[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79139-79140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30721]


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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; 60-day notice and request for comments; Revision of a 
currently approved collection, 1660-0045, No Forms.

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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 revised information collection. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning 
the collection of information to assure appropriate flood insurance 
rates being placed on the affected public within Monroe County in 
Florida.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 44 CFR Parts 59 and 61, National Flood 
Insurance Program (NFIP); Inspection of Insured Structures by 
Communities implements the inspection procedures in Monroe County, the 
City of Marathon, and the Village of Islamorada, Florida and any other 
community that incorporates in Monroe County on or after January 1, 
1999. The inspection procedure has two major purposes: (1) To help the 
communities of Monroe County, the City of Marathon, and the Village of 
Islamorada, Florida, and any other communities in Monroe County that 
incorporate after January 1, 1999, verify that structures in their 
communities (those built after the effective date of the Flood 
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)), referred to as post-FIRM, comply with the 
community's floodplain management ordinance; and (2) to ensure that 
property owners pay flood insurance premiums commensurate with their 
flood risk. The inspection procedure requires owners of insured 
buildings (policyholders) to obtain an inspection from community 
floodplain management officials and submit a community inspection 
report as a condition of renewing the Standard Flood Insurance Policy 
(SFIP) on buildings.

Collection of Information

    Title: Inspection of Insured Structures by Communities.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0045.
    Form Numbers: No Forms.
    Abstract: The community inspection report is used for the 
implementation of the inspection procedures to help communities in 
Monroe County, the City of Marathon and the Village of Islamorada, 
Florida verify buildings are compliant with their floodplain management 
ordinance and to help FEMA ensure that policyholders are paying flood 
insurance premiums that are commensurate with their flood risk.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households, State, local and 
Tribal governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,041 hours.

                                                 Table A.12--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                              No. of        Avg. burden    Total annual                    Total annual
        Type of respondent             Form name/form         No. of       responses per   per response     burden (in      Avg. hourly     respondent
                                           number           respondents     respondent      (in hours)        hours)         wage rate         cost
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Individuals/Households............  Inspection                       833               1             .25             208          $19.29          $4,012
                                     acquisition/No form.
State/Local/Tribal Governments....  Inspection results               833               1            1                833           23.15          19,284
                                     submission/No Form.
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    Total.........................  ....................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,041  ..............          23,296
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    Estimated Cost: The estimated annualized cost to respondents based 
on wage rate categories is $23.296. The estimated annualized cost 
burden to respondents or recordkeepers is $168,266. The estimated 
annual cost to the Federal Government is $10,173.
    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 
February 23, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Office 
of Management, Records Management Division, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, Mail Drop 
Room 301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Jennifer Tylander, Program 
Specialist, FEMA Mitigation Directorate, (202) 646-2607 for additional 
information. You may contact the Records Management Branch for copies 
of the proposed collection of information at facsimile number (202)

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646-3347 or e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: December 18, 2008.
Samuel C. Smith,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Office of Management, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8-30721 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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