Notice2024-06620
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Community Assistance Contact (CAC) Reports, Community Assistance Visit (CAV) Reports, and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Compliance Audit Reports
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Published
March 28, 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 a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the effectiveness of a community's implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Assistance Contact (CAC) and Community Assistance Visits (CAV) Reports. FEMA is moving away from CAV and CAC reports to the newly designed process of NFIP Compliance Audits in response to a report issued on May 5, 2020, by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) entitled "National Flood Insurance Program: FEMA Can Improve Community Oversight and Data Sharing." This report gave several recommendations including the following: assess different approaches for ensuring compliance with NFIP requirements and ensure data on community visits are up-to-date and complete. While the new NFIP Compliance Audit process aligns with the old CAV and CAC processes, it is more organized, more consistent, more transparent, allows for better documentation, and more efficiently focuses resources to where they are needed most.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21534-21535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06620]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0008; OMB No. 1660-0023]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Community Assistance Contact (CAC) Reports, Community
Assistance Visit (CAV) Reports, and National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) Compliance Audit Reports
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-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
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
the effectiveness of a community's implementation of the National Flood
Insurance Program's Community Assistance Contact (CAC) and Community
Assistance Visits (CAV) Reports. FEMA is moving away from CAV and CAC
reports to the newly designed process of NFIP Compliance Audits in
response to a report issued on May 5, 2020, by the Government
Accounting Office (GAO) entitled ``National Flood Insurance Program:
FEMA Can Improve Community Oversight and Data Sharing.'' This report
gave several recommendations including the following: assess different
approaches for ensuring compliance with NFIP requirements and ensure
data on community visits are up-to-date and complete. While the new
NFIP Compliance Audit process aligns with the old CAV and CAC
processes, it is more organized, more consistent, more transparent,
allows for better documentation, and more efficiently focuses resources
to where they are needed most.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 28, 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-2024-0008. 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>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Owen, Program Specialist,
Floodplain Management Division, Mitigation Directorate, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#287b495a494006675f4d46684e4d4549064c405b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87d4e6f5e6efa9c8f0e2e9c7e1e2eae6a9e3eff4a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a> or (510) 409-4818. 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#490f0c04086400272f263b24283d202627640a2625252c2a3d2026273a64042827282e2c242c273d092f2c2428672d213a672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d89e9d9599f591b6beb7aab5b9acb1b7b6f59bb7b4b4bdbbacb1b7b6abf595b9b6b9bfbdb5bdb6ac98bebdb5b9f6bcb0abf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4001, et seq. is authorized by Public Law 90-448
(1968) and expanded by Public Law 93-234 (1973). The Department of
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
administers the NFIP. The NFIP's major objective is to assure that
participating communities are achieving the flood loss reduction
objectives through adoption and enforcement of adequate land use and
control measures. Sections 1315 and 1361 provide the basis for FEMA's
process to evaluate how well communities are implementing their
floodplain management programs. Title 44 CFR 59.22 directs the
respondent to submit evidence of the corrective and preventive measures
taken to meet the flood loss reduction objectives.
The two key methods FEMA uses in determining community assistance
needs are through the Community Assistance Contact (CAC) and Community
Assistance Visit (CAV), which serve to provide a systematic means of
monitoring community NFIP compliance. Through the CAC and CAV, FEMA can
also determine to what extent communities are achieving the flood loss
reduction objectives of the NFIP. By providing assistance to
communities, the CAC and CAV also serve to enhance FEMA's goals of
reducing future flood losses, thereby achieving the NFIP's cost-
containment objective. The burden hours and costs associated with this
collection were re-evaluated which led to the main revision in this
extension request.
FEMA is moving away from CAV and CAC reports to the newly designed
process of NFIP Compliance Audits is in response to a report issued on
May 5, 2020, by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) entitled
``National Flood Insurance Program: FEMA Can Improve Community
Oversight and Data Sharing.'' This report gave several recommendations
including the following: assess different approaches for ensuring
compliance with NFIP requirements and ensure data on community visits
are up-to-date and complete. While the new NFIP Compliance Audit
process aligns with the old CAV and CAC processes, it is more
organized, more consistent, more transparent, and allows for better
documentation. The main efficiency gained in the new process is that it
is a progressive audit which allows for varying depths of investigation
based on the community's needs. Another efficiency is a compliance
score. These two improvements will allow FEMA to better utilize limited
resources to increase community compliance.
FEMA is also adding the collection of information from NFIP-
participating communities in order to comply with the Endangered
Species Act. The information may include the impact of the proposed
development on the natural floodplain functions, the amount of fill,
compensatory storage information, the amount of impervious surface, the
area in which clearing/grading may occur, the number of trees removed,
and other information related to hydraulic connections.
Collection of Information
Title: Community Assistance Contact (CAC) Reports, Community
Assistance Visit (CAV) Reports, and National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) Compliance Audit Reports.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0023.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-141 (formerly 086-0-28(E)),
Community Assistance Visit (CAV) Report; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-142
(formerly 086-0-29(E)), Community Assistance Contact (CAC) Report; and
FEMA Form FF-206-FY-24-100, NFIP Compliance Audit Report.
Abstract: FEMA previously used the Community Assistance Contact
(CAC) and the Community Assistance Visit (CAV) to make a comprehensive
assessment of a community's floodplain management program. Through this
assessment, FEMA assisted the community to understand the NFIP's
requirements and implement effective
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flood loss reductions measures. Communities can achieve cost savings
through flood mitigation actions by way of insurance premium discounts
and reduced property damage. The CAV and CAC processes have been
updated recently to the NFIP Compliance Audit process which aims to do
a more efficient, consistent and transparent job of assessing the
community's floodplain management program, providing them with the
needed technical assistance to improve it, and documenting the results
for data analysis.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 102.
Estimated Number of Responses: 4,002.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 48,002.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $2,071,766.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $2,216,556.
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. 2024-06620 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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