[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 76 (Friday, April 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19942-19943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7581]


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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, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 proposed continuing information collection. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 
comments concerning information required by FEMA to amend or revise 
National Flood Insurance Program Maps to remove certain property from 
the 1-percent annual chance floodplain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the passage of the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973, an owner of a structure, with a federally 
backed mortgage, located in the 1-percent annual chance floodplain, was 
required to purchase federal flood insurance. This was in response to 
the escalating damage caused by flooding and the unavailability of 
flood insurance from commercial insurance companies. As part of this 
effort, FEMA mapped the 1-percent annual chance floodplain in 
communities. However, due to scale limitations, individual structures 
that may be above the base flood cannot always be shown as being out of 
the 1-percent annual chance floodplain. FEMA will issue a Letter of Map 
Amendment (LOMA) to waive the Federal requirement for flood insurance 
when data is submitted to show that the property or structure is at or 
above the elevation of the base flood.

Collection of Information

    Title: Application Form for Single Residential Lot or Structure 
Amendments to National Flood Insurance Program Maps.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0037.
    Form Numbers: FEMA Forms 81-92 and 81-92A.
    Abstract: FEMA Form 81-92 is designed to assist requesters in 
gathering information that FEMA needs to determine whether a certain 
single-lot property or structure 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 81-92A is a Spanish version 
of FEMA Form 81-92 and, as such, only one of the two forms would be 
required for any one application.
    Affected Public: Individuals or household (homeowners) and business 
or other for profit.
    Estimated: Total Annual Burden Hours: 31,680.

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    Data collection activity/        Number of     Frequency of     Hour burden       Annual       Total annual
           instrument               respondents      responses     per response      responses      hour burden
                                             (A)             (B)             (C)       (D)=(AxB)       (E)=(CxD)
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Form 81-92:
Homeowners......................          11,550               1             1.2          11,550          13,860
Engineers, Surveyors............          11,550               1             1.2          11,550          13,860
Form 81-92A(Spanish Version):
Homeowners......................           1,650               1             1.2           1,650           1,980
    Engineers, Surveyors........           1,650               1             1.2           1,650           1,980
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    Total.......................          26,400  ..............  ..............          26,400          31,680
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    Estimated Cost: Cost to respondents is estimated to be $619,835 
annually.
    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 June 
19, 2007.
    Addresses: Interested persons should submit written comments to 
Chief, Records Management and Privacy, Information Resources Management 
Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 609, Washington, DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Cecelia Lynch, FEMA, Federal 
Insurance and Mitigation Administration at (202) 646-7045 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: April 10, 2007.
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. E7-7581 Filed 4-19-07; 8:45 am]
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