Document ID: FEMA-2023-0006-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program
Posted Date: 2023-03-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17241-17242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05835]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2023-0006; OMB No. 1660-0004]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Application for Participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60 Day notice of renewal and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 an extension, without change, a currently approved 
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the collection of 
information under which communities submit information to FEMA for 
application and continued participation in the National Flood Insurance 
Program (NFIP).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0006. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrienne L. Sheldon, Supervisory 
Emergency Management Specialist, Floodplain Management Division at 
[email protected] or (202) 212-3966. You may contact the 
Records Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4001, et seq., requires all flood prone 
communities throughout the country to apply for participation in the 
NFIP one year after their flood prone status is identified or submit to 
the prohibition of certain types of federal and federally-related 
financial assistance for use in their floodplains. 44 CFR 59.2 
authorizes previously unavailable flood insurance protection to 
property owners in flood-prone areas and identifies the information 
that communities are required to submit to FEMA for application into 
the NFIP. 44 CFR 59.22 and 59.24 identifies the information a community 
is required to submit to FEMA for continued participation in the 
program.
    This collection has been updated to account for the burden hours 
associated with the applicant's time to collect information as part of 
the community development permit process. To qualify for the NFIP, a 
participating community must adopt certain minimum standards in 
accordance with FEMA's regulations at 44 CFR 60.3, 60.4, and 60.5. To 
verify whether communities maintain such standards, the NFIP requires 
participating communities to retain documentation on development taking 
place in the flood hazard areas within the community. See 44 CFR 59.22. 
Such information will be made available to FEMA upon request. This 
information assists FEMA in evaluating the effectiveness of a 
community's floodplain management program and participating property 
owners' eligibility for flood insurance. In the past the NFIP 
application did not account for burden hours associated with this 
collection of information.
    The ``Application for Participation in the NFIP'' and the ``NFIP 
and the Community Development Permit Process'' are separate actions 
documented under the same collection

Collection of Information

    Title: Application for Participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program (NFIP).
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0004.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-160 (formerly 086-0-30), 
Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
    Abstract: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides 
flood insurance to the communities that apply for participation and 
make a

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commitment to protect against future flood damages. The application 
form and supporting documentation will enable FEMA to continue to 
rapidly process new community applications and to thereby more quickly 
provide flood insurance protection to the residents in communities.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 22,660.
    Number of Responses: 90,460.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 271,440.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $24,215,162.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $110,446.

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.
[FR Doc. 2023-05835 Filed 3-21-23; 8:45 am]
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