[Federal Register: December 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 243)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the following information

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collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes the nature of the 
information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated 
burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to 
respond) and cost, and includes the actual data collection instruments 
FEMA will use.
    Title: Application for Participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program.
    OMB Number: 1660-0004.
    Abstract: The NFIP provides flood insurance to communities that 
apply for participation and make a commitment to adopt and enforce land 
use control measures that are designed to protect development from 
future flood damages. The application form will enable FEMA to continue 
to rapidly process new community applications and to thereby more 
quickly provide flood insurance protection to the residents of the 
communities. Participation in the NFIP is mandatory in order for flood 
related Presidentially-declared communities to receive Federal disaster 
assistance.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 4 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 600 Hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department 
of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments 
must be submitted on or before January 19, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records 
Management, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, 
facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address 
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.


    Dated: December 13, 2005.
George S. Trotter,
Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, 
Information Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. E5-7533 Filed 12-19-05; 8:45 am]

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