Document ID: FEMA-2010-0058-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Exemption of State-Owned Properties under Self-Insurance
Posted Date: 2010-11-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 226)]
[Notices]               
[Page 71719-71721]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2010-0058]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request, OMB No. 1660-0013; Exemption of State-Owned Properties 
Under Self-Insurance

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and request for comments; extension, 
without change, of a currently approved information collection; OMB No. 
1660-0013; No Form.

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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 proposed extension, without change, of a currently 
approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the 
collection of information necessary to allow States to request an 
exemption from maintaining flood insurance on State-owned structures.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 24, 2011.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov under 
Docket ID FEMA-2010-0058. 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 835, Washington, DC 
20472-3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (703) 483-2999.
    (4) E-mail. Submit comments to FEMA-POLICY@dhs.gov. Include Docket 
ID FEMA-2010-0058 in the subject line.
    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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of http://
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Chang, Mitigation 
Directorate, FEMA, at (703) 605-0421. You may contact the Records 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address: FEM-
Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq., recognized that a reasonable method 
of sharing the nation's risk of flooding at the national level was 
required. The Act established a requirement to purchase flood insurance 
for properties at risk from a flood. It also further provided an 
exception to this requirement for State-owned properties that are 
covered under an adequate State policy of self-insurance. When States 
provide proof of this self-insurance, the designated property is not 
required to be covered by flood insurance. Title 44 CFR Part 75 
establishes the procedures by which a State may request exemption and 
also establishes standards with respect to the Administrator's 
determinations that a State's plan of self-insurance is adequate and 
satisfactory for the purpose of exempting the State from the 
requirement of purchasing flood insurance coverage, for State-owned 
structures and their contents. This applies to 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.

Collection of Information

    Title: Exemption of State-Owned Properties Under Self-Insurance.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0013.
    Form Titles and Numbers: No Forms.
    Abstract: States can request an exemption to the requirement of 
purchasing flood insurance on State-owned properties through the 
submission of sufficient supporting documentation certifying that the 
plan of self-insurance upon which the application for exemption is 
based meets or exceed the standards of coverage required for flood and 
flood-related hazards.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100 Hours.

                                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                        Number of                    Average
                                      Form name/form      Number of     responses   Total number   burden per   Total annual     Average    Total annual
        Type of respondent                number         respondents       per      of responses  response (in   burden (in    hourly wage   respondent
                                                                       respondent                    hours)        hours)         rate          Cost
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 State, local or Tribal            Letter of                      20             1            20             5           100        $62.62        $6,262
 Government.                        Application and
                                    Supporting
                                    Documentation/No
                                    Form.
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    Total........................  ...................            20  ............            20  ............           100  ............         6,262
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    Estimated Cost: There are no record keeping, capital, start-up or 
maintenance costs associated with this information collection.

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.

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    Dated: November 16, 2010.
Lesia M. Banks,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2010-29556 Filed 11-23-10; 8:45 am]
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