Document ID: FEMA-2015-0013-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate
Posted Date: 2015-05-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30091-30092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12558]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0013; OMB No. 1660-0008]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 take this opportunity 
to comment on a revision of a currently approved information 
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this notice seeks comments concerning the National Flood Insurance 
Program Elevation Certificate and Flood proofing Certificate for Non-
Residential Structures.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2015-0013. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC 
20472-3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (202) 212-4701.
    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,

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submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to read the 
Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Chang, Insurance Examiner, FEMA, 
(202) 212-4701. You may contact the Records Management Division for 
copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile number 
(202) 212-4701 or email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-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 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, 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). 44 CFR 60.3(c)(2) 
and (3)(i). New construction and substantial improvement of non-
residential structures can also be floodproofed so that together with 
attendant utility and sanitary facilities are designed so 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). 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.

Collection of Information

    Title: Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0008.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 086-0-33, Elevation Certificate and FEMA Form 
086-0-34, Flood proofing Certificate.
    Abstract: The Elevation Certificate and Flood proofing Certificate 
and used in conjunction with the flood insurance application to rate 
Post-FIRM building in Special Flood Hazard Areas. Post-FIRM buildings 
are buildings constructed after the publication of the initial Flood 
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the community. The Elevation Certificate 
and Flood proofing Certificate is also a convenient way for a NFIP 
participating community to document building compliance with FEMA's 
minimum floodplain management criteria.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms, State, Local or Tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 9,322.
    Number of Responses: 9,322.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 34,950.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents operations 
and maintenance costs for technical services is $3,262,700. There are 
no annual start-up or capital costs.

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: May 15, 2015.
Janice P. Waller,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-12558 Filed 5-22-15; 8:45 am]
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