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previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. FEMA will submit the 

information collection abstracted below 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

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 

FEMA will use. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 4, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and sent via 

electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@

omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Records 

Management Division, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, email address 

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

Krowel, Insurance Examiner, Federal 

Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, DHS/FEMA, at (202) 

701–3701. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: StateOwned properties covered under an 

adequate State policy of self-insurance 

satisfactory to FEMA are not required to 

purchase flood insurance in accordance 

with Section 102(c)(1) of the Flood 

Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 

U.S.C. 4012a(c)(1)). NFIP regulations, 44 

CFR part 75, establish the standards 

which a State’s insurance plan must 

meet to be found exempt from the 

requirement to purchase flood insurance 

coverage for State-owned structures and 

their contents. To be eligible for the 

exemption, State properties must be 

located in areas identified by the 

Administrator as A, AO, AH, A1–30, 

AE, AR, AR/A1–30, AR/AE, AR/AO, 

AR/AH, AR/A, A99, M, V, VO, V1–30, 

VE, and E zones, in which the sale of 

insurance has been made available. 

This proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 27, 2017 at 82 FR 

29090 with a 60 day public comment 

period. FEMA received one comment. 

The commenter advocated for the 

extension of the State self-insurance 

exemption to all entities, including 

small business. FEMA appreciates this 

comment but is unable to extend the 

exemption because it is statutorily 

prescribed. This information collection 

expired on September 30, 2017. FEMA 

is requesting a reinstatement, without 

change, of a previously approved 

information collection for which 

approval has expired. 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: Exemption of State-Owned 

Properties Under Self-Insurance. 

Type of information collection: 

Reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

OMB Number: 1660–0013. 

Form Titles and Numbers: None. 

Abstract: Application for exemption 

must be made by the Governor or other 

duly authorized official of the State 

accompanied by sufficient supporting 

documentation which certifies that the 

plan of self-insurance upon which the 

application for exemption is based 

meets or exceeds the standards in NFIP 

regulations at 44 CFR 75.11. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 20. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: The estimated annual cost to 

respondents for the hour burden is 

$8,547. There are no annual costs to 

respondents operations and 

maintenance costs for technical 

services. There is no annual start-up or 

capital costs. The cost to the Federal 

Government is $3,920.10. 

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. 

Dated: October 30, 2017. 

William Holzerland, 

Information Management Division Director, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2012–0012] 

National Flood Insurance Program 

Nationwide Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final 

nationwide programmatic 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) 

announces the availability of a final 

Nationwide Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(NPEIS) evaluating the environmental 

impacts of proposed modifications to 

the National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP). Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQs) 

regulations for implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA, and 

FEMA’s Directive 108–1 titled 

‘‘Environmental Planning and Historic 

Preservation Responsibilities and 

Program Requirements,’’ FEMA has 

considered comments received on the 

NFIP Draft NPEIS, which was issued in 

April 2017, and identifies FEMA’s 

preferred alternative in the NFIP Final 

NPEIS. 

DATES: FEMA will publish a Record of 

Decision no sooner than 30 days after 

the date of publication of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic versions of the 

NFIP Final NPEIS are available at the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

Docket ID FEMA–2012–0012. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the NFIP Final 

NPEIS, contact Bret Gates, FEMA, 

Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, Floodplain 

Management Division, 400 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, or via email at 

Bret.Gates@fema.dhs.gov, or by phone 

at 202–646–2780. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Flooding 

has been, and continues to be, a serious 

risk in the United States. To address the 

need, in 1968, Congress established the 

NFIP as a Federal program to provide 

access to federally backed flood 

insurance protection. The NFIP is a 

voluntary Federal program through 

which property owners in participating 

communities can purchase Federal 

flood insurance as a protection against 

flood losses. In exchange, communities 

must enact local floodplain management 

regulations to reduce flood risk and 

flood-related damages. However, the 

power to regulate floodplain 

development, including requiring and 

approving permits, establishing 

permitting requirements, inspecting 

property, and citing violations, requires 

land use authority. The regulation of 

land use falls under the State’s police 

powers, which the Constitution reserves 

to the States, and the States delegate this 

power down to their respective political 

subdivisions. FEMA has no direct 

involvement in the administration of 

local floodplain management 

ordinances or in the permitting process 

for development in the floodplain. 

In addition to providing flood 

insurance and reducing flood damages 

through floodplain management, the 

NFIP identifies and maps the nation’s 

floodplains. Maps depicting flood 

hazard information are used to promote 

broad-based awareness of flood hazards, 

provide data for rating flood insurance 

policies, and determine the appropriate 

minimum floodplain management 

criteria for flood hazard areas. 

