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Trusted Trader Working Group’s 

progress in developing the CBP White 

Paper for the Implementation of C– 

TPAT Trade Compliance Requirements 

for Forced Labor; the In-Bond Working 

Group’s ongoing work with the 

technical enhancements that have been 

shared with the Trade Support Network, 

as well as the review of regulatory 

recommendations for future 

development; the Export Modernization 

Working Group’s progress in developing 

the Export Operations for the 21st 

Century White Paper mentioned during 

the October 7, 2020 COAC meeting; and, 

the Remote and Autonomous Cargo 

Processing Working Group’s progress 

reviewing the various modes of 

conveyance and automation 

opportunities. 

Meeting materials will be available by 

March 15, 2021, at: http://www.cbp.gov/ 

trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/ 

coac-public-meetings. 

Dated: February 15, 2021. 

Valarie M. Neuhart, 

Deputy Executive Director, Office of Trade 

Relations. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03365 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2020–0010; OMB No. 

1660–0033] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Residential Basement Floodproofing 

Certification 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30 Day reinstatement notice and 

request for comments. 

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 a 

reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. FEMA will submit the 

information collection abstracted below 

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 will describe 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 the actual data 

collection instruments used. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Information 

Management Division, email address 

FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Joycelyn 

Collins, Underwriting Branch Program 

Analyst, Federal Insurance Directorate, 

Joycelyn.Collins@fema.dhs.gov, 202– 

701–3383. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress 

created the National Flood Insurance 

Program (NFIP) through enactment of 

the National Flood Insurance Act of 

1968 (NFIA) (Title XIII of Pub. L. 90– 

448, 82 Stat. 476), found at 42 U.S.C. 

4001 et seq. The NFIP is a Federal 

program enabling property owners in 

participating communities to purchase 

insurance as a protection against flood 

losses in exchange for state and 

community floodplain management 

requirements that reduce the risk of 

future flood damages. Communities 

participate in the NFIP based on an 

agreement between the community and 

FEMA. If a community adopts and 

enforces a floodplain management 

ordinance to reduce future flood risk to 

new construction in floodplains, FEMA 

will make flood insurance available 

within the community as a financial 

protection against flood losses. 

Accordingly, the NFIP is comprised of 

three key activities: Flood insurance, 

floodplain management, and flood 

hazard mapping. 

As part of the minimum floodplain 

management requirements established 

by FEMA, NFIP participating 

communities generally must require that 

all new construction and substantial 

improvements of residential structures 

within areas identified by FEMA as 

Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) 

Zones A1–30, AE and AH zones have 

the lowest floor, including the 

basement, elevated to or above the base 

flood level. See 44 CFR 60.3(c)(2). 

However, FEMA may grant exceptions 

to this requirement to communities that 

are not subject to tidal flooding, given 

the communities adopt standards for 

floodproofed residential basements 

below the base flood. 44 CFR 60.6(c). 

Communities requesting this exception 

must demonstrate that ‘‘areas of special 

flood hazard in which basements will be 

permitted are subject to shallow and 

low velocity flooding and that there is 

adequate flood warning time to ensure 

that all residents are notified of 

impending floods.’’ 44 CFR 60.6(c)(1). 

Communities seeking the exception 

must also adopt certain floodplain 

management measures regarding the 

floodproofing of basements. See 44 CFR 

60.6(c)(2). Such measures include that a 

professional engineer or architect 

inspect new or substantially improved 

buildings with basements and ‘‘certify 

that the basement design and methods 

of construction proposed are in 

accordance with accepted standards of 

practice for meeting the [residential 

basement floodproofing requirements]. 

44 CFR 60.6(c)(2)(iv). This proposed 

information collection consists of the 

‘‘Residential Basement Floodproofing 

Certificate,’’ which is used to document 

compliance with 44 CFR 60.6(c)(2)(iv). 

This proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on April 7, 2020, at 85 FR 

19496 with a 60-day public comment 

period. FEMA received three comments 

germane to this information collection 

(FEMA–2020–0010–0004; FEMA–2020– 

0010–0005; and FEMA–2020–0010– 

0003). FEMA considers one comment 

non-germane to the information 

collection because it merely reads 

‘‘Docket ID FEMA 2020–0010 OMB 

1660–0033’’. 

