[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65120-65121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18748]


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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, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the 
following 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. The submission describes the nature of 
the information collection, the categories of respondents, the 
estimated burden (i.e.,

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the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and 
cost, and includes the actual data collection instruments the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency will use.
    Title: National Flood Insurance Program--Mapping Needs Process 
Update Support System (MNUSS) Data Worksheet.
    OMB Number: 1660-0081.
    Abstract: To fulfill the mandate specified in section 575 of the 
National Flood Insurance Reform Act (NFIRA), the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (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 development the MNUSS Data Worksheet.
    Flood hazard mapping needs information enable FEMA to be more 
responsive to ongoing changes affecting flood hazard areas that occur 
in communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program 
(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: 5,550.
    Frequency of Response: Once every five years.
    Hour Burden Per Response: 2.5 hours.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management Budget, Attention: Nathan 
Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, and sent 
via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 
395-6974. Comments must be submitted on or before December 7, 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: October 31, 2006.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management and Privacy, Information Resources Management 
Branch, Information Technology Services Division. Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
 [FR Doc. E6-18748 Filed 11-6-06; 8:45 am]
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