Document ID: FEMA-2011-0040-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Inspection of Insured Structures by Communities
Posted Date: 2011-12-20T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78935-78936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32519]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2011-0040; OMB No. 1660-0045]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Inspection of Insured Structures by Communities

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, this notice seeks comments concerning extension of the Inspection 
of Insured Structures by Communities. The community inspection report 
requires that FEMA consult with local officials and others in Monroe 
County, Village of Islamorada, and the City of Marathon following any 
hurricane that may hit the Florida Keys, concerning compliance of 
insured buildings with the community's floodplain management ordinance.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2011-0040. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Regulatory Affairs Division, 
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) Email. Submit comments to FEMA-POLICY@dhs.gov. Include Docket 
ID FEMA-2011-0040 in the subject line.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or materials, 
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, all information submitted 
will be available to the public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tylander, Program Specialist, 
Mitigation Division, (202) 646-2607 for additional information. You may 
contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or email 
address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 44 CFR parts 59 and 61, National Flood 
Insurance Program (NFIP); Inspection of Insured Structures by 
Communities implements the inspection procedures in Monroe County, the 
City of Marathon, and the Village of Islamorada, Florida, and any other 
community that incorporates in Monroe County on or after January 1, 
1999. The inspection procedure has two major purposes: (1) To help the 
communities of Monroe County, the City of Marathon, and the Village of 
Islamorada, Florida, and any other community in Monroe County that 
incorporates after January 1, 1999, verify that structures in their 
communities (those built after the effective date of the Flood 
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), referred to as post-FIRM) comply with the 
community's floodplain management ordinance; and (2) to ensure that 
property owners pay flood insurance premiums commensurate with their 
flood risk. The inspection procedure requires owners of insured 
buildings (policyholders) to obtain an inspection from community 
floodplain management officials and submit a community inspection 
report as a condition of renewing the Standard Flood Insurance Policy 
(SFIP) on buildings.

 Collection of Information

    Title: Inspection of Insured Structures by Communities.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0045.
    Form Titles and Numbers: No Forms.
    Abstract: The community inspection report is used for the 
implementation of the inspection procedures to help communities in 
Monroe County, the City of Marathon, and the Village of Islamorada, 
Florida, verify buildings are compliant with their floodplain 
management ordinance and to help FEMA ensure that policyholders are 
paying flood insurance premiums that are commensurate with their flood 
risk.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,041 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annualized cost burden to respondents 
or recordkeepers is $168,266.

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.

John G. Jenkins, Jr.,
Acting Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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