[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 63 (Monday, April 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17615-17616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06875]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0039; OMB No. 1660-0006]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 30 Day Notice of Reinstatement and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of

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its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 
invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a 
reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved information 
collection for which approval has expired. FEMA will submit the 
information collection abstracted below 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 
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 November 4, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or 
Joycelyn Collins, Underwriting Branch Program Analyst, Federal 
Insurance Directorate, 202-701-3383.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP is authorized by Public Law 90-448 
(1968) and expanded by Public Law 93-234 (1973). The National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 requires that FEMA provide flood insurance at 
full actuarial rates reflecting the complete flood risk to structures 
built or substantially improved on or after the effective date for the 
initial Flood Insurance Rate Map for the community, or after December 
31, 1974, whichever is later, so that the risks associated with 
buildings in flood-prone areas are borne by those located in such areas 
and not by the taxpayers at large. In accordance with Public Law 93-
234, the purchase of flood insurance is mandatory when Federal or 
federally-related financial assistance is being provided for 
acquisition or construction of buildings located, or to be located, 
within FEMA-identified special flood hazard areas of communities that 
participate in the NFIP.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on December 16, 2020 at 85 FR 81481 with a 60-day 
public comment period. No comments were received. This information 
collection expired on April 30, 2020. FEMA is requesting a 
reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved information 
collection for which approval has expired. The purpose of this notice 
is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the information 
collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for 
review and clearance.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms.
    Type of information collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0006.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Forms 086-0-1 and 086-0-1T, Flood 
Insurance Application; FEMA Forms 086-0-2 and 086-0-2T, Flood Insurance 
Cancellation/Nullification Request Form; FEMA Forms 086-0-3 and 086-3T, 
Flood Insurance General Change Endorsement; FEMA Form 086-0-4, V-Zone 
Risk Factor Rating Form and Instructions (discontinued October 16, 
2019, due to insufficient use); and FEMA Form 086-0-5T, Flood Insurance 
Preferred Risk Policy and Newly Mapped Application.
    Abstract: To provide for the availability of policies for flood 
insurance, policies are marketed and administered through the 
facilities of licensed insurance agents or brokers in the various 
states. Applications, general change requests, and cancellations from 
agents or brokers are forwarded to a direct servicing agent designated 
as fiscal agent by the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, 
referred to as NFIP Direct. Upon receipt and examination of the 
application, general change request, cancellation, and required 
premium, the servicing company issues or updates the appropriate 
Federal flood insurance policy.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, Local or Tribal 
Government; Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 
and Farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 409,781.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 409,781.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 62,196.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $2,335,459.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $9,360,407.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) 
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Millicent L. Brown,
Senior Manager, Records Management Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-06875 Filed 4-2-21; 8:45 am]
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