34028 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 20, 2007 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security announced the establishment 

of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership 

Advisory Council (CIPAC) by Notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 24, 2006 (‘‘First CIPAC Notice’’). 

That Notice identified the purpose of 

the committee as well as its 

membership. This Notice provides the 

quarterly update including instructions 

on how the public can obtain the most 

current roster of CIPAC membership. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brett Lambo, Partnership and Outreach 

Division, Office of Infrastructure 

Protection, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, United States 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528, telephone (703) 

235–5311 or via e-mail at 

brett.lambo@dhs.gov. 

Responsible DHS Official: Nancy J. 

Wong, Director Infrastructure Programs 

Office, Partnership and Outreach 

Division, Office of Infrastructure 

Protection, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, United States 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528, telephone (703) 

235–5349. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CIPAC is intended to facilitate 

interaction between representatives of 

government and the community of 

critical infrastructure and key resources 

(CI/KR) owners and operators in each 

critical sector. As set forth in the 

CIPAC’s originating documents, it 

engages in: ‘‘Planning; coordination; 

security program implementation; 

operational activities related to critical 

infrastructure protection security 

measures, including incident response, 

recovery, and reconstitution from events 

both man-made and naturally occurring; 

and the sharing of information about 

threats, vulnerabilities, protective 

measures, best practices, and lessons 

learned.’’

CIPAC is designed to include as many 

of the owners and/or operators and the 

owner and/or operator representative 

trade associations deemed by each 

sector’s Sector Coordinating Council 

(SCC) as necessary as participants in 

these activities. CIPAC Membership is 

comprised of the CI/KR owner and/or 

operator entities (and the trade 

associations that represent CI/KR 

owners and/or operators) which the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) in conjunction with the Sector 

Specific Agency (SSA) (when different 

than DHS) recognizes as members of 

that sector’s Sector Coordinating 

Council (SCC). It also includes Federal, 

State, local, and tribal government 

agencies (or their representative bodies) 

that comprise the membership of the 

Government Coordinating Council 

(GCC) for each sector as recognized by 

DHS in conjunction with the Sector 

Specific Agency (SSA). 

Owners and/or operators or trade 

associations representing the interests of 

owners and/or operators that own and 

invest in infrastructure assets, in the 

systems and processes to secure them, 

and that are held responsible by the 

public for their operations and the 

response and their recovery when their 

infrastructures or key resources are 

disrupted. 

This Notice serves as a quarterly 

notice to provide instructions for 

obtaining the most current roster of 

CIPAC membership. The most recent 

membership roster is published on the 

CIPAC Web site (http://www.dhs.gov/ 

cipac). The CIPAC Web site maintains 

an updated list of all Sector industry/ 

institutional CIPAC membership and all 

government entities involved in CIPAC. 

Any member of the public may visit the 

Web site to learn about CIPAC 

membership, and find a list of meetings 

and agendas. 

This Notice also serves to announce 

the first annual Plenary Meeting of the 

CIPAC to be held on July 19, 2007 in the 

Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The 

meeting will be open to the public. The 

CIPAC Web site noted above will 

provide details of the meeting as they 

become available. 

Dated: June 12, 2007. 

Nancy J. Wong, 

Director, Infrastructure Programs Office, CI/ 

KR Partnership and Outreach Division,United 

States Department of Homeland Security. 

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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. 

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: The National Flood Insurance 

Program Biennial Report. 

OMB Number: 1660–0003. 

Abstract: The National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP) Biennial 

Report enables FEMA to meet its 

regulatory requirement under 44 CFR 

59.22(b)(2). It also enables FEMA to be 

more responsive to the ongoing changes 

that occur in each participating 

community’s flood hazard area. These 

changes include, but are not limited to, 

new corporate boundaries, changes in 

flood hazard areas, new floodplain 

management measures, and changes in 

rate of floodplain development. It is also 

used to evaluate the effectiveness of the 

community’s floodplain management 

activities. The evaluation is 

accomplished by analyzing information 

provided by the community, such as the 

number of variances and floodplain 

permits granted by each community in 

relationship to other information 

contained in the Biennial Report as well 

as other data available in FEMA’s 

Community Information System (CIS). 

The Biennial Report also provides an 

opportunity for NFIP participating 

communities to request technical 

assistance in implementing a floodplain 

management program. FEMA regional 

offices use this information as a means 

to know which communities need 

support and guidance. 

