Document ID: FEMA-2023-0011-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR–Fs
Posted Date: 2023-04-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25004-25005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08703]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0011; OMB No. 1660-0015]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: 
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs

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

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision 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 an extension, 
with change of a currently approved information collection. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 
comments concerning information required by FEMA to amend or revise 
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps to remove certain property 
from the one-percent annual chance floodplain.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 26, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0011. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    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 and 
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Anderson, FEMA, Federal 
Insurance & Mitigation Administration, at (202) 577-2397 or 
[email protected]. You may contact the Information 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 
is authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 
administers the NFIP and maintains the maps that depict flood hazard 
information. The land area covered by the floodwaters of the base flood 
is the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) on NFIP maps. The SFHA is the 
area where the NFIP's floodplain management regulations must be 
enforced and the area where the mandatory purchase of flood insurance 
applies. If a SFHA has been determined to exist for property and the 
owner or lessee of the property believes his/her property has been 
incorrectly included in a SFHA, information can be provided to support 
removal of the SFHA designation. NFIP regulations, at 44 CFR parts 65 
and 70, outline the data that must be submitted by an owner or lessee 
of property who believes their property has been incorrectly included 
in a SFHA. In order to remove an area from a SFHA, the owner or lessee 
of the property must submit scientific or technical data demonstrating 
that the area is ``reasonably safe from flooding'' and not in the SFHA.
    This information collection is set to expire on July 31, 2023. FEMA 
is requesting a revision to the currently approved information 
collection.

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Collection of Information

    Title: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: 
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0015.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-104 (formerly 086-0-22) and FEMA 
Form FF-206-FY-23-104-A (formerly 086-0-22A (Spanish)), Application 
Form for Single Residential Lot or Structure Amendments to National 
Flood Insurance Program Maps; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-105 (formerly 086-
0-26), Property Information Form; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-106 (formerly 
086-0-26A), Elevation Form; and FEMA Form FF-206-FY-23-107 (formerly 
086-0-26B), Community Acknowledgment Form.
    Abstract: FEMA collects scientific and technical data submissions 
to determine whether a specific property is located within or outside 
of a SFHA. If the property is determined not to be within a SFHA, FEMA 
provides a written determination and the appropriate map is modified by 
a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map Revision--Based on 
Fill (LOMR-F), making it possible for the lending institution to waive 
the flood insurance requirement.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 67,701.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 67,701.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 71,234.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $3,474,941.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 
$12,215,500.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $112,712.

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. 2023-08703 Filed 4-24-23; 8:45 am]
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