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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2023–0015; OMB No. 

1660–0040] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review, Comment Request; Standard 

Flood Hazard Determination Form 

(SFHDF) 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-day notice of revision 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 revision of 

a currently approved information 

collection. In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 

comments concerning the conversion of 

this information collection to a common 

form, and the instrument under it which 

is used by Federally-regulated lending 

institutions when making, increasing, 

extending, renewing or purchasing each 

loan for the purpose of determining 

whether flood insurance is required and 

available. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 27, 2023. 

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: 

Susan Bernstein, Insurance Specialist, 

Federal Insurance Directorate, 

Policyholder Services Division, 

Marketing and Outreach Branch at (303) 

701–3595 or Susan.Bernstein@

fema.dhs.gov. You may contact the 

Information Management Division for 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information at email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@

fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1365 of the National Flood Insurance 

Act of 1968 (NFIA) (42 U.S.C. 4104b), as 

added by section 528 of the National 

Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 

(Pub. L. 103–325, Title V), requires that 

FEMA develop a standard hazard 

determination form for recording the 

determination of whether a structure is 

located within an identified Special 

Flood Hazard Area and whether flood 

insurance is available. Regulated 

lending institutions, Federal agency 

lenders, the Federal National Mortgage 

Association, the Federal Home Loan 

Mortgage Corporation, and the 

Government National Mortgage 

Association must complete this form for 

any loan made, increased, extended, 

renewed or purchased by these entities. 

The requirement for Federally-regulated 

lending institutions to determine 

whether a building or mobile home 

securing a loan is located in an area 

having special flood hazards and 

whether flood insurance is available has 

been in effect since the enactment of the 

Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 

although the use of a standard form was 

not required until the enactment of the 

section 1365 of the NFIA. The 

establishment of the SFHDF has enabled 

lenders to provide consistent 

information. 

This proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 7, 2023, at 88 FR 37259 

with a 60-day public comment period. 

FEMA received two public comments. 

One comment requested FEMA to 

finalize the release of the instrument 

without change by the expiration date 

and the other comment noted that 

FEMA must provide the instrument for 

Federal agencies and others in the 

private sector to use, but FEMA does not 

collect any information itself and 

recommended that FEMA discontinue 

this information collection and have the 

other Federal agencies that actually 

require the use of the form to collect 

information from the public to create 

and submit their own information 

collections for OMB’s approval. 

FEMA is converting this information 

collection into a common form 

collection to reflect more accurately that 

FEMA is providing this instrument 

pursuant to statutory mandate for other 

entities (including other Federal 

agencies) to use and that FEMA does not 

use the instrument to collect any 

information from the public. Other 

Federal agencies will be able to request 

approval from OMB to use the common 

form instrument under this information 

collection. FEMA will submit this 

revision to OMB before the current 

expiration date of September 30, 2023, 

to prevent the current collection from 

expiring until OMB can review and 

approve this conversion. The purpose of 

this notice is to notify the public that 

FEMA will submit the information 

collection abstracted below to the Office 

of Management and Budget for review 

and clearance. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Standard Flood Hazard 

Determination Form (SFHDF). 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0040. 

FEMA Forms: FEMA Instruction FI– 

206–FY–22–102, Standard Flood Hazard 

Determination Form (SFHDF); FEMA 

Form FF–206–FY–21–116 (formerly 

086–0–32), Standard Flood Hazard 

Determination Form (SFHDF). 

Abstract: This instrument is used by 

Federally-regulated lending institutions, 

Federal agency lenders, the Federal 

National Mortgage Association, the 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage 

Corporation, and the Government 

National Mortgage Association. 

Federally-regulated lending institutions 

complete this form when making, 

increasing, extending, renewing or 

purchasing each loan for the purpose is 

of determining whether flood insurance 

is required and available. FEMA is 

responsible for maintaining the form 

and making it available but does not 

collect any information itself. 

Affected Public: Federal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $29. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $1,764. 

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 


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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 Wilson, 

Records Management Branch Chief, Office 

of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission 

Support, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Department of Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4497– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2023–0001] 

Kentucky; Amendment No. 9 to Notice 

of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA– 

4497–DR), dated March 28, 2020, and 

related determinations. 

DATES: This change occurred on June 29, 

2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Robert D. Samaan, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

disaster. 

This action terminates the 

appointment of Gracia B. Szczech as 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

disaster. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Deanne Criswell, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3595– 

EM; Docket ID FEMA–2023–0001] 

Vermont; Emergency and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of an 

emergency for the State of Vermont 

(FEMA–3595–EM), dated July 10, 2023, 

and related determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued July 

10, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated July 

10, 2023, the President issued an 

emergency declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 

(the Stafford Act), as follows: 

I have determined that the emergency 

conditions in certain areas of the State of 

Vermont resulting from flooding beginning 

on July 9, 2023, and continuing, are of 

sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant 

an emergency declaration under the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (‘‘the 

Stafford Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such 

an emergency exists in the State of Vermont. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, 

to save lives and to protect property and 

public health and safety, and to lessen or 

avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 

designated areas. Specifically, you are 

authorized to provide assistance for 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

limited to direct Federal assistance and 

reimbursement for mass care, including 

evacuation and sheltering support, under the 

Public Assistance program. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance be supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance will be limited to 

75 percent of the total eligible costs. In order 

to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 

authorized to allocate from funds available 

for these purposes such amounts as you find 

necessary for Federal emergency assistance 

and administrative expenses. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration for the approved 

assistance to the extent allowable under the 

Stafford Act. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, Department of Homeland 

Security, under Executive Order 12148, 

as amended, William F. Roy, of FEMA 

is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the State of 

Vermont have been designated as 

adversely affected by this declared 

emergency: 

Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, 

Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, 

Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, 

Washington, Windham, and Windsor 

Counties for emergency protective measures 

(Category B), limited to direct Federal 

assistance and reimbursement for mass care, 

including evacuation and sheltering support, 

under the Public Assistance program. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Deanne Criswell, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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