2012-5146. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Inspection of Insured Structures by Communities

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below 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 April 2, 2012.

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 [phone].

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 [phone], or email address [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

Title: Inspection of Insured Structures by Communities.

Type of information collection: Extension, without change, of a currently approved collection.

OMB Number: 1660-0045.

Form Titles and Numbers: No Forms.

Abstract: The community inspection report is used for the implementation of the inspection procedures to help communities in Monroe County, the City of Marathon, and the Village of Islamorada, Florida, verify buildings are compliant with their floodplain management ordinance and to help FEMA ensure that policyholders are paying flood insurance premiums that are commensurate with their flood risk.

Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 833.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 25 hours, Individual and Households and 1 hour, State/Local/Tribal Government.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,041 hours.

Estimated Cost: The estimated annualized cost burden to respondents or recordkeepers is $168,266.

John G. Jenkins, Jr.,

Acting Records Management Division, Office of Management, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.