Document ID: FEMA-2011-0035-0003
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate
Posted Date: 2012-03-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12607-12608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4902]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0035; OMB No. 1660-0008]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing 
Certificate

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

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respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use. The program office made a correction to the 
respondents estimated cost mathematical calculation. The estimated cost 
to respondents has increased from $1,251,250 to $2,301,250. FEMA 
received one comment in response to the previous 60-day Federal 
Register Notice published on November 21, 2011.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 2, 2012.

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 or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 
20598-3005, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0008.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 81-31, Elevation Certificate, 
FEMA Form 81-65, Floodproofing Certificate.
    Abstract: The Elevation Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate 
are used in conjunction with the application for flood insurance. The 
certificates are required to properly rate post Flood Insurance Rate 
Map (FIRM) structures, which are buildings constructed after the 
publication of the initial FIRM or December 31, 1974, for flood 
insurance in Special Flood Hazard Areas. In addition, the Elevation 
Certificate is needed for pre-FIRM structures, which are buildings 
constructed before the initial FIRM or December 31, 1974, that are 
being rated under post-FIRM flood insurance rules. The certificates 
provide community officials and others standardized documents to 
readily record needed building elevation information. National Flood 
Insurance Policy policyholders/applicants provide the appropriate 
certificate to insurance agents. The certificate is then used in 
conjunction with the insurance application so that the building can be 
properly rated for flood insurance.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households, Business or other for-
profit, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,575.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: FEMA Form 81-31, 
Elevation Certificate, 3.75 hours; FEMA Form 81-65, Floodproofing 
Certificate, 3.25 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,649 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated cost to respondents for purchasing 
professional services required to complete the certificates is 
$2,301,250.

    Dated: February 23, 2012.
Anthony M. Bennett,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-4902 Filed 2-29-12; 8:45 am]
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