99-32855. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71139-71140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32855]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY


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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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: Community Rating System (CRS) Program--Application 
Worksheets and Commentary.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 3067-0195.
    Abstract: The CRS Program establishes a system for FEMA to grade 
communities' floodplain management activities to determine flood 
insurance rates for communities. Communities exercising floodplain 
management activities that exceed Federal minimum standards qualify for 
lower insurance rates.
    The January 1999 edition of the NFIP CRS Coordinator's Manual 
contains instructions for preparing the application worksheets that 
will be used to apply to the CRS Program for the 1999 through 2001 
calendar years. The Application Worksheets and CRS Application are 
published separately. Communities will use the manuals to apply for 
activity points leading up to the CRS rating and commensurate flood 
insurance premium discounts. The schedule describes the floodplain 
management and insurance activities available to qualifying communities 
that undertake the selected additional activities that will reduce 
flood losses. Annually, all CRS participating communities must certify 
they are maintaining the activities for which they receive credit.
    Affected Public: State, Local , or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 940.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: Application Communities 29 hours; 
Maintenance Communities 4 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,260.
    Frequency of Response: Annual update.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Desk Officer for the 
Federal

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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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Muriel B. 
Anderson, FEMA Information Collections Officer, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW, Room 316, Washington, DC 20472. 
Telephone number [phone]. FAX number [phone] or email 
[e-mail].

    Dated: December 8, 1999.
Reginald Trujillo,
Director, Program Services Division, Operations Support Directorate.
[FR Doc. 99-32855 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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