[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75060-75061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26571]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0049; OMB No. 1660-0006]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 an extension, with change, of a currently approved 
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning information collected 
for the selling and servicing of National Flood Insurance Program 
(NFIP) policies by FEMA's direct servicing agent, NFIP Direct.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 6, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2022-0049. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    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 and 
Security Act Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joycelyn Collins, Underwriting Branch 
Program Analyst, Federal Insurance Directorate, at 202-701-3383 or 
[email protected]. You may contact the Information 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP is authorized by Public Law 90-448

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(1968) and expanded by Public Law 93-234 (1973). The National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 requires FEMA to provide flood insurance at full 
actuarial rates, reflecting the complete flood risk to structures built 
or substantially improved, on or after the effective date for the 
initial Flood Insurance Rate Map for the community, so that the risks 
associated with buildings in flood-prone areas are borne by those 
located in such areas and not by taxpayers at large. In accordance with 
Public Law 93-234, the purchase of flood insurance is mandatory when 
Federal or federally related financial assistance is being provided for 
acquisition or construction of buildings located, or to be located, 
within FEMA-identified special flood hazard areas of communities that 
participate in the NFIP.
    FEMA also proposes changes to this information collection to 
implement a revised risk rating methodology that will apply to all 
policies issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2021. This revised 
methodology will require FEMA to collect new information necessary to 
sell and service flood insurance policies. However, the revised 
methodology is not expected to increase the overall information 
collection burden on the public due to the use of data from sources 
other than policyholders. As a result of this revised methodology, FEMA 
proposes to modify FEMA Forms FF-206-FY-21-117 (formerly 086-0-1), FF-
206-FY-21-118 (formerly 086-0-2), and FF-206-FY-21-119 (formerly 086-0-
3).
    During the transition to the revised rating methodology, FEMA still 
needed to maintain the existing forms in this information collection. 
As a result, FEMA added FEMA Forms 086-0-1T, 086-0-2T, 086-0-3T, and 
086-0-5T to this information collection. Now that the transition to the 
revised risk rating methodology has been completed, effective April 1, 
2022, FEMA has discontinued the use of these forms and is removing them 
from this information collection.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0006
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-117 (formerly 086-0-1), Flood 
Insurance Application; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-118 (formerly 086-0-2), 
Flood Insurance Cancellation/Nullification Request Form; and FEMA Form 
FF-206-FY-21-119 (formerly 086-0-3), Flood Insurance General Change 
Endorsement.
    Abstract: To provide for the availability of policies for flood 
insurance, policies are marketed and administered through the 
facilities of licensed insurance agents or brokers in the various 
States. Applications, general change requests, and cancellations from 
agents or brokers are forwarded to a direct servicing agent designated 
as fiscal agent by the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 
(FIMA), referred to as NFIP Direct. Upon receipt and examination of the 
application, general change request, cancellation, and required 
premium, the servicing company issues or updates the appropriate 
Federal flood insurance policy.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local or Tribal 
Government; Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 
and Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 372,522.
    Number of Responses: 372,522.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 51,628.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $2,096,612.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $9,356,922.

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.

Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-26571 Filed 12-6-22; 8:45 am]
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