Document ID: FEMA-2016-0014-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification
Posted Date: 2016-10-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 68444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23888]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2016-0014; OMB No. 1660-0033]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing 
Certification

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (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 November 3, 2016.

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 
oira.submission@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-
3100, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on July 5, 2016 at 81 FR 
43622 with a 60 day public comment period. No comments were received. 
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: Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0033.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086-0-24, Residential Basement 
Floodproofing Certificate.
    Abstract: The Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification is 
completed by an engineer or architect and certifies that the basement 
floodproofing meets the minimum floodproofing specifications of FEMA. 
This certification is for residential structures located in non-coastal 
Special Flood Hazard Areas in communities that have received an 
exception to the requirement that structures be built at or above the 
Base Flood Elevation (BFE) under 44 CFR 60.6(c). Residential structures 
with certification showing the building is floodproofed to at least 1 
foot above the BFE are eligible for lower rates on flood insurance.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 325 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $18,151. The annual costs to respondents' operations and 
maintenance costs for technical services is $35,000. There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$2,885.71.

    Dated: September 28, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2016-23888 Filed 10-3-16; 8:45 am]
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