[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54402-54403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24968]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0034; OMB No. 1660-0015]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps:
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public to take this opportunity
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to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved
information collection for which approval has expired. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning information required by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency to amend or revise National Flood Insurance Program maps to
remove certain property from the 1-percent annual chance floodplain.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA-2017-0034. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
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 http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act
notice that is available via the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Steiner, Program Analyst, FEMA,
Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, at (202) 679-4061 or
[email protected]. You may contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email
address: [email protected].
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. The land area covered by the floodwaters of the base flood
is the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) on NFIP maps. The SFHA is the
area where the NFIP's floodplain management regulations must be
enforced and the area where the mandatory purchase of flood insurance
applies. If a SFHA has been determined to exist for property and the
owner or lessee of the property believes his/her property has been
incorrectly included in a SFHA, information can be provided to support
removal of the SFHA designation. NFIP regulations, at 44 CFR parts 65
and 70, outline the data that must be submitted by an owner or lessee
of property who believes his/her property has been incorrectly included
in a SFHA. In order to remove an area from a SFHA, the owner or lessee
of the property must submit scientific or technical data demonstrating
that the area is ``reasonably safe from flooding'' and not in the SFHA.
This information collection expired on September 30, 2017. FEMA is
requesting a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved
information collection for which approval has expired.
Collection of Information
Title: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps:
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs.
Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information collection for which approval has
expired.
OMB Number: 1660-0015.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086-0-26, Property Information;
FEMA Form 086-0-26A, Elevation Form; FEMA Form 086-0-26B, Community
Acknowledgement Form; FEMA Form 086-0-22 and FEMA Form 086-0-22A
(Spanish), Application Form for Single Residential Lot or Structure
Amendments to National Flood Insurance Program Maps.
Abstract: FEMA collects scientific and technical data submissions
to determine whether a specific, single-lot property is located within
or outside of a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). If the property is
determined not to be within a SFHA, FEMA provides a written
determination and the appropriate map is modified by a Letter of Map
Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map Revision-Based on Fill (LOMR-F).
The owner or lessee of a property uses a LOMA or LOMR-F to show that a
property is not located within the SFHA, making it possible for the
lending institution to waive the flood insurance requirement. If the
policyholder decides to maintain insurance on the property, the new
determination should result in lower rates.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households; and Business or Other
for-Profit Institutes.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 121,116.
Estimated Number of Responses: 121,116.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150,725 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $6,501,379.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs:
$24,099,750.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $268,401.
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.
Tammi Hines,
Acting Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-24968 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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