[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40141-40142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11130]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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, 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 a continuing information collection. In accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments 
concerning the use of the Mapping Needs Update Support System (MNUSS) 
Data Worksheet to collect data on flood hazard mapping needs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 103-325, The Riegle Community 
Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, Title V--National 
Flood Insurance Reform, section 575, Updating of Flood Maps (also known 
as section 575 of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act (FNIRA) of 
1994), mandates that at least once every five years, the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will assess the need to revise and 
update all floodplain areas and flood risk zones identified, 
delineated, or established under section 1360 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Flood Insurance Program--Mapping Needs Update 
Support System (MNUSS) Data Worksheet.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0081.
    Abstract: To fulfill the mandate specified in section 575 of the 
NFIRA, FEMA established the Mapping Needs Assessment process and the 
MNUSS database in order to effectively identify 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

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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: 5,550.
    Frequency of Response: Once every five years.
    Hour Burden Per Response: 2.5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,875.
    Estimated Cost: $460,684.
    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. Comments must be submitted on or before 
September 12, 2006.
    Interested persons should submit written comments to Chief, Records 
Management Section, Information Resources Management Branch, 
Information Technology Services Division, Department of Homeland 
Security/FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Lora Eskandary, Mitigation 
Division, Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, at (202) 646-2717 for 
additional information. You may contact the Records Management Branch 
for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile 
number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Darcy Bingham,
Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information 
Technology Services Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-11130 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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