Document ID: FEMA-2020-0039-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms
Posted Date: 2020-12-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81481-81482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27599]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0039; OMB No. 1660-0006]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 60-Day notice 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 and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on a revision of a currently approved information 
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this notice seeks comments concerning information collected for the 
selling and servicing of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 
policies by FEMA's direct servicing agent, NFIP Direct.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-
2020-0039. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID, and 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 Act Notice 
that is available via a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joycelyn Collins, Underwriting Branch 
Program Analyst, Federal Insurance Directorate, 202-701-3383. You may 
contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP is authorized by Public Law 90-448 
(1968) and expanded by Public Law 93-234 (1973). The National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 requires that the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency (FEMA) provide flood insurance at full actuarial rates 
reflecting the complete flood risk to structures built or substantially 
improved on or after the effective date for the initial Flood Insurance 
Rate Map for the community, or after December 31, 1974, whichever is 
later, so that the risks associated with buildings in flood-prone areas 
are borne by those located in such areas and not by the taxpayers at 
large. In accordance with Public Law 93-234, the purchase of flood 
insurance is mandatory when Federal or federally-related financial 
assistance is being provided for acquisition or construction of 
buildings located, or to be located, within FEMA-identified special 
flood hazard areas of communities that participate in the NFIP.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0006.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Forms 086-0-1 and 086-0-1T, Flood Insurance 
Application; FEMA Forms 086-0-2 and 086-0-2T, Flood Insurance 
Cancellation/Nullification Request Form; FEMA Forms 086-0-3 and 086-3T, 
Flood Insurance General Change Endorsement; FEMA Form 086-0-4, V-Zone 
Risk Factor Rating Form and Instructions (discontinued October 16, 
2019, due to insufficient use); and FEMA Form 086-0-5T, Flood Insurance 
Preferred Risk Policy and Newly Mapped Application.

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    Abstract: To provide for the availability of policies for flood 
insurance, policies are marketed and administered through the 
facilities of licensed insurance agents or brokers in the various 
States. Applications, general change requests, and cancellations from 
agents or brokers are forwarded to a direct servicing agent designated 
as fiscal agent by the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 
(FIMA), referred to as NFIP Direct. Upon receipt and examination of the 
application, general change request, cancellation, and required 
premium, the servicing company issues or updates the appropriate 
Federal flood insurance policy.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local or Tribal 
Government; Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 
and Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 409,781.
    Number of Responses: 409,781.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 62,196.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $2,335,459.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $9,356,398.

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.

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. 2020-27599 Filed 12-15-20; 8:45 am]
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