[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 120 (Friday, June 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41114-41115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13383]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0006; 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, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 30-Day notice of renewal 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 the collection of information under which communities submit 
information to FEMA for application and continued participation in the 
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 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 
Adrienne L. Sheldon, Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist, 
Floodplain Management Division at [email protected] or 
(202) 212-3966.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4001, et seq., requires all flood prone 
communities throughout the country to apply for participation in the 
NFIP one year after their flood prone status is identified. If a 
community does not participate in the NFIP they are not eligible for 
certain types of Federal and federally-related financial assistance in 
their floodplains. 44 CFR 59.2 authorizes previously unavailable flood 
insurance protection to property owners in flood-prone areas and 
identifies the information that communities are required to submit to 
FEMA for application into the NFIP. 44 CFR 59.22 and 59.24 identifies 
the information a community is required to submit to FEMA for continued 
participation in the program. This collection has been updated to 
account for the burden hours associated with the applicant's time to 
collect information as part of the community development permit 
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. 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 participating property owners' eligibility for flood 
insurance. 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 ``NFIP 
and the Community Development Permit Process'' are separate actions 
documented under the same collection. This proposed information 
collection previously published in the Federal Register on March 22, 
2023, at 88 FR 17241 with a 60-day public comment period. No comments 
were received. 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: Application for Participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program (NFIP).
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0004.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-160 (formerly 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 protect against future flood damages. 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 
communities.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 22,660.
    Number of Responses: 90,460.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 271,440.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $25,813,944.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $110,446.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption

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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; 
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. 2023-13383 Filed 6-22-23; 8:45 am]
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