[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10918-10919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03607]


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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: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms

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

ACTION: 30 Day notice of revision and request for comments.

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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 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 March 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address: [email protected] or 
Joycelyn Collins, Underwriting Branch Program Analyst, Federal 
Insurance Directorate, at 202-701-3383 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP is authorized by Public Law 90-448 
(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.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on December 7, 2022, at 87 FR 75060 with a 60 day 
public comment period. One complimentary comment was received and FEMA 
thanks the commentor. This notice also corrects a minor typographical 
error in the previously published notice, which listed the number of 
respondents as 372,522 when the correct number of respondents is 
372,422. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA 
will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office 
of Management and Budget for review and clearance.

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),

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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: 372,422.
    Number of Responses: 372,422.
    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: $9,357,010.

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. 2023-03607 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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