[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59019-59020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29320]


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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 information collections. 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 
National Flood Insurance Program Maps to remove certain single-lot 
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) 
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 single-lot Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) to waive the Federal 
requirement for flood insurance when data is submitted to show that the 
single-lot structure is above the base flood.

Collection of Information

    Title: Application Form For Single Residential Lot or Structure 
Amendments to National Flood Insurance Program Maps.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 3067-0257.
    Form Numbers: FEMA Forms 81-92, Application Form for Single 
Residential Lot or Structure Amendments to National Flood Insurance 
Program Maps and FEMA Form 81-92A (Spanish Version).
    Abstract: FEMA Form 81-92 is designed to assist requesters in 
gathering information that FEMA needs to determine whether a certain 
single-lot property or structure is likely to be flooded during the 
flood event that has a one-percent annual chance of being equaled or 
exceeded in any given year (base flood). FEMA Form 81-92A is a Spanish 
version of FEMA Form 81-92 and, as such, only one of the two forms 
would be required for any one application.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:

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                                        Number of                                                  Annual Burden
             FEMA forms                respondents    Frequency of response  (B)     Hours per     hours  (A  x
                                           (A)                                     response  (C)     B  x  C)
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81-92..............................           7,875  Annual.....................             2.4          18,900
81-92A.............................           1,125  Annual.....................             2.4           2,700
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      Total........................           9,000  ...........................             2.4          21,600
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    Estimated Cost: Cost to respondents is estimated at $50.00 per 
hour, per respondent for a total of $1,080,000 annually. The cost to 
the Federal Government is estimated to be $2,500,000 annually.
    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. Submit comments by January 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Muriel 
B. Anderson, Chief, Records Management Section, Program Services and 
Systems Branch, Facilities Management and Division, Administration and 
Resource Planning Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 
C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472. We encourage you to 
submit comments either by fax--(202) 646-3347--or by e-mail--
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Cecelia Lynch, Program 
Specialist, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration at (202) 
646-7045 for additional information about this proposed collection of 
information. Contact Ms. Anderson at (202) 646-2625 for copies of the 
proposed OMB clearance package.

    Dated: November 15, 2001.
Muriel B. Anderson,
Acting Branch Chief, Program Services and Systems Branch, Facilities 
Management and Services Division, Administration and Resource Planning 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 01-29320 Filed 11-23-01; 8:45 am]
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