[Federal Register: December 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 236)]
[Notices]
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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, 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. 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: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps:
Application Forms and Instructions for (C) LOMAs and (C) LOMR-Fs.
OMB Number: 1660-0015.
Abstract: The certification forms (referred to as MT-1 series
forms) are designed to assist requesters in gathering information that
FEMA needs to determine whether a certain property is likely to be
flooded during a flood event that has a one-percent annual chance of
being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood).
FEMA Form 81-87, Property Information, describes the location of
the property, what is being requested, and what data are required to
support the request.
FEMA Form 81-87A, Elevation Information, indicates what the Base
(one-percent annual chance) Flood Elevation (BFE) for the property is,
how the BFE was determined, the lowest ground elevation on the
property, and/or the elevation of the lowest adjacent grade to any
structures on the property. This information is required in order for
FEMA to determine if the property that the requester would like removed
from the SFHA is at or above the BFE.
FEMA Form 81-87B, Community Acknowledgment, requires that a
community official certify that the request complies with minimum
floodplain management criteria specified in 44 CFR 60.3, as per NFIP
regulations 44 CFR 65.5(a)(4).
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Affected Public: Individuals and households, business or other for
profit, And State Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 39,933.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
Annual Burden Hours
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Project/activity (survey, No. of Burden hours Annual Total annual
form(s), focus group, etc.) respondents Frequency of responses per response responses burden hours
(A) (B)................... (C) (A x B ) (A x B x C)
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81-87, Property Information Form 18,272 Annual (1)............ 1.63 18,272 29,783
(Homeowners/Representatives of
Homeowner).
81-87A, Elevation Form 18,272 Annual (1)............ 1.25 18,272 22,840
(Surveyors/Engineers).
*81-87B, Community *3,389 Annual (1)............ 1.38 3,389 4,677
Acknowledgment Form (Community
Officials).
On-line LOMR-F Tutorial 1,700 As needed............. 0.5 1,700 850
(Homeowners).
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Total....................... ........... ...................... 4.76 ............ 58,150
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*This form is not required for all requests. It is only required for LOMR-F and CLOMR-F requests.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 58,150.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
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 January 9, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records
Management, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472,
facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
Dated: November 28, 2005.
Darcy Bingham,
Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information
Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. E5-7158 Filed 12-8-05; 8:45 am]
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