Notice2023-23667
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request; Revision to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: Application Forms and Instructions for LOMRs and CLOMRs
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Published
October 26, 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 renewal of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning information required by FEMA to revise National Flood Insurance Program Maps.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 206 (Thursday, October 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73604-73605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23667]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA--2023-0029; OMB No. 1660-0016]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request; Revision to National Flood Insurance Program Maps:
Application Forms and Instructions for LOMRs and CLOMRs
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 to take this opportunity to comment on a renewal of
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a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning information required by FEMA to revise National
Flood Insurance Program Maps.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 26, 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-2023-0029. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used to 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 and
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Koper, Emergency Management
Specialist, Engineering Services Branch, Risk Management Directorate,
DHS/FEMA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c280b0aba3acec89adb2a7b082a4a7afa3eca6aab1eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4e6d6cdc5ca8aefcbd4c1d6e4c2c1c9c58ac0ccd78ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a> or 202-733-7859. 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#4204070f036f0b2c242d302f23362b2d2c6f012d2e2e2721362b2d2c316f0f232c2325272f272c360224272f236c262a316c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3f5f6fef29efaddd5dcc1ded2c7dadcdd9ef0dcdfdfd6d0c7dadcddc09efed2ddd2d4d6ded6ddc7f3d5d6ded29dd7dbc09dd4dcc5">[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. Communities are required to submit technical information
concerning flood hazards and plans to avoid potential flood hazards
when physical changes occur (see 44 CFR 65.3). Communities are provided
the right to submit technical information when inconsistencies on maps
are identified (see 44 CFR 65.4). In order to revise the Base (one-
percent annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), Special Flood Hazard
Areas (SFHAs), and floodways presented on the NFIP maps, a community
must submit scientific or technical data demonstrating the need for a
revision. The NFIP regulations outline the data that must be submitted
for these requests (see 44 CFR part 65). This collection serves to
provide a standard format for the general information requirements
outlined in the NFIP regulations and helps establish an organized
package of the data needed to revise NFIP maps.
Collection of Information
Title: Revision to National Flood Insurance Program Maps:
Application Forms for LOMRs and CLOMRs.
Type of Information Collection: Renewal of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0016.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-100 (formerly 086-0-27),
Overview & Concurrence (Form 1); FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-101 (formerly
086-0-27A), Riverine Hydrology & Hydraulics (Form 2); FEMA Form FF-206-
FY-21-102 (formerly 086-0-27B), Riverine Structures (Form 3); FEMA Form
FF-206-FY-21-103 (formerly 086-0-27C), Coastal Analysis (Form 4); FEMA
Form FF-206-FY-21-104 (formerly 086-0-27D), Coastal Structures (Form
5); and FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-105 (formerly 086-0-27E), Alluvial Fan
Flooding (Form 6).
Abstract: The forms in this information collection are used to
determine if the collected data will result in the modification of Base
Flood Elevations (BFEs), Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), or floodway.
Once the information is collected, it is submitted to FEMA for review
and is subsequently included on the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) maps. These maps will be used for flood insurance determinations
and for floodplain management purposes.
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government, Business or
Other For-Profit, Individuals or Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,589.
Estimated Number of Responses: 5,589.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,633.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,082,824.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs:
$26,430,000.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $26,240.
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. 2023-23667 Filed 10-25-23; 8:45 am]
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