[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 32876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15554]
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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: Post Construction Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing
Certification.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 3067-0077.
Abstract: The Elevation Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate
are adjuncts to the application for flood insurance. The certificates
are required for proper rating of post-Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
structures, which are buildings constructed after publication of the
FIRM, for flood insurance in Special Flood Hazard Areas. In addition,
the Elevation Certificate is needed for pre-FIRM structures being rated
under post-FIRM flood insurance rules. The certificates provide
community officials and others, with standardized documents that are
readily needed.
The certificates are supplied to insurance agents, community
officials, surveyors, engineers, architects, and NFIP policyholders/
applicants. The community officials or other professionals provide the
elevation data required to document conformance with floodplain
management regulations and for the applicants, so that actuarial
insurance rates can be charged. The elevation data is transmitted to
the NFIP by the insurance applicant or agent with the appropriate NFIP
policy forms.
The data is also used to assist FEMA in measuring the effectiveness
of the NFIP regulations in eliminating or decreasing damage caused by
flooding and the appropriateness of the NFIP premium charge for
insuring property against the flood hazard.
Affected Public: Individuals and households, businesses or other
For-profit, not-for-profit institutions, Farms, and state, Local or
Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 73,650.
Estimated Time per Respondent: FEMA Form 81,31, Elevation
Certificate-2.25 hours; FEMA Form 81-65, Floodproofing Certificate for
Non-Residential Structures-3.25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 166,362.
Frequency of Response: One per Building.
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.
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 (202) 646-2625. FAX number (202) 646-3524 or email
muriel.anderson@fema.gov.
Dated: June 4, 1999.
Reginald Trujillo,
Director, Program Services Division, Operations Support Directorate.
[FR Doc. 99-15554 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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