[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77480-77481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30431]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2013-0054; OMB No. 1660-0015]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: 
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 revision of a currently approved information 
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this notice seeks comments concerning information required by the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency to amend or revise National Flood 
Insurance Program maps to remove certain property from the 1-percent 
annual chance floodplain.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 21, 2014.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov under 
Docket ID FEMA-2013-0054. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC 
20472-3100.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any 
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this 
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart Rooney, Program Specialist, 
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, DHS/FEMA, 202-646-
1643. You may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the 
proposed collection of information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 
or email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 
is authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 
administers the NFIP and maintains the maps that depict flood hazard 
information. The land area covered by the floodwaters of the base flood 
is the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) on NFIP maps. The SFHA is the 
area where the NFIP's floodplain management regulations must be 
enforced and the area where the mandatory purchase of flood insurance 
applies. If a SFHA has been determined to exist for property and the 
owner or lessee of the property believes his/her property has been 
incorrectly included in a SFHA, information can be provided to support 
removal of the SFHA designation. NFIP regulations, at 44 CFR parts 65 
and 70, outline the data that must be submitted by an owner or lessee 
of property who believes his/her property has been incorrectly included 
in a SFHA. In order to remove an area from a SFHA, the owner or lessee 
of the property must submit scientific or technical data demonstrating 
that the area is ``reasonably safe from flooding'' and not in the SFHA.

Collection of Information

    Title: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: 
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 086-0-26, Property Information; FEMA Form 
086-0-26A, Elevation Form; FEMA Form 086-0-26B, Community 
Acknowledgement Form; FEMA Form 086-0-22 and FEMA Form 086-0-22A 
(Spanish), Application Form for Single Residential Lot or Structure

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Amendments to National Flood Insurance Program Maps.
    Abstract: FEMA collects scientific and technical data submissions 
to determine whether a specific, single-lot property is located within 
or outside of a SFHA. If the property is determined not to be within a 
SFHA, FEMA provides a written determination and the appropriate map is 
modified by a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map 
Revision--Based on Fill (LOMR-F). The owner or lessee of a property 
uses a LOMA or LOMR-F to show that a property is not flood prone, 
making it possible for the lending institution to waive the flood 
insurance requirement. If insurance is carried for the property, the 
new determination should result in significantly lower rates.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households; and business or other 
for-profit institutes.
    Number of Respondents: 97,503.
    Number of Responses: 97,503.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150,725.
    Estimated Cost: The property owner is required to hire a surveyor 
or engineer at an average cost of $450 to provide certified elevation 
data. Therefore the total annual cost burden to respondents is 
estimated to be $47,465,100.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 
above. 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.

    Dated: December 11, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2013-30431 Filed 12-20-13; 8:45 am]
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