Document ID: FEMA-2022-0012-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate
Posted Date: 2022-03-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 13743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05115]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0012; OMB No. 1660-0008]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate

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, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of 
a currently approved collection. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the 
Elevation Certificate and the Floodproofing Certificate for Non-
Residential Structures.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 9, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-
2022-0012. 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: Joycelyn Collins, Program Analyst, 
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Flood Insurance 
Directorate, at 202-701-3383 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: Communities participating in the National 
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are required to adopt a floodplain 
management ordinance that meets or exceeds the minimum floodplain 
management requirements of the NFIP. In accordance with the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) minimum floodplain management 
criteria, communities must require that all new construction and 
substantial improvement of residential structures and non-residential 
structures have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated to above 
the base flood elevation subject to 44 CFR 60.3(c)(2) and (3), unless, 
for residential structures, the community is granted an exception by 
FEMA for the allowance of basements under 44 CFR 60.6(b) or (c). New 
construction and substantial improvement of non-residential structures 
can also be floodproofed. This means that, together with attendant 
utility and sanitary facilities, they are designed such that below the 
base flood level the structure is watertight, with walls substantially 
impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components 
having the capability to resist hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and 
effects of buoyancy. 44 CFR 60.3(c)(3)(ii). Use of the Elevation 
Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate is one convenient way for a 
community to document building compliance. Title 44 CFR 61.7 and 61.8 
require proper investigation to estimate the risk premium rates 
necessary to provide flood insurance.
    This information collection expires on November 30, 2022. FEMA is 
requesting a revision of this currently approved information 
collection.

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 FF-206-FY-22-152 (formerly 086-
0-33), Elevation Certificate and FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-153 (formerly 
086-0-34), Floodproofing Certificate for Non-Residential Structures.
    Abstract: The Elevation Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate 
are used in conjunction with the Flood Insurance Application to 
determine a building's compliance with local floodplain management 
provisions and to document elevations in support of flood insurance 
premiums or discounts that align with the building's risk of damage 
from flooding. Respondents are primarily surveyors, architects, or 
engineers; individual property owners may opt to complete specified 
portions of the Elevation Certificate.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,517.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,517.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,734.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $622,253.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $32,343.

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. 2022-05115 Filed 3-9-22; 8:45 am]
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