Federal Register: September 9, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 174)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-22820
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the following proposed information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
Title: National Flood Insurance Program Biennial Report.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Number: 30670018.
Abstract: The National Flood Insurance Program Biennial Report forms provide information on changes to each participating community's flood hazard area, which may include new corporate boundaries, changes in flood hazard areas, new floodplain management measures, and changes in the rate of floodplain development. The information is also used to evaluate the effectiveness of a community's floodplain management activities by analyzing the number of variances and floodplain permits granted by each community against other information in the Biennial Report and the FEMA Community Information System. FEMA regional offices use the information to provide technical assistance to communities implementing a floodplain management program. Information from the forms will be input in FEMA's Mapping Needs Update Support System (MNUSS) for use in ranking and prioritizing one community's mapping needs against all other communities in the National Flood Insurance Program to determine how the limited flood hazard mapping funds will be allocated for map updates. Communities will have the option of responding online through a FEMA website or completing the paper forms and returning them via the mail system.
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Government. .
Number of Respondents: 19,687 communities in the NFIP. Onehalf or 9,844 communities may submit the Biennial Report on an annual basis.
Estimated Time Per Respondent for the Following Forms:
FEMA Form 8128, Emergency and Regular Program (Minimally Floodprone), range from .5 hour1.5 hours with an average of 1 hour.
FEMA Form 8129, Regular Program (With Base Flood Elevations), Range from 1 hour2.5 hours, with an average of 1.25 hours.
FEMA Form 8129A, Regular Program (No Special Flood Hazard Areas Designated), 12 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Annual burden ranges from
8,92513,641 hours with an average of 11,283 hours per year (onehalf of the biennial burden hours.).
Frequency of Response: Once for each form
Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Desk Officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 within 30 days of the date of this notice.
SUMMARY:
Submission for OMB review; comment request,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Muriel B. Anderson, Chief, Records Management Section, Program Services and Systems Branch, Facilities Management and Services Division, Administration and Resource Planning Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, telephone number (202) 6462625 or facsimile number (202) 6463347 or email address: InformationCollections@fema.gov.
Dated: August 30, 2002.
Reginald Trujillo,
Branch Chief, Program Services and Systems Branch, Facilities
Management and Services Division, Administration and Resource Planning Directorate.
[FR Doc. 0222820 Filed 9602; 8:45 am]
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