[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16575-16576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8812]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

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 and other Federal agencies to comment on a proposed 
collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), this notice seeks comments 
concerning information required by FEMA to amend or revise National 
Flood Insurance Program Maps to remove certain property from the one-
percent annual chance floodplain.
    Supplementary Information. With the passage of the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973, an owner of a structure, with a federally 
backed mortgage, located in the one-percent annual chance (base flood) 
floodplain was required to purchase federal flood insurance. This was 
in response to the escalating damage caused by flooding and the 
unavailability of flood insurance from commercial insurance companies. 
As part of this effort FEMA mapped the one-percent annual chance 
floodplain in communities. However, due to scale limitations, 
individual structures that may be above the base flood cannot be shown 
as being out of the one-percent annual chance floodplain. FEMA will 
issue a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map Revision 
based on Fill (LOMR-F) to waive the federal requirement for flood 
insurance when data is submitted to show that the structure is above 
the base flood.
    Collection of Information. (1) Title. Report to submit technical or 
scientific data to correct mapping deficiencies unrelated to community-
wide elevation determinations (Amendments and Revisions to National 
Flood Insurance Program Maps).
    Type of Information Collection. Revision.
    OMB Number: 3067-0147.
    Abstract. The certification forms (referred to as MT-1 series 
forms) are designed to assist requesters in gathering information that 
FEMA needs to determine whether a certain property is likely to be 
flooded during the flood event that has a one-percent chance of being 
equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood).
    FEMA Forms. FEMA Form 81-87, Property Information, describes the 
location of the property, what is being requested, and what data are 
required to support the request.
    FEMA Form 81-87A, Elevation Information, indicates what the Base 
(100-year) Flood Elevation (BFE) for the property is, how the BFE was 
determined, the lowest ground elevation on the property, and/or the 
elevation of the lowest adjacent grade to any structures on the 
property. The information is required in order for FEMA to determine if 
the property that is being requested to be removed from the Special 
Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) is above the BFE.
    FEMA Form 81-87B, Certification of Fill Placement, requires that a 
registered professional engineer or the community's floodplain official 
certify that the fill was placed in accordance

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with National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. NFIP 
regulations 44 CFR section 65.5(a)(6) requires that fill placed to 
remove an area from the SFHA meet certain criteria.
    FEMA Form 81-87C, Community Acknowledgment of Requests Involving 
Fill, ensures that the requirements of NFIP regulations 44 CFR section 
65.5(a)(6) is fulfilled prior to the submittal of the request to FEMA. 
The regulation states if fill is placed to remove an area from the SFHA 
that the community acknowledge the request.
    FEMA Form 81-87D, Summary of Elevations-Individual Lot Breakdown, 
is used in conjunction with the Elevation Information Form for requests 
involving multiple lots or structures. It provides a table to allow the 
required submitted data to be presented in a manner for quick and 
efficient review.
    FEMA Form 81-87E, Credit Card Information, outlines the information 
required to process a request when the requester is paying by credit 
card.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other 
for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours. 22,464.
    Estimated number of responses. 5,400.
    Estimated hours per response. 4.16.
    Estimated Cost. $1,123,200.

COMMENTS: Written 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. 
Comments should be received by June 6, 1997.

ADDRESSEE: Interested persons should submit written comments to Muriel 
B. Anderson, FEMA Information Collections Officer, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW, Room 311, Washington, DC 20472. 
Telephone number (202) 646-2625. FAX number (202) 646-3524.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Ms. Cecelia Lynch, FEMA, 
Mitigation Directorate at (202) 646-2747 for additional information. 
Contact Ms. Anderson at (202) 646-2625 for copies of the proposed 
collection of information.

    Dated: March 28, 1997.
Thomas Behm,
Acting Director, Program Services Division, Operations Support 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 97-8812 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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