Notice2024-09539
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing Certificate
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Published
May 2, 2024
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. FEMA invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of 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 86 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35844-35845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09539]
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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: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing Certificate
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of extension 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. FEMA invites the general public to
take this opportunity to comment on an extension of a currently
approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of
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 June 3, 2024.
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,
email address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4701020a066a0e292128352a26332e28296a04282b2b2224332e2829346a0a26292620222a2229330721222a2669232f3469202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aee8ebe3ef83e7c0c8c1dcc3cfdac7c1c083edc1c2c2cbcddac7c1c0dd83e3cfc0cfc9cbc3cbc0daeec8cbc3cf80cac6dd80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a> or
Joycelyn Collins, Underwriting Branch Program Analyst, Federal
Insurance Directorate, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c1633253f39302532721f33303035322f1c3a39313d7238342f723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bef4d1c7dddbd2c7d090fdd1d2d2d7d0cdfed8dbd3df90dad6cd90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a> or by
telephone at (202) 701-3383.
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. Exceptions granted under 44 CFR
60.6(c) must meet the conditions specified in the regulation. When
owners of residential structures in these zones are seeking flood
insurance, they must be certified that the structural design is
floodproof.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on January 31, 2024, at 89 FR 6124 with a 60-day
public comment period. One public comment was received, and it did not
specifically address the proposed extension of the collection of
information on residential basements insured under the NFIP, or
otherwise provide information relevant to the Notice. FEMA determined
that no change in FEMA's proposed extension of the information
collection related to residential basements is required. 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: Residential Basement Floodproofing Certificate.
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 Certificate 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.
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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: $1,763.
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. 2024-09539 Filed 5-1-24; 8:45 am]
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