[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73253-73254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7158]


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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, Department of Homeland 
Security.

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. 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: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: 
Application Forms and Instructions for (C) LOMAs and (C) LOMR-Fs.
    OMB Number: 1660-0015.
    Abstract: The certification forms (referred to as MT-1 series 
forms) are designed to assist requesters in gathering information that 
FEMA needs to determine whether a certain property is likely to be 
flooded during a flood event that has a one-percent annual chance of 
being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood).
    FEMA Form 81-87, Property Information, describes the location of 
the property, what is being requested, and what data are required to 
support the request.
    FEMA Form 81-87A, Elevation Information, indicates what the Base 
(one-percent annual chance) Flood Elevation (BFE) for the property is, 
how the BFE was determined, the lowest ground elevation on the 
property, and/or the elevation of the lowest adjacent grade to any 
structures on the property. This information is required in order for 
FEMA to determine if the property that the requester would like removed 
from the SFHA is at or above the BFE.
    FEMA Form 81-87B, Community Acknowledgment, requires that a 
community official certify that the request complies with minimum 
floodplain management criteria specified in 44 CFR 60.3, as per NFIP 
regulations 44 CFR 65.5(a)(4).

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    Affected Public: Individuals and households, business or other for 
profit, And State Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 39,933.
    Estimated Time per Respondent:

                                               Annual Burden Hours
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    Project/activity (survey,        No. of                             Burden hours     Annual     Total annual
   form(s), focus group, etc.)    respondents  Frequency of responses   per response    responses   burden hours
                                          (A)  (B)...................         (C)         (A x B )   (A x B x C)
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81-87, Property Information Form       18,272  Annual (1)............           1.63        18,272        29,783
 (Homeowners/Representatives of
 Homeowner).
81-87A, Elevation Form                 18,272  Annual (1)............           1.25        18,272        22,840
 (Surveyors/Engineers).
*81-87B, Community                     *3,389  Annual (1)............           1.38         3,389         4,677
 Acknowledgment Form (Community
 Officials).
On-line LOMR-F Tutorial                 1,700  As needed.............           0.5          1,700           850
 (Homeowners).
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    Total.......................  ...........  ......................           4.76  ............       58,150
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*This form is not required for all requests. It is only required for LOMR-F and CLOMR-F requests.

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 58,150.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    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 January 9, 2006.

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

    Dated: November 28, 2005.
Darcy Bingham,
Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information 
Technology Services Division.
 [FR Doc. E5-7158 Filed 12-8-05; 8:45 am]
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