[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 88 (Friday, May 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26203-26204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11261]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the 
following proposed information collection to the Office of Management 
and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    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.
    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

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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: State, Local or Tribal Government, Individual or 
Households, Business or Other For-Profit, Not-For-Profit Institutions, 
Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 7,500.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,500.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion (after each significant flood 
event).

Comments:  Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Desk Officer for the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 within 
30 days of the date of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made 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].

Virginia Akers,
Acting Director, Program Services Division, Operations Support 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 00-11261 Filed 5-4-00; 8:45 am]
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