Document ID: FEMA-2023-0011-0004
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps: Application Forms and Instructions for (C)Letter of Map Amendments and (C)Letter of Map Revision—Based on Fills
Posted Date: 2023-07-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 145 (Monday, July 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49484-49485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16180]

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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: Submission for OMB 
Review, 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: 30-Day notice of revision and request for comments.

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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 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 August 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address: [email protected] or 
Bryan Anderson, FEMA, Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, at 
(202) 577-2397 or [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

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area is ``reasonably safe from flooding'' and not in the SFHA.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on April 25, 2023, at 88 FR 25004 with a 60-day public 
comment period. Two public comments were received, but neither are 
germane to this collection because the comments did not discuss these 
instruments or the information they collect. This information 
collection is set to expire on July 31, 2023. FEMA is requesting a 
revision to the currently approved information collection. The purpose 
of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance.

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: $3,748,747.
    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: $112,732.
    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. 2023-16180 Filed 7-28-23; 8:45 am]
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