[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41654-41655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17737]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


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

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

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: National Flood Insurance Program--Mapping Needs Update 
Support System (MNUSS).
    Type of Information Collection: Existing collection in use without 
a control number.
    OMB Number: 1660-New.
    Abstract: To fulfill the mandate specified in section 575 of the 
National Flood Insurance Reform Act (NFIRA), FEMA established the 
Mapping Needs Assessment process and the MNUSS database in order to 
effectively identify

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and document data regarding community flood hazard mapping needs. MNUSS 
is designed to store mapping needs at the community level. The current 
version of MNUSS is an interactive, web-enabled password protected 
database. In order to facilitate the identification and collection of 
communities' current flood hazard mapping needs for input into MNUSS, 
FEMA developed the MNUSS Data Worksheet.
    Flood hazard mapping needs information enables FEMA to be more 
responsive to ongoing changes affecting flood hazard areas that occur 
in communities participating in the NFIP. The changes include, but are 
not limited to, new corporate limit boundaries, changes in the road 
network, and changes in flood hazard areas, which affect communities' 
flood risks. The information is also used in providing justification 
for FEMA when requesting funding for flood map updates and is used 
along with other information to prioritize the flood hazard mapping 
needs of all mapped communities participating in the NFIP to assist in 
the allocation of annual funds for flood hazard map updates.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 1,800.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,400 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once every five years.
    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, Chief, Records Management Branch, Information Resources 
Management Division, Information Technology Services Directorate, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 500 C Street, 
SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, 
or email address: [email protected].

    Dated: July 7, 2003.
Edward W. Kernan,
Division Director, Information Resource Management Division, 
Information Technology Services Directorate.
[FR Doc. 03-17737 Filed 7-11-03; 8:45 am]
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