[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71584-71585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22851]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0013; OMB No. 1660-0022]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; Community Rating System--Application Letter & 
Quick Check; Community Annual Recertification; Environmental & Historic 
Preservation Certification; NFIP Repetitive Loss Update Form

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 application for the National Flood Insurance Program's 
(NFIP's) Community Rating System (CRS) program. This program allows 
communities to become eligible for discounts on the cost of flood 
insurance when the communities undertake activities to mitigate 
anticipated damage due to flooding. The application materials verify 
and document the community mitigation activities performed and provides 
FEMA with the information necessary to determine what flood insurance 
premium discounts are appropriate for participating communities.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 16, 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 protected] or Bill Lesser, 
Program Specialist, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, 
(202) 646-2807, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Community Rating System (CRS), codified 
by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4022), was designed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 
to encourage communities to undertake activities that will mitigate 
flooding and flood damage beyond the minimum standards for NFIP 
participation. This ratings system is a voluntary program for 
communities, and it would provide a method by which flood mitigation 
activities engaged in by these communities could be measured. The 
effect of this mitigation activity would reduce the exposure of the 
communities to damage resulting from flooding and in turn reduce the 
losses incurred as a result of this flooding. To encourage 
participation, discounts on flood insurance are offered within 
communities that successfully complete qualified mitigation actions, 
and the community ratings system provides the ability to measure these 
actions and to recertify the communities in successive years.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on May 31, 2023, at 88 FR 34873 with a 60-day public 
comment period. Two public comments were received with one comment 
providing edits that FEMA has incorporated and one comment that is not 
germane to this collection. 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: Community Rating System (CRS) Program--Application Letter 
and CRS Quick Check, Community Annual Recertification, Environmental 
and Historic Preservation Certifications, and NFIP Repetitive Loss 
Update Form.
    Type of Information Collection: Renewal of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0022.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-100 (formerly 086-0-35), 
Community Rating System Application Letter and Quick Check; FEMA Form 
FF-206-FY-23-101 (formerly 086-0-35A), Community Annual 
Recertifications, FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-102 (formerly 086-0-35B), 
Environmental and Historic Preservation Certifications, and FEMA Form 
FF-206-FY-23-103 (formerly

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086-0-35C), NFIP Repetitive Loss Update Form.
    Abstract: The Community Rating System (CRS) Application Letter & 
Quick Check, the CRS certification forms, and accompanying guidance are 
used by communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance 
Program's (NFIP) CRS program. The CRS is a voluntary program where 
flood insurance costs are reduced in communities that implement 
practices, such as building codes and public awareness activities, that 
are considered to reduce the risks of flooding and promote the purchase 
of flood insurance.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,170.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4,170.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 52,292.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $4,173,947.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $12,992,290.

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; 
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. 2023-22851 Filed 10-16-23; 8:45 am]
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