e4e7efe3ace6eaf1ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a> or Bill Lesser,
Program Specialist, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration,
(202) 646-2807, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4701020a066a0415140721222a2669232f3469202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0640434b472b4554554660636b6728626e7528616970">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Community Rating System (CRS), codified
by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4022), was designed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
to encourage communities to undertake activities that will mitigate
flooding and flood damage beyond the minimum standards for NFIP
participation. This ratings system is a voluntary program for
communities, and it would provide a method by which flood mitigation
activities engaged in by these communities could be measured. The
effect of this mitigation activity would reduce the exposure of the
communities to damage resulting from flooding and in turn reduce the
losses incurred as a result of this flooding. To encourage
participation, discounts on flood insurance are offered within
communities that successfully complete qualified mitigation actions,
and the community ratings system provides the ability to measure these
actions and to recertify the communities in successive years.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on May 31, 2023, at 88 FR 34873 with a 60-day public
comment period. Two public comments were received with one comment
providing edits that FEMA has incorporated and one comment that is not
germane to this 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: Community Rating System (CRS) Program--Application Letter
and CRS Quick Check, Community Annual Recertification, Environmental
and Historic Preservation Certifications, and NFIP Repetitive Loss
Update Form.
Type of Information Collection: Renewal of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0022.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-100 (formerly 086-0-35),
Community Rating System Application Letter and Quick Check; FEMA Form
FF-206-FY-23-101 (formerly 086-0-35A), Community Annual
Recertifications, FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-102 (formerly 086-0-35B),
Environmental and Historic Preservation Certifications, and FEMA Form
FF-206-FY-23-103 (formerly
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086-0-35C), NFIP Repetitive Loss Update Form.
Abstract: The Community Rating System (CRS) Application Letter &
Quick Check, the CRS certification forms, and accompanying guidance are
used by communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance
Program's (NFIP) CRS program. The CRS is a voluntary program where
flood insurance costs are reduced in communities that implement
practices, such as building codes and public awareness activities, that
are considered to reduce the risks of flooding and promote the purchase
of flood insurance.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,170.
Estimated Number of Responses: 4,170.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 52,292.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $4,173,947.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $12,992,290.
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;
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. 2023-22851 Filed 10-16-23; 8:45 am]
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