Notice2025-16151
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program-Ask the Advocate Web Form
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
August 22, 2025
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 a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate's (OFIA) Ask the Advocate web form and the removal of two instruments that are no longer needed.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41093-41094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16151]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2025-0013; OMB No. 1660-0086]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program--Ask the
Advocate Web Form
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 a revision of a currently approved
information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
the Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate's (OFIA) Ask the Advocate
web form and the removal of two instruments that are no longer needed.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 22, 2025.
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#1e585b535f33577078716c737f6a777170335d7172727b7d6a7771706d33537f707f797b737b706a5e787b737f307a766d30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5117141c107c183f373e233c3025383e3f7c123e3d3d343225383e3f227c1c303f3036343c343f251137343c307f3539227f363e27">[email protected]</span></a> or Joe Cecil, Advocate Representative Team
Lead, Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate, National Flood Insurance
Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency, at (202) 701-3465 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f15302c3a2f37711c3a3c36331f393a323e713b372c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7fdd8c4d2c7df99f4d2d4dedbf7d1d2dad699d3dfc499d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-89, codified at 42 U.S.C. 4033),
requires FEMA to designate a Flood Insurance Advocate that would
advocate for the fair treatment of National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) policyholders and property owners by: (1) providing education
and guidance on all aspects of the NFIP, (2) identifying trends
affecting the public, and (3) making recommendations for NFIP program
improvements to FEMA leadership. Pursuant to this authority, FEMA
established the OFIA on December 22, 2014.
Members of the public regularly contact OFIA seeking assistance on
the NFIP. OFIA seeks to facilitate the timely and effective management
of these inquiries by using a web form on OFIA's web page at <a href="https://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance/advocate">https://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance/advocate</a>. The web form allows users to
provide information that includes all the data necessary for OFIA to
perform its Congressionally-mandated duties and responsibilities.
The Federal Insurance Directorate determined the Mortgage Portfolio
Protection Program (MPPP) form is no longer necessary due to the
implementation of Risk Rating 2.0 and therefore will not be renewed
under this effort. This revision removes both the Financial Assistance/
Subsidy Arrangement Notice of Acceptance and MPPP Agreement Receipt for
Materials instruments from this information collection, as they are no
longer needed. This revision also corrects a technical error within
ROCIS that inflates the burden imposed by the remaining FEMA Form FF-
206-FY-21-121, Ask the Advocate Web Form.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on June 6, 2025, at 90 FR 24150 with a 60-day public
comment period. No comments were received. 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: National Flood Insurance Program--Ask the Advocate Web Form.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0086.
[[Page 41094]]
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-121, Ask the Advocate Web Form.
Abstract: OFIA advocates for the fair treatment of NFIP
policyholders and property owners by providing education and guidance,
identify trends that affect the public, and making recommendations for
NFIP program improvements. OFIA uses the Ask the Advocate Web Form as
an electronic intake instrument to gather the required data for each
case.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Businesses or other
For-Profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 83.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $3,931.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $39,631.
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.
Russell R. Bard,
Acting Senior Director for Information Management, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2025-16151 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-52-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on August 22, 2025.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.