[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55146-55147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18731]


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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, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the following information collection to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). The submission describes the nature of the information collection, 
the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, 
effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and 
includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.
    Title: Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form.
    OMB Number: 1660-0040.
    Abstract: On September 23, 1994, the President signed the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994. Title V 
of this Act is the National Flood Insurance Reform Act (NFIRA). Section 
528 of the NFIRA requires that FEMA develop a standard hazard 
determination form for recording the determination of whether a 
structure is located within an identified Special Flood Hazard Area 
available. Section 528 of the NFIRA also requires the use of this form 
by regulated lending institutions, Federal agency lending institutions, 
Federal agency lenders, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Government National 
Mortgage Association for any loan made, increased, extended, renewed or 
purchased by these entities. The form developed to comply with the 
above requirements is the Standard Flood Hazard Determination form 
(FEMA Form 83-93, dated October 2002). This form will be completed by 
federally regulated lending institutions when making, increasing, 
extending, renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose of 
documenting the factors considered as to whether flood insurance is 
required and available. An estimated 33,000,000 such uses are made each 
year. This number is entirely driven by the volume of mortgage 
transactions, of which fluctuations in interest rates is a principal 
factor.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 33,000,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.33 hours (20 minutes).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,890,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department 
of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments 
must be submitted on or before October 20, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Section Chief, 
Records Management, FEMA at 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 
20472, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address [email protected].

    Dated: September 13, 2005.
Darcy Bingham,
Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information 
Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. 05-18731 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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