2011-3015. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, OMB No. 1660-0004; Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; revision of a currently approved information collection; OMB No. 1660-0004; FEMA Form 086-0-30 (currently FEMA Form 81-64), Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

SUMMARY:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the abstracted 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. The submission will describe 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 the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before March 14, 2011.

ADDRESSES:

Submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to [e-mail] or faxed to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Director, Records Management Division, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 20598-3005, facsimile number 202-646-3347, or e-mail address [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

Title: Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved information collection.

OMB Number: 1660-0004.

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086-0-30 (currently FEMA Form 81-64), Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

Abstract: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides flood insurance to the communities that apply for participation and make a commitment to adopt and enforce land use control measures that are 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 in the communities.

Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 237.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: FEMA Form 086-0-30, 4 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 948 hours.

Estimated Cost: There is no capital, start-up, operation or maintenance cost associated with this collection.

Dated: February 4, 2011.

Lesia M. Banks,

Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.