[Federal Register: November 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 223)]
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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, DHS.

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: National Flood Insurance Claims Appeals Process.
    OMB Number: 1660-0095.
    Abstract: This information collection implements the mandates of 
section 205 of the Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform 
Act of 2004 to establish an appeal process for National Flood Insurance 
Program policyholders in cases of unsatisfactory decisions on claims, 
proofs of loss, and loss estimates made by any insurance company, 
agent, adjuster, or FEMA employee or contractor.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households and Business or other 
for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,000.
    Frequency of Response: One-time.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management Budget, Attention: Nathan 
Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, and sent 
via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 
395-6974. Comments must be submitted on or before December 20, 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 13, 2006.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management and Privacy, Information Resources Management 
Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-19529 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]

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