Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification
| Published date | 07 April 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 19496 |
| Record Number | 2020-07270 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Emergency Management Agency,Homeland Security Department |
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 67 / Tuesday, April 7, 2020 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2020–0010; OMB No.
1660–0033]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Residential
Basement Floodproofing Certification
AGENCY
: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION
: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY
: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public to take this opportunity
to comment on an extension, without
change, of a currently approved
information collection. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning information collected for
eligible properties insured under the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) policies to certify the
floodproofing of residential basements.
DATES
: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES
: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2020–0010. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW,
8NE, Washington, DC 20472–3100.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to read the
Privacy and Security Notice that is
available via the link on the homepage
of www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Joycelyn Collins, Underwriting Branch
Program Analyst, Federal Insurance
Directorate, 202–212–4716. You may
contact the Information Management
Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email
address: FEMA-Information-Collections-
Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) is authorized by Public Law 90–
448 (1968) and expanded by Public Law
93–234 (1973) and requires that the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) provide flood insurance. FEMA
delineates flood zones on a Flood
Insurance Rate Map to identify Special
Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in a
community. Title 44 CFR 60.3(c)(2)
requires that all new construction and
substantial improvements of residential
structures within SFHA Zones A1–30,
AE and AH zones have the lowest floor,
including the basement, elevated to or
above the base flood level unless an
exception is granted. Title 44 CFR
60.6(a)(7) and 44 CFR 60.6(b)(1) allow
communities to apply for an exception
when circumstances present a hardship
that would not allow for adherence to
the requirement for elevation above the
base flood level. This exception must
meet the conditions set forth in 44 CFR
60.6(c). When owners of residential
structures in these zones are seeking
flood insurance, they must be certified
that the structural design is floodproof.
Collection of Information
Title: Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certification.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0033.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 086–0–24,
Residential Basement Floodproofing
Certification.
Abstract: The Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certification, completed
by a registered professional surveyor,
engineer, or architect, is required to
certify that floodproofing of a structure
meets at least minimal floodproofing
specifications. Residential structures
that receive this certification are granted
reduced rates on flood insurance
premiums.
Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 32.5.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $2,138.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $5,000.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: 0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $44.59.
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.
Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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SUMMARY
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