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the implementation of the Agency’s 

objectives. Thus, these meeting closures 

are permitted pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B). 

Deanne Criswell, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05093 Filed 3–9–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2022–0012; OMB No. 

1660–0008] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Elevation 

Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision 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 to take this opportunity 

to comment on a revision of a currently 

approved collection. In accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

this notice seeks comments concerning 

the Elevation Certificate and the 

Floodproofing Certificate for NonResidential Structures. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 9, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2022–0012. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy and Security Notice that is 

available via a link on the homepage of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joycelyn Collins, Program Analyst, 

Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, Flood Insurance 

Directorate, at 202–701–3383 or 

Joycelyn.Collins@fema.dhs.gov. You 

may contact the Information 

Management Division for copies of the 

proposed collection of information at 

email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Communities participating in the 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP) are required to adopt a 

floodplain management ordinance that 

meets or exceeds the minimum 

floodplain management requirements of 

the NFIP. In accordance with the 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency’s (FEMA’s) minimum floodplain 

management criteria, communities must 

require that all new construction and 

substantial improvement of residential 

structures and non-residential structures 

have the lowest floor (including 

basement) elevated to above the base 

flood elevation subject to 44 CFR 

60.3(c)(2) and (3), unless, for residential 

structures, the community is granted an 

exception by FEMA for the allowance of 

basements under 44 CFR 60.6(b) or (c). 

New construction and substantial 

improvement of non-residential 

structures can also be floodproofed. 

This means that, together with attendant 

utility and sanitary facilities, they are 

designed such that below the base flood 

level the structure is watertight, with 

walls substantially impermeable to the 

passage of water and with structural 

components having the capability to 

resist hydrostatic and hydrodynamic 

loads and effects of buoyancy. 44 CFR 

60.3(c)(3)(ii). Use of the Elevation 

Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate 

is one convenient way for a community 

to document building compliance. Title 

44 CFR 61.7 and 61.8 require proper 

investigation to estimate the risk 

premium rates necessary to provide 

flood insurance. 

This information collection expires on 

November 30, 2022. FEMA is requesting 

a revision of this currently approved 

information collection. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Elevation Certificate/ 

Floodproofing Certificate. 

Type of information collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0008. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form FF–206–FY–22–152 (formerly 

086–0–33), Elevation Certificate and 

FEMA Form FF–206–FY–22–153 

(formerly 086–0–34), Floodproofing 

Certificate for Non-Residential 

Structures. 

Abstract: The Elevation Certificate 

and Floodproofing Certificate are used 

in conjunction with the Flood Insurance 

Application to determine a building’s 

compliance with local floodplain 

management provisions and to 

document elevations in support of flood 

insurance premiums or discounts that 

align with the building’s risk of damage 

from flooding. Respondents are 

primarily surveyors, architects, or 

engineers; individual property owners 

may opt to complete specified portions 

of the Elevation Certificate. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, Business or other for-profit, 

Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,517. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

3,517. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 12,734. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $622,253. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $32,343. 

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 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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