[Federal Register: October 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 208)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted
the following information collection to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter
35). The submission describes the nature of the information collection,
the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time,
effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and
includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.
Title: Post Construction Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing
Certificate.
OMB Number: 1660-0008.
Abstract: The Elevation Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate
are used in conjunction with the application for flood insurance. The
certificates are required for proper rating of post Flood Insurance
Rate Map (FIRM) structures, which are buildings constructed after the
publication of the FIRM, for flood insurance in Special Flood Hazard
Areas. In addition, the Elevation Certificate is needed for pre-FIRM
structures being rated under post-FIRM flood insurance rules. The
certificates provide community officials and others standardized
documents to readily record needed building elevation information.
The certificates are supplied to insurance agents, community
officials, surveyors, engineers, architects, and NFIP policyholders/
applicants. Surveyors, engineers, and architects complete the Elevation
Certificate. Engineers and architects complete the Floodproofing
Certificate. Community officials are provided the building elevation
information required to document and determine compliance with the
community's floodplain management ordinance. NFIP policyholders/
applicants provide the appropriate certificate to insurance agents. The
certificate is then used in conjunction with the flood insurance
application so that the building can be properly rated for flood
insurance.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Business or Other for
Profit, Not-For-Profit Institutions, Farms, and State, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 48,430.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
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Burden hours
Project/activity (survey, form(s), focus No. of Frequency of responses per respondent Annual Total annual
group, etc.) respondents (hours) responses burden hours
(A) (B)....................................... (C) (AxB) (AxBxC)
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Elevation Certificate, FEMA Form 81-31 and 48,300 One per structure......................... 3.5 48,300 169,050
Instructions.
Floodproofing Certificate, FEMA Form 81-65.. 130 One per structure......................... 3.25 130 423
Web-based Training Module (Surveyors Video, 48,300 One per structure......................... 0.25 48,300 12,075
Surveyors Guide for EC, and Bldg. Diagrams
and Photo).
Total................................... 48,430 .......................................... .............. 48,430 181,548
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 181,548 hours.
Frequency of Response: One per Structure.
Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the
proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department
of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments
must be submitted on or before November 18, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records
Management, FEMA at 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472,
facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
Dated: October 20, 2005.
George S. Trotter,
Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch,
Information Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. 05-21509 Filed 10-27-05; 8:45 am]
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