[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2961-2962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1226]


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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 take this opportunity 
to comment on proposed revised information collections. In accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 
this notice seeks comments concerning the proposed extension of an 
existing information collection.
    Title: Make Your Mark on the Floodplain-High Water Mark Form.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 3067-0268.
    FEMA Form: 81-101.
    Abstract. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has 
entered into a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) 
in the Portland District to assist the Agency in providing floodplain 
management assistance at the most basic and needed level, that of local 
floodplain managers and the local communities. The joint efforts of 
FEMA and the COE continue to assure safe and sound developments near 
floodplains. The Make Your Mark on the Floodplain handout and 
accompanying High Water Mark Form is used to establish uniform and 
consistent methodologies for setting and recovering high water marks 
following a significant flood event. After a major flood, anyone who 
has high water marks on their property or who has observed flood marks 
on public property can use the form to record high water mark 
information, including location, measurements, and description of the 
marks read. The data will be used by FEMA in post-flood damage 
assessments. The data will define a frequency/damage relationship for 
the flooding event and provide calibration information for future 
analysis. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers will assist FEMA in 
collecting and compiling high water mark data.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households, business or other for 
profit, non-profit institutions, farms, and state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 7,500.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,500 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion (after each significant flood 
event).
    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

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responses. Comments should be received within 60 days of the date of 
this notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Muriel 
B. Anderson, FEMA Information Collections Officer, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW, Room 316, Washington, DC 20472. 
Telephone number (202) 646-2625. FAX number (202) 646-3524 or email 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Contact Carl L. Cook, Jr., Chief, 
Mitigation Programs Branch, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region 
X, 130 228th Street S. W., Bothell, WA 98021-9796, (425) 487-4687 for 
additional information. Contact Ms. Anderson at (202) 646-2625 for 
copies of the proposed collection of information

Mike Bozzelli,
Acting Director,
Program Services Division, Operations Support Directorate.
[FR Doc. 00-1226 Filed 1-18-00; 8:45 am]
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