In the first germane comment, FEMA– 

2020–0010–0004, the anonymous 

commenter recommended that ‘‘[t]he 

form should be updated/reviewed to 

reflect/evaluate whether or not all or 

any of the April 2020 Flood Insurance 

Manual changes for floodproofing rating 

credit apply; based on the Flood 

Insurance Manual the updated guidance 

appears to be specific to 

nonresidential.’’ FEMA reviewed the 

April 2020 Flood Insurance Manual 

(available at https://go.usa.gov/xwGu2) 

and found that it only reflected changes 

to non-residential floodproofing 

requirements. This information 

collection applies only to residential 

basement floodproofing requirements, 

so FEMA finds no reason to adjust this 

information collection based on changes 

to the April 2020 Flood Insurance 

Manual. 

In the second germane comment, 

FEMA–2020–0010–0005, the 

anonymous commenter recommended 


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that ‘‘ ‘walls that are impermeable to the 

passage of water without human 

intervention’ should be ‘walls that are 

substantially impermeable to the 

passage of water without human 

intervention.’ ’’ FEMA disagrees with 

the commenter’s recommendation 

because it deviates from the 

requirements of 44 CFR 60.6(c)(2)(i). 

Under applicable regulations, if FEMA 

allows a community to allow 

floodproofed residential basements 

pursuant to 44 CFR 60.6(c), the 

community must require that new 

residential construction ‘‘be designed 

and built so that any basement area, 

together with attendant utilities and 

sanitary facilities below the 

floodproofed design level, is watertight 

with walls that are impermeable to the 

passage of water without human 

intervention.’’ 44 CFR 60.6(c)(2)(i) 

(emphasis added). This language is 

mirrored in the current information 

collection. FEMA believes that the 

commenter may be confusing the 

requirements applicable to basements in 

non-residential buildings at 44 CFR 

60.3(c)(3). This regulation states in part, 

that buildings ‘‘be designed so that 

below the base flood level the structure 

is watertight with walls substantially 

impermeable to the passage of water 

. . .’’ (emphasis added). These 

requirements do not apply to this 

information collection. 

In the third germane comment, 

FEMA–2020–0010–0003, a former 

Executive Director of the Association of 

State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) 

generally commented that ASFPM 

supports the continuation of the 

information collection, but he had 

concerns regarding how the form is used 

and the applicable regulations. First, the 

commenter expressed concern that 

individuals were submitting Residential 

Basement Floodproofing Certification 

forms for buildings located in 

communities not eligible to allow the 

construction of floodproofed residential 

basements. The commenter suggested 

adding a clear statement on FEMA’s 

website to download the form that 

submission of a Residential Basement 

Floodproofing Certification form is only 

appropriate in certain eligible 

communities. Based on this comment, 

FEMA will add the recommended 

statement on the appropriate websites to 

help individuals avoid unnecessarily 

completing the form. Second, the 

commenter suggested enhancing 

FEMA’s oversight of community 

compliance with the regulations 

concerning residential basement 

floodproofing at 44 CFR 60.6(c). FEMA 

is committed to ensuring the proper 

oversight of community compliance 

with the NFIP’s floodplain management 

regulations and will ensure that 

communities’ continued compliance 

with 44 CFR 60.6(c) is part of that 

oversight. Third, the commenter 

suggested that FEMA work with the 

United States Army Corps of Engineers 

to provide technical assistance and 

guidance on floodproofing basements. 

FEMA will consider providing 

additional assistance in the future. 

Fourth, the commenter recommended 

that if FEMA were to end the 

Residential Basement Floodproofing 

program, FEMA should develop a policy 

to address the status of homes that 

would no longer comply with 

floodplain management requirements as 

a result. FEMA does not plan to end this 

program at this time, but will take this 

comment under advisement if FEMA 

does discontinue the program in the 

future. 

This information collection expired 

on April 30, 2020. FEMA is requesting 

a reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. This notice is to notify the 

public that FEMA will submit the 

information collection abstracted below 

to OMB for review and clearance. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Residential Basement 

Floodproofing Certification. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

OMB Number: 1660–0033. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form 086–0–24, Residential Basement 

Floodproofing Certification. 

Abstract: The Residential Basement 

Floodproofing Certification, completed 

by a registered professional surveyor, 

engineer, or architect, is required to 

certify that floodproofing of a structure 

meets at least minimal floodproofing 

specifications. Residential structures 

that receive this certification are granted 

reduced rates on flood insurance 

premiums. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 325. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $21,525. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $35,000. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $3,543. 

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, 

Senior Manager, Records Management 

Branch, Office of the Chief Administrative 

Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03352 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. CISA–2020–0020] 

Interoperable Communications and 

Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP) 

Training Survey 

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; NEW information collection 

request, 1670–NEW. 

SUMMARY: The Emergency 

Communications Division (ECD) within 

the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency (CISA) will submit the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until April 20, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number CISA– 


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