[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54402-54403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24968]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0034; 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 and request for comments.

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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 to take this opportunity

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to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved 
information collection for which approval has expired. 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 January 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2017-0034. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 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 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Steiner, Program Analyst, FEMA, 
Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, at (202) 679-4061 or 
[email protected]. You may contact the Records Management 
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at 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.
    This information collection expired on September 30, 2017. FEMA is 
requesting a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved 
information collection for which approval has expired.

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: Reinstatement, without change, of a 
previously approved information collection for which approval has 
expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0015.
    Form Titles and Numbers: 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 
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 Special Flood Hazard Area (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 located within the SFHA, making it possible for the 
lending institution to waive the flood insurance requirement. If the 
policyholder decides to maintain insurance on the property, the new 
determination should result in lower rates.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households; and Business or Other 
for-Profit Institutes.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 121,116.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 121,116.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150,725 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $6,501,379.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 
$24,099,750.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $268,401.

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.

Tammi Hines,
Acting Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-24968 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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