

[Federal Register: October 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 208)]
[Notices]               
[Page 62128-62129]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

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

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the following information collection to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). The submission describes 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 
includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.
    Title: Post Construction Elevation Certificate/Floodproofing 
Certificate.
    OMB Number: 1660-0008.
    Abstract: The Elevation Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate 
are used in conjunction with 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 the 
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 standardized 
documents to readily record needed building elevation information.
    The certificates are supplied to insurance agents, community 
officials, surveyors, engineers, architects, and NFIP policyholders/
applicants. Surveyors, engineers, and architects complete the Elevation 
Certificate. Engineers and architects complete the Floodproofing 
Certificate. Community officials are provided the building elevation 
information required to document and determine compliance with the 
community's floodplain management ordinance. NFIP policyholders/
applicants provide the appropriate certificate to insurance agents. The 
certificate is then used in conjunction with the flood insurance 
application so that the building can be properly rated for flood 
insurance.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Business or Other for 
Profit, Not-For-Profit Institutions, Farms, and State, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 48,430.
    Estimated Time per Respondent:

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                                                                                                           Burden hours
  Project/activity (survey, form(s), focus        No. of                Frequency of responses            per respondent      Annual       Total annual
                group, etc.)                    respondents                                                   (hours)        responses     burden hours
                                                         (A)  (B).......................................          (C)              (AxB)         (AxBxC)
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Elevation Certificate, FEMA Form 81-31 and            48,300  One per structure.........................            3.5           48,300         169,050
 Instructions.
Floodproofing Certificate, FEMA Form 81-65..             130  One per structure.........................            3.25             130             423
Web-based Training Module (Surveyors Video,           48,300  One per structure.........................            0.25          48,300          12,075
 Surveyors Guide for EC, and Bldg. Diagrams
 and Photo).
    Total...................................          48,430  ..........................................  ..............          48,430         181,548
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 181,548 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One per Structure.

Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the 
proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department 
of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments 
must be submitted on or before November 18, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records 
Management, FEMA at 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, 
facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address 
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.


    Dated: October 20, 2005.
George S. Trotter,
Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, 
Information Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. 05-21509 Filed 10-27-05; 8:45 am]

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