[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 32566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13090]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0012; OMB No. 1660-0004]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Application for Participation in the National 
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe 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 the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 7, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-
3100, facsimile number (202) 212-4701, or email address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: Application for Participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program (NFIP).
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0004.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086-0-30, Application for 
Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
    Abstract: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides 
flood insurance to the communities that apply for participation and 
make a commitment to adopt and enforce land use control measures that 
are established to reduce risk to people and property in flood-prone 
areas. The application form and supporting documentation will enable 
FEMA to continue to rapidly process new community applications and to 
thereby more quickly provide flood insurance protection to the 
residents in these communities.
    This collection has been updated to account for the burden hours 
associated with the communities' floodplain development permitting 
process. To qualify for the NFIP, a participating community must adopt 
certain minimum standards in accordance with FEMA's regulations at 44 
CFR 60.3, 60.4, and 60.5. In order to verify whether communities 
maintain such standards, the NFIP requires participating communities to 
retain documentation on development taking place in the flood hazard 
areas within the community. 44 CFR 59.22. Such information will be made 
available to FEMA upon request. This information assists FEMA in 
evaluating the effectiveness of a community's floodplain management 
program and, through that, the community's continuing eligibility to 
participate in the program. In the past, the NFIP application did not 
account for burden hours associated with this collection of 
information.
    The Application for Participation in the NFIP and the Community 
Development Permit Process are separate actions documented under the 
same collection.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,344.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 221,121 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $9,382,164.30. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$74,788.

    Dated: May 28, 2014.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2014-13090 Filed 6-4-14; 8:45 am]
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