[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 37259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12154]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0015; OMB No. 1660-0040]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of renewal 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 to take this opportunity to comment on an extension,
without change, of a currently approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning this instrument, which is used by Federally-
regulated lending institutions when making, increasing, extending,
renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose of determining whether
flood insurance is required and available.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0015. 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 Act
notice that is available via the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Bernstein, Insurance Specialist,
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Marketing and Outreach
Branch at (303) 701-3595 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: Section 1365 of the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 (NFIA) (42 U.S.C. 4104b), as added by section 528 of the
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-325, title V),
requires that FEMA develop a standard hazard determination form for
recording the determination of whether a structure is located within an
identified Special Flood Hazard Area and whether flood insurance is
available. Regulated lending institutions, Federal Agency lenders, the
Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, and the Government National Mortgage Association must
complete this form for any loan made, increased, extended, renewed or
purchased by these entities. The requirement for Federally-regulated
lending institutions to determine whether a building or mobile home
securing a loan is located in an area having special flood hazards and
whether flood insurance is available has been in effect since the
enactment of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, although the
use of a standard form was not required until the enactment of the
section 1365 of the NFIA. The establishment of the SFHDF has enabled
lenders to provide consistent information.
Collection of Information
Title: Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF).
Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0040.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-119-FY-22-128 (formerly 086-0-32),
Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF).
Abstract: This form is used by Federally-regulated lending
institutions, Federal Agency lenders, the Federal National Mortgage
Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the
Government National Mortgage Association. Federally-regulated lending
institutions complete this form when making, increasing, extending,
renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose is of determining
whether flood insurance is required and available. FEMA is responsible
for maintaining the form and making it available.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit; and Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 26,616,265.
Estimated Number of Responses: 26,616,265.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,871,200.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $254,426,016.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $1,764.
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. 2023-12154 Filed 6-6-23; 8:45 am]
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