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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, 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. 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: The National Flood Insurance Program--Biennial Report.
    OMB Number: 1660-0003.
    Abstract: The NFIP Biennial Report enables FEMA to meet its 
regulatory requirement under 44 CFR 59.22(b)(2). It also enables FEMA 
to be more responsive to the ongoing changes that occur in each 
participating community's flood hazard area. These changes include, but 
are not limited to, new corporate boundaries, changes in flood hazard 
areas, new floodplain management measures, and changes in rate of 
floodplain development. It is also used to evaluate the effectiveness 
of the community's floodplain management activities. The evaluation is 
accomplished by analyzing information provided by the community, such 
as the number of variances and flood plain permits granted by each 
community in relationship to other information contained in the 
Biennial Report, as well as other data available in FEMA's Community 
Information System (CIS). The Biennial Report also provides an 
opportunity for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 
participating communities to request technical assistance in 
implementing a floodplain management program. FEMA regional offices use 
this information as a means to know which communities need support and 
guidance. In addition, the NFIP Biennial Report is one of the tools 
used to assist FEMA in meeting its regulatory requirement under section 
575 of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004. A ``yes'' 
answer to Items A-D in Section I of the report will provide the basis 
for FEMA to follow-up by contacting the community for clarification 
and/or elaboration regarding changes and activities occurring in a 
community's flood hazard area. This information will be used in ranking 
and prioritizing one community's mapping needs against all other 
communities in the NFIP and for determining how the limited flood 
hazard mapping funds are allocated for map updates.
    Affected Public: State, local and Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 20,500 respondents.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.49 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,375.
    Frequency of Response: Every two years.
    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 December 5, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records 
Management, FEMA, 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 28, 2005.
Darcey Bingham,
Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information 
Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. 05-22061 Filed 11-3-05; 8:45 am]

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