Document ID: FEMA-2020-0011-0003
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms
Posted Date: 2020-05-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 100 (Friday, May 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31202-31203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11046]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0011; OMB No. 1660-0006]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice 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 to take this opportunity to comment on a 
reinstatement, with change, of a 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 June 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or 
Joycelyn Collins, Underwriting Branch Program Analyst, Federal 
Insurance Directorate, Joycelyn.Collins@fema.dhs.gov, 202-212-4716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 
is authorized by Public Law 90-448 (1968) and expanded by Public Law 
93-234 (1973). The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 requires that 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provide flood insurance 
at full actuarial rates reflecting the complete flood risk to 
structures built or substantially improved on or after the effective 
date for the initial Flood Insurance Rate Map for the community, or 
after December 31, 1974, whichever is later, so that the risks 
associated with buildings in flood-prone areas are borne by those 
located in such areas and not by the taxpayers at large. In accordance 
with Public Law 93-234, the purchase of flood insurance is mandatory 
when Federal or federally-related financial assistance is being 
provided for acquisition or construction of buildings located, or to be 
located, within FEMA-identified special flood hazard areas of 
communities that participate in the NFIP.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on February 24, 2020, at 85 FR 10458 with a 60-day 
public comment period. FEMA received one comment supporting the 
proposed revisions to this information collection, and one irrelevant 
comment. This information collection expired on April 30, 2020. FEMA is 
requesting a reinstatement, with 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: National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms.
    Type of information collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0006.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086-0-1, Flood Insurance 
Application; FEMA Form 086-0-2, Flood Insurance Cancellation/
Nullification Request Form; FEMA Form 086-0-3, Flood Insurance General 
Change Endorsement; FEMA Form 086-0-4, V-Zone Risk Factor Rating Form 
and Instructions (discontinued October 16, 2019, due to insufficient 
use); and

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FEMA Form 086-0-5, Flood Insurance Preferred Risk Policy and Newly 
Mapped Application.
    Abstract: In order to provide for the availability of policies for 
flood insurance, policies are marketed through the facilities of 
licensed insurance agents or brokers in the various States. 
Applications from agents or brokers are forwarded to a direct servicing 
agent designated as fiscal agent by the Federal Insurance and 
Mitigation Administration (FIMA), referred to as NFIP Direct. Upon 
receipt and examination of the application and required premium, the 
servicing company issues the appropriate Federal flood insurance 
policy.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local or Tribal 
Government; Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 
and Farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 409,781.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 409,781.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 62,196.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $2,446,169.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $9,356,398.

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.

Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-11046 Filed 5-21-20; 8:45 am]
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