[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6124-6125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01846]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0036 OMB No. 1660-0033]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification

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

ACTION: 60-Day notice of extension 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 
of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning 
information collected for eligible properties insured under the 
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies to certify the 
floodproofing of residential basements.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0036. 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 Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of 
www.regulations.gov.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 
is authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (90-448, 
title XIII) and expanded by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 
(93-234) and requires that FEMA provide flood insurance. FEMA 
delineates flood zones on a Flood Insurance Rate Map to identify 
Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in a community. 44 CFR 60.3(c)(2) 
requires that all new construction and substantial improvements of 
residential structures within SFHA Zones A1-30, AE, AH, and AO zones 
have the lowest floor, including the basement, elevated to or above the 
base flood level unless a community-wide exception or site-specific 
variance is granted. 44 CFR 60.6(a)(7) and 44 CFR 60.6(b)(1) allow 
communities to apply for an exception when circumstances present a 
hardship that would not allow for adherence to the requirement for 
elevation above the base flood level. This exception must meet the 
conditions set forth in 44 CFR 60.6(c). When owners of residential 
structures in these zones are seeking flood insurance, they must be 
certified that the structural design is floodproof.

Collection of Information

    Title: Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0033.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-122 (formerly 086-0-24), 
Residential Basement Floodproofing Certificate.
    Abstract: The Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification is 
required to certify that floodproofing of a structure in communities 
approved for Residential Basement floodproofing meets at least minimal 
floodproofing specifications. Residential structures that receive this 
certification are granted a discount on flood insurance premiums.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,697.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $5,000.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $191.

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. 2024-01846 Filed 1-30-24; 8:45 am]
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