Notice2024-01846
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification
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Published
January 31, 2024
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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 an extension of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning information collected for eligible properties insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies to certify the floodproofing of residential basements.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6124-6125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01846]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0036 OMB No. 1660-0033]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of extension 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 an extension
of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
information collected for eligible properties insured under the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies to certify the
floodproofing of residential basements.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 1, 2024.
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-2023-0036. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used for 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>.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joycelyn Collins, Underwriting Branch
Program Analyst, Federal Insurance Directorate, 202-701-3383. 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#8ccac9c1cda1c5e2eae3fee1edf8e5e3e2a1cfe3e0e0e9eff8e5e3e2ffa1c1ede2edebe9e1e9e2f8cceae9e1eda2e8e4ffa2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7b1b2bab6dabe999198859a96839e9899dab4989b9b9294839e989984daba96999690929a929983b791929a96d9939f84d9909881">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
is authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (90-448,
title XIII) and expanded by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
(93-234) and requires that FEMA provide flood insurance. FEMA
delineates flood zones on a Flood Insurance Rate Map to identify
Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in a community. 44 CFR 60.3(c)(2)
requires that all new construction and substantial improvements of
residential structures within SFHA Zones A1-30, AE, AH, and AO zones
have the lowest floor, including the basement, elevated to or above the
base flood level unless a community-wide exception or site-specific
variance is granted. 44 CFR 60.6(a)(7) and 44 CFR 60.6(b)(1) allow
communities to apply for an exception when circumstances present a
hardship that would not allow for adherence to the requirement for
elevation above the base flood level. This exception must meet the
conditions set forth in 44 CFR 60.6(c). When owners of residential
structures in these zones are seeking flood insurance, they must be
certified that the structural design is floodproof.
Collection of Information
Title: Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification.
Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0033.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-122 (formerly 086-0-24),
Residential Basement Floodproofing Certificate.
Abstract: The Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification is
required to certify that floodproofing of a structure in communities
approved for Residential Basement floodproofing meets at least minimal
floodproofing specifications. Residential structures that receive this
certification are granted a discount on flood insurance premiums.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,697.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $5,000.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $191.
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. 2024-01846 Filed 1-30-24; 8:45 am]
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