[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 109 (Thursday, June 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31594-31595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10941]


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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 (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: National Flood Insurance Program--Mortgage Portfolio 
Protection Program (MPPP).
    OMB Number: 1660-0086.
    Abstract: The MPPP is a mechanism used by lending institutions 
mortgage servicing companies, and others servicing mortgage loan 
portfolios to bring the mortgage loan portfolios into compliance with 
the flood insurance purchase requirements of the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973, as amended. Implementation of various 
requirements of the MPPP should result in mortgagors, following receipt 
of notification of the need for flood insurance, showing evidence of 
such a policy or purchasing the necessary insurance through their local 
insurance agent or appropriate Write Your Own (WYO) Company. It is 
intended that NFIP policies be written under the MPPP only as a last 
resort, and only on mortgages whose mortgagors have failed to respond 
to the various notification

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required by the Program. The requirements of the MPPP are contained in 
44 CFR 62.23(1)(1).
    Affected Public: Individuals and households; businesses or other 
for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms; Federal agencies or 
employees; and State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 6,273.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: WYO--0.5 minutes; Lender/Services--
0.5 minutes; WYO Company Policy--0.25 hours; New WYO Entrant--750 
hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,386.
    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, Office of Management and 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 July 9, 2007.

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 609, Washington, DC 20472, 
facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address [email protected].

    Dated: May 25, 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. E7-10941 Filed 6-6-07; 8:45 am]
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