The proposed modifications to the 

NFIP are needed to (a) implement the 

legislative requirements of the BiggertWaters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 

2012 (BW–12) and the Homeowner 

Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 

2014 (HFIAA); and (b) to demonstrate 

compliance with the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). As stated in the Draft 

NPEIS the need to implement the 

legislative requirements of BW–12 and 

HFIAA arises from the recent concerns 

over the fiscal soundness of the NFIP. 

This Final NPEIS considers four 

alternatives and describes the potential 

environmental effects of each 

alternative. The four alternatives 

include: 

—Alternative 1 (No Action) 

Æ The No Action Alternative refers to 

the current implementation of the NFIP. 

The No Action Alternative is prescribed 

by Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR 1502.14(d)) and 

serves as a benchmark against which 

impacts of the alternatives can be 

evaluated. 

—Alternative 2 (Legislatively Required 

Changes, Floodplain Management 

Criteria Guidance, and Letter of Map 

Change [LOMC] Clarification) 

(Preferred Alternative) 

Æ Phase out of subsidies on certain 

pre-FIRM properties (non-primary 

residences, business properties, severe 

repetitive loss properties, substantially 

damaged or improved properties, and 

properties for which the cumulative 

claims payments exceed the fair market 

value of the property) at a rate of 25 

percent premium increases per year. 

Æ Phase out of subsidies on all other 

pre-FIRM properties through annual 

premium rate increases of an average 

rate of at least 5 percent, but no more 

than 15 percent, per risk classification, 

with no individual policy exceeding an 

18 percent premium rate increase. 

Æ Implement a monthly installment 

plan payment option for non-escrowed 

flood insurance policies. 

Æ Clarify that pursuant to 44 CFR 

60.3(a)(2), a community must obtain and 

maintain documentation of compliance 

with the appropriate Federal or State 

laws, including the ESA, as a condition 

of issuing floodplain development 

permits. 

Æ Clarify that the issuing of certain 

LOMC requests (i.e., map revisions) is 

contingent on the community, or the 

project proponent on the community’s 

behalf, submitting documentation of 

compliance with the ESA. 

—Alternative 3 (Legislatively Required 

Changes, Proposed ESA Regulatory 

Changes, and LOMC Clarification) 

Æ Phase out of subsidies on certain 

pre-FIRM properties (non-primary 

residences, business properties, severe 

repetitive loss properties, substantially 

damaged or improved properties, and 

properties for which the cumulative 

claims payments exceed the fair market 

value of the property) at a rate of 25 

percent premium increases per year. 

Æ Phase out of subsidies on all other 

pre-FIRM properties through annual 

premium rate increases of an average 

rate of at least 5 percent, but no more 

than 15 percent, per risk classification, 

with no individual policy exceeding an 

18 percent premium rate increase. 

Æ Implement a monthly installment 

plan payment option for non-escrowed 

flood insurance policies. 

Æ Establish a new ESA-related 

performance standard in the minimum 

floodplain management criteria at 44 

CFR 60.3 that would require 

communities to obtain and maintain 

documentation that any adverse impacts 

caused by proposed development, 

including fill, to ESA-listed species and 

designated critical habitat will be 

mitigated to the maximum extent 

possible. 

Æ Clarify that the exception to the norise performance standard in the 

floodway applies only to projects that 

serve a public purpose or result in the 

restoration of the natural and beneficial 

functions of floodplains. 

Æ Increase the probation surcharge 

applicable to NFIP communities placed 

on probation from $50 to $100. 

Æ Clarify that the issuance of certain 

LOMC requests (i.e., map revisions) is 

contingent on the community, or the 

project proponent on the community’s 

behalf, submitting documentation of 

compliance with the ESA. 

—Alternative 4 (Legislatively Required 

Changes, ESA Guidance, and LOMC 

Clarification) 

Æ Phase out of subsidies on certain 

pre-FIRM properties (non-primary 

residences, business properties, severe 

repetitive loss properties, substantially 

damaged or improved properties, and 

properties for which the cumulative 

claims payments exceed the fair market 

value of the property) at a rate of 25 

percent premium increases per year. 

Æ Phase out of subsidies on all other 

pre-FIRM properties through annual 

premium rate increases of an average 

rate of at least 5 percent, but no more 

than 15 percent, per risk classification, 

with no individual policy exceeding an 

18 percent premium rate increase. 

