Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 232 / Friday, December 3, 2004 / Notices 70273

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, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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: Evaluation of the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency’s 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP). 

OMB Number: 1660–NEW10. 

Abstract: The National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP) will conduct 

a comprehensive evaluation of its 

impact on land-use aimed at reducing 

loss of property due to floods. The study 

will center around six areas of inquiry 

through a combination of case studies, 

in-depth interviews, and surveys 

applied to an across-the-board 

representation of NFIP constituencies 

involving communities, state agencies, 

mortgage lenders, insurance agents, real 

estate brokers, developers, and 

individual policy and non 

policyholders. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households, businesses, and State, local 

and tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents: 2,716. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 to 

25 minutes for survey questionnaires; 90 

to 120 minutes for in-depth interviews 

on case analysis. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,268. 

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 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 

3, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Muriel B. Anderson, 

Section Chief, Records Management, 

FEMA at 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, 

Washington, DC 20472, facsimile 

number (202) 646–3347, or e-mail 

address FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov.

Dated: November 24, 2004. 

Edward W. Kernan, 

Branch Chief, Information Resources 

Management Branch, Information 

Technology Services Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed continuing 

information collections. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), this 

notice seeks comments concerning the 

information collection outlined in 44 

CFR part 71, as it pertains to application 

for National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP) insurance for buildings located 

in Coastal Barrier Resource System 

(CBRS) communities.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA 

Pub. L. 97–3480) and the Coastal Barrier 

Improvement Act (CBRA Pub. L. 101–

591) are Federal laws that were enacted 

on October 1, 1982, and November 16, 

1990, respectively. The legislation was 

implemented as part of a Department of 

the Interior (DOI) initiative to preserve 

the ecological integrity of areas DOI 

designates as coastal barriers and 

otherwise protected areas. The laws 

provide this protection by prohibiting 

all Federal expenditures or financial 

assistance including flood insurance for 

residential or commercial development 

in areas identified with the system. 

When an application for flood insurance 

is submitted for buildings located in 

CBRS communities, documentation 

must be submitted as evidence of 

eligibility. 

FEMA regulation 44 CFR part 71 

implements the Coastal Barrier 

Resources Act. The documentation 

required in 44 CFR section 71.4 is 

provided to FEMA for a determination 

that a building which is located on a 

designated coastal barrier and for which 

a application for flood insurance is 

being made, is neither new construction 

or a substantial improvement, and is, 

therefore, eligible for NFIP coverage. If 

the information is not collected, NFIP 

policies would be provided for 

buildings, which are legally ineligible 

for it, thus exposing the Federal 

Government to an insurance liability 

Congress chose to limit. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Implementation of Coastal 

Barrier Resources Act. 

Type of Information Collection:

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0010. 

Abstract: When an application for 

flood insurance is submitted for 

buildings located in CBRS communities, 

one of the following types of 

documentation must be submitted as 

evidence of eligibility:

—Certification from a community 

official stating the building is not 

located in a designated CBRS area.

—A legally valid building permit or 

certification from a community 

official stating that the building’s start 

of construction date preceded the date 

that the community was identified in 

the system. 

—Certification from the governmental 

body overseeing the area indicating 

that the building is used in a manner 

consistent with the purpose for which 

the area is protected.

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Businesses or other forprofits; Not-for-profit institutions; 

Farms; Federal Government; and State, 

local or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents: 60. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Hours Per Response: 1.5 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 90.