[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 68890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23661]


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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; 30-day notice and request for comments; Revision of a 
currently approved collection, OMB Number 1660-0004, FEMA Form 81-64.

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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: Application for Participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program.
    OMB Number: 1660-0004.
    Abstract: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides 
flood insurance to communities that apply for participation and make a 
commitment to adopt and enforce land use control measures that are 
designed to protect development from future flood damages. The 
application form will enable FEMA to continue to rapidly process new 
community applications and to thereby more quickly provide flood 
insurance protection to the residents of the communities. Participation 
in the NFIP is mandatory in order for flood related presidentially-
declared communities to receive Federal disaster assistance.
    Affected Public: Federal, State, local, or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 187.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 4 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 748 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    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 January 7, 2008.

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: November 29, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Management, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-23661 Filed 12-5-07; 8:45 am]
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