[Federal Register: September 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 170)]
[Notices]
[Page 50689-50690]
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, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 proposed revised information collection. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning information required by FEMA to amend or revise National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Maps to remove certain property from the
1-percent annual chance floodplain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the passage of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, an owner of a structure, with a federally
backed mortgage, located in the 1-percent annual chance floodplain, was
required to purchase federal flood insurance. This was in response to
the escalating damage caused by flooding and the unavailability of
flood insurance from commercial insurance companies. As part of this
effort, FEMA mapped the 1-percent annual chance floodplain in
communities. However, due to scale limitations, individual structures
that may be above the base flood cannot always be shown as being out of
the 1-percent annual chance floodplain. FEMA will issue a Letter of Map
Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map Revision--Based on Fill (LOMR-F) to
waive the Federal requirement for flood insurance when data is
submitted to show that the property or structure is ``reasonably safe
from flooding'' and at or above the elevation of the base flood.
Requestors can check on the status of their Letter of Map Amendment
(LOMA), Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F), Conditional
Letter of Map Amendment (CLOMA), and Conditional Letter of Map Revision
Based on Fill (CLOMR-F) request by visiting FEMA's Mapping Information
Platform Web site at https://hazards.fema.gov.
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
collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0015.
Form Numbers: FEMA Forms 81-87, 81-87A, 81-87B.
Abstract: The certification forms (referred to as MT-1 series
forms) are designed to assist requesters in gathering information that
the FEMA needs to determine whether a certain property is likely to be
flooded during a flood event that has a one-percent annual chance of
being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood). FEMA Form 81-
87, Property Information, describes the location of the property, what
is being requested, and what data are required to support the request.
FEMA Form 81-87A, Elevation Information, indicates what the Base (one-
percent annual chance) Flood Elevation (BFE) for the property is, how
the BFE was determined, the lowest ground elevation on the property,
and/or the elevation of the lowest adjacent grade to any structures on
the property. This information is required in order for FEMA to
determine if the property that the requester would like removed from
the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) is at or above the BFE. FEMA Form
81-87B, Community Acknowledgment, requires that a community official
certify that the request complies with minimum floodplain management
criteria specified in 44 CFR 60.3, as per NFIP regulations 44 CFR
65.5(a)(4).
Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Business or other for-
profit organizations, and state and local or tribal government.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 58,150.
Annual Burden Hours
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Project/activity (survey,
form(s), focus group, Number of Frequency of Burden hours Annual Total annual
worksheet, etc.) respondents responses per respondent responses burden hours
(A) (B).............. (C) (D) = (AxB) (E) = (CxD)
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Form 81-87, Property 18,272 Annual (1)....... 1.63 18,272 29,783
Information Form (Homeowners/
Representatives of
Homeowner).
Form 81-87A, Elevation Form 18,272 Annual (1)....... 1.25 18,272 22,840
(Surveyors/Engineers).
Form 81-87B, Community 3,389 Annual (1)....... 1.38 3,389 4,677
Acknowledgment Form
(Community Officials).
On-line LOMA/LOMR-F Tutorial 1,700 Annual (1)....... 0.5 1,700 850
(Homeowners).
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Total.................... 41,633 ................. 4.76 41,633 58,150
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Estimated Cost: Cost to respondents is estimated to be $1,258,199
annually.
Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management Budget, Attention: Nathan
Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, and sent
via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202)
395-6974. Comments must be submitted on or before October 4, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Ms. Cecelia Lynch, FEMA,
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration at (202) 646-7045 for
additional information. You may contact the Records Management Branch
for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address:
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
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Dated: August 27, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Director, Records Management and Privacy, Office of Management
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-17486 Filed 8-31-07; 8:45 am]
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