Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Notices 16575

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

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 comment on a proposed

collection of information. In accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

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

notice seeks comments concerning

National Fire Academy Executive Fire

Officer Program Application for

Admission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

Law 93–498, Fire Prevention and

Control Act of 1974, as amended created

the National Fire Academy (NFA) to

advance the professional development

of fire service personnel and allied

professionals. The act provides for,

among other things, the conduct of

courses and programs of training and

education to train fire service personnel

in such skills and knowledge as may be

useful to advance their ability to prevent

and control fires including tactics and

command of firefighting for fire chiefs

and commanders and administration

and management of fire services.

Collection of Information

Title: National Fire Academy

Executive Fire Officer Program

Application for Admission.

Type of Information Collection:

Extension of a currently approved

collection.

OMB Number: 3067–0194.

Form Numbers: FEMA Form 95–22,

National Fire Academy Executive Fire

Officer Program Application for

Admission.

Abstract: FEMA Form 95–22, National

Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer

Program Application for Admission, is

used by senior level executive fire

officers to apply to the Executive Fire

Officer Program. FEMA uses the

application form to select the best

qualified applicants for admission to the

program.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 300.

Number of Responses: 300.

Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Cost: $9,985.00.

COMMENTS: Written 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. Comments should be

received by June 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit written comments to Muriel B.

Anderson, FEMA Information

Collections Officer, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW,

Room 311, Washington, DC 20472.

Telephone number (202) 646–2625.

FAX number (202) 646–3524.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Charles J. Burkell, Program

Chair for Executive Development,

United States Fire Administration,

National Fire Academy, at (301) 447–

1072 for additional information. Contact

Ms. Anderson at (202) 646–2625 for

copies of the proposed collection of

information.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Reginald Trujillo,

Director, Program Services Division,

Operations Support Directorate.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

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 comment on a proposed

collection of information. In accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

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

notice seeks comments concerning

information required by FEMA to

amend or revise National Flood

Insurance Program Maps to remove

certain property from the one-percent

annual chance floodplain.

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 one-percent annual

chance (base flood) 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 one-percent annual chance

floodplain in communities. However,

due to scale limitations, individual

structures that may be above the base

flood cannot be shown as being out of

the one-percent annual chance

floodplain. FEMA will issue a Letter of

Map Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of

Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR–F)

to waive the federal requirement for

flood insurance when data is submitted

to show that the structure is above the

base flood.

Collection of Information. (1) Title.

Report to submit technical or scientific

data to correct mapping deficiencies

unrelated to community-wide elevation

determinations (Amendments and

Revisions to National Flood Insurance

Program Maps).

Type of Information Collection.

Revision.

OMB Number: 3067–0147.

Abstract. The certification forms

(referred to as MT–1 series forms) are

designed to assist requesters in

gathering information that FEMA needs

to determine whether a certain property

is likely to be flooded during the flood

event that has a one-percent chance of

being equaled or exceeded in any given

year (base flood).

FEMA Forms. FEMA Form 81–87,

Property Information, describes the

location of the property, what is being

requested, and what data are required to

support the request.

FEMA Form 81–87A, Elevation

Information, indicates what the Base

(100-year) Flood Elevation (BFE) for the

property is, how the BFE was

determined, the lowest ground elevation

on the property, and/or the elevation of

the lowest adjacent grade to any

structures on the property. The

information is required in order for

FEMA to determine if the property that

is being requested to be removed from

the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)

is above the BFE.

FEMA Form 81–87B, Certification of

Fill Placement, requires that a registered

professional engineer or the

community’s floodplain official certify

that the fill was placed in accordance