Document ID: FEMA-2020-0006-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Community Rating System- Application Letter & Quick Check; Community Recertifications; Environmental & Historic Preservation Certifications
Posted Date: 2020-04-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18253-18254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06698]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emrgency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0006; OMB No. 1660-0022]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Community Rating System-- Application Letter & 
Quick Check; Community Recertifications; Environmental & Historic 
Preservation Certifications

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 May 1, 2020.

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 
dhsdeskofficer@omb.eop.gov.

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 
Bill Lesser, Program Specialist, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration, (202) 646-2807.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on January 28, 2020, at 85 
FR 5005 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: Community Rating System-- Application Letter & Quick Check; 
Community Annual Recertifications; Environmental & Historic 
Preservation Certifications.
    Type of information collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0022.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086-0-35, Community Rating 
System Application Letter and Quick Check; FEMA Form 086-0-35A, 
Community Annual Recertifications, FEMA Form 086-0-35B, Environmental 
and Historic Preservation Certifications; FEMA Form 086-0-035C, 
Repetitive Loss Update Form.
    Abstract: The CRS Application Letter & Quick Check, the CRS 
certification and update forms, and accompanying guidance are used by 
communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program's 
(NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS). The CRS is a voluntary program 
where flood insurance costs are reduced in communities that implement 
practices, such as building codes and public awareness activities, that 
are considered to reduce the risks of flooding and promote the purchase 
of flood insurance.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,170.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4,170.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 52,292.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $3,816,061.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: There are 
no estimated operation and maintenance costs associated with this 
collection.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: There are no 
estimated capital and start-up costs associated with this collection.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $6,612,799.

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

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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. 2020-06698 Filed 3-31-20; 8:45 am]
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