The NFIP Biennial Report is also one 

of the tools used to assist FEMA in 

meeting its requirement under section 

575 of the National Flood Insurance 

Reform Act. A ‘‘yes’’ answer to Item A–

D in Section I of the report will provide 

the basis for FEMA to follow-up by 

contacting the community for 

clarification and/or elaboration 

regarding changes and activities 

occurring in a community’s flood 

hazard area. This information will be 

used in ranking and prioritizing one 

community’s mapping needs against all 

other communities in the NFIP and for 

determining how the limited flood 

hazard mapping funds are allocated for 

map updates. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

governments, farms, individuals or 

households, business or other for-profit, 

not-for-profit institutions representing 

the estimated 20,500 United States and 

United States territorial communities 

that are participating members of the 

NFIP. The NFIP requires that 

communities participating in the NFIP 


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submit an annual or biennial report 

describing the progress made during the 

year in the implementation and 

enforcement of floodplain management 

regulations. 

Number of Respondents: 20,500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: Up 

to three hours or less per claim. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 24,501. 

Frequency of Response: Once every 

two years. 

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 July 20, 2007. 

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 609, Washington, DC 20472, 

facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or 

e-mail address FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov. 

Dated: June 11, 2007. 

John A. Sharetts-Sullivan, 

Chief, Records Management and Privacy, 

Office of Management Directorate, 

Information Resources Management Branch, 

Information Technology Services Division, 

Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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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, DHS. 

ACTION: 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 and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on a proposed 

revised information collection. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 

comments concerning information 

required by FEMA to revise National 

Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Maps. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the 

passage of the Flood Disaster Protection 

Act of 1973, an owner of a structure, 

with a federally backed mortgage, 

located in the 1-percent annual chance 

floodplain, was required to purchase 

federal flood insurance. This was in 

response to the escalating damage 

caused by flooding and the 

unavailability of flood insurance from 

commercial insurance companies. As 

part of this effort, FEMA mapped the 1- 

percent annual chance floodplain in 

communities. However, the 1-percent 

annual chance floodplain may change 

due to changes within the floodplain, or 

may be more accurately depicted 

through the use of more up-to-date 

methods and data. FEMA will issue a 

Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) to 

officially revise the 1-percent annual 

chance floodplain. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Revision to National Flood 

Insurance Program Maps: Application 

Forms for LOMRs and Conditional 

LOMRs. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0016. 

Form Numbers: FEMA Forms 81–89, 

81–89A, 81–89B, 81–89C, 81–89D, 81–

89E. 

Abstract: The certification forms 

(referred to as MT–2 series forms) are 

designed to assist requesters in 

gathering information that FEMA needs 

to revise a NFIP map. FEMA Form 81–

89, Overview and Concurrence Form, 

describes the location of the request, 

what is being requested, and what data 

are required to support the request. In 

addition, NFIP regulations 44 CFR 

65.5(a)(4) require that a community 

official certify that the request complies 

with minimum floodplain management 

criteria specified in 44 CFR 60.3. This 

form ensures that this requirement is 

fulfilled prior to the submittal of the 

request to FEMA. FEMA Form 81–89A, 

Riverine Hydrology and Hydraulics 

Form, allows FEMA to efficiently 

review assumptions made, parameters 

used, and the results of hydrologic and 

hydraulic analyses performed in 

support of a revision request. It also 

addresses more common regulatory 

issues; FEMA Form 81–89B, Riverine 

Structures Form, allows FEMA to 

efficiently review assumptions made, 

parameters used, and the results of 

revision requests involving new or 

modified structures in riverine flood 

hazard areas; FEMA Form 81–89C, 

Coastal Analysis Form, allows FEMA to 

efficiently review assumptions made, 

parameters used, and the results of 

coastal analyses performed in support of 

a revision request. It also addresses 

more common regulatory issues; FEMA 

Form 81–89D, Coastal Structures Form, 

allows FEMA to efficiently review 

assumptions made, parameters used, 

and the results of revision requests 

involving new or modified structures in 

coastal flood hazard areas; FEMA Form 

81–89E, Alluvial Fan Flooding Form, 

allows FEMA to efficiently review 

assumptions made, parameters used, 

and the results of alluvial fan flooding 

analyses performed in support of a 

revision request. 

Affected Public: Business and other 

for profit organization such as Land 

Surveyors or Engineering firms will 

primarily be affected by the collection. 

In addition, home owners, local or state 

officials may also be affected in some 

instances. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 24,360. 

ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Project/activity 

(survey, form(s), focus group, worksheet, etc.) 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

responses 

Burden hours 

per respondent 

Annual 

responses 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(A) (B) (C) (D) = (A×B) (E) = (C × D) 

Form 81–89, Overview and Concurrence Form .................... 1,680 Annual (1) ... 1.0 1,680 1,680 

Form 81–89A, Riverine Hydrology & Hydraulics Form .......... 1,680 Annual (1) ... 3.5 1,680 5,880 

Form 81–89B, Riverine Structures Form ............................... 1,680 Annual (1) ... 7.0 1,680 11,760 

Form 81–89C, Coastal Analysis Form ................................... 1,680 Annual (1) ... 1.0 1,680 1,680 

Form 81–89D, Coastal Structures Form ................................ 1,680 Annual (1) ... 1.0 1,680 1,680 


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