Æ Implement a monthly installment 

plan payment option for non-escrowed 

flood insurance policies. 

Æ Utilize the existing performance 

standard in 44 CFR 60.3(a)(2) to 

implement a new policy/procedure 

requiring communities to ensure that, 

for any floodplain development for 

which a floodplain development permit 

is sought, the impacts to ESA-listed 

species and designated critical habitat 

are identified and assessed and, if there 

are any potential adverse impacts to 

such species and habitat as a result of 

such development, that the community 

obtain and maintain documentation that 

the proposed floodplain development 

will be undertaken in compliance with 

the ESA. 

Æ Clarify that the issuance of certain 

LOMC requests (i.e., map revisions) is 

contingent on the community, or the 

project proponent on the community’s 


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behalf, submitting documentation of 

compliance with the ESA. 

Environmental topics addressed in 

the Final NPEIS include air quality, 

noise, land use and planning, geology 

and soils, water resources, biological 

resources, cultural resources, aesthetics/ 

visual resources, infrastructure, 

socioeconomic resources, hazardous 

waste and materials, and climate 

change. Best management practices and 

mitigation measures that could alleviate 

environmental effects have been 

considered and are included where 

relevant within the Final NPEIS. The 

proposed alternatives do not have 

natural or depletable resource 

requirements because they are changes 

in policy or regulation that do not 

involve any physical activities for 

which resources would be required. For 

these alternatives, no significant or 

unavoidable adverse impacts are 

anticipated. 

The Final NPEIS considers comments 

on the Draft NPEIS, including those 

submitted during the public comment 

period that officially began on April 7, 

2017 and ended on June 6, 2017, 

following a 60-day comment period. 

Appendix M provides the Draft NFIP 

comments with FEMA responses, and 

notes revisions in the Final NPEIS. 

The NFIP Final NPEIS is available for 

viewing on the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov 

under Docket ID FEMA–2012–0012. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.; 40 CFR 

part 1500; FEMA Instruction 108–1–1. 

Dated: October 20, 2017. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

The Department of Homeland Security, 

Office of Cybersecurity and 

Communications, US-CERT.gov 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), National Protection and 

Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of 

Cybersecurity and Communications 

(CS&C), National Cybersecurity and 

Communications Integration Center 

(NCCIC), United States Computer 

Emergency Readiness Team (US–CERT) 

will submit the following Information 

Collection Request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. DHS previously published this 

information collection request (ICR) in 

the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 

18, 2017 at 82 FR 32858 for a 60-day 

public comment period. Zero (0) 

comment was received by DHS. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until December 4, 

2017. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to OMB Desk Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security and sent via 

electronic mail to 

dhsdeskofficer@omb.eop.gov. All 

submissions must include the words 

‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’ 

and the OMB Control Number 1670— 

NEW (US-CERT.gov). 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant Web sites. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment, your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Bonnie Limmer 

at 1–888–282–0870 or at info@uscert.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: US–CERT 

is responsible for performing, 

coordinating, and supporting response 

to information security incidents, which 

may originate outside the Federal 

community and affect users within it, or 

originate within the Federal community 

and affect users outside of it. Often, 

therefore, the effective handling of 

security incidents relies on information 

sharing among individual users, 

industry, state and local governments, 

and the Federal Government, which 

may be facilitated by and through US– 

CERT. 

US–CERT fulfills the role of the 

Federal information security incident 

center for the United States Federal 

Government as defined in the Federal 

Information Security Modernization Act 

of 2014. Each Federal agency is required 

to notify and consult with US–CERT 

regarding information security incidents 

involving the information and 

information systems (managed by a 

Federal agency, contractor, or other 

source) that support the operations and 

assets of the agency. Additional entities 

report incident information to US–CERT 

voluntarily. 

Per the Federal Information Security 

Modernization Act of 2014, as codified 

in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44 

of the United States Code, US–CERT 

must inform operators of agency 

information systems about current and 

potential information security threats 

and vulnerabilities. Per the Homeland 

Security Act, as amended, the NCCIC, of 

which US–CERT and ICS–CERT are a 

part, is required to be the Federal 

civilian interface for sharing 

cybersecurity risks, incidents, analysis, 

and warnings for federal and nonFederal entities. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. 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; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Title: Clearance for the Collection of 

Routine Feedback through USCERT.gov. 

OMB Number: 1670—NEW. 

Frequency: Ongoing. 

Affected Public: Voluntary 

respondents. 

Number of Respondents: 126,325 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 

minutes. 


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