80 FR 12023 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 43 (March 5, 2015)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 43 (Thursday, March 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12023-12024]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05074]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0034; OMB No. 1660-0040]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget 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

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the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-
3100, facsimile number (202) 212-4701, or email address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Correction 60-day Federal Register Notice 
inviting public comments was published on February 9, 2015 (80 FR 
7004), correcting the docket ID in the ADDRESSES section and extending 
the deadline.

Collection of Information

    Title: Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0040.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086-0-32, Standard Flood Hazard 
Determination Form (SFHDF). FEMA received four comments on the form. In 
response to the comments, FEMA changed FEMA Form 086-0-32 to (1) return 
it to a single page, (2) clarify the language of the form and the 
information pages, (3) offer users a wider variety of suggested 
information so the form will be simpler to use then in the past; (4) 
indicate that a preparer may add additional comments/pages/data as 
needed; and (5) to direct the user to the applicable servicer, lender 
or regulatory entity as applicable if they need guidance regarding 
their use of the form. A few of the comments asked for changes to the 
form outside FEMA's authority.
    Abstract: FEMA Form 086-0-32, SFHDF is used by regulated lending 
institutions, federal agency lenders, related lenders/regulators, and 
the Government. Federally regulated lending institutions complete this 
form when making, increasing, extending, renewing or purchasing each 
loan for the purpose is of determining whether flood insurance is 
required and available. The form may also be used by property owner, 
insurance agents, realtors, community officials for flood insurance 
related documentation.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 46,456,460.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,330,632 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $951,265,715.60. There are no annual costs to 
respondents' operations and maintenance costs for technical services. 
There are no annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal 
Government is $5,409.18. The corrected cost reflects an increase of 
$1,100.18 from the 60-day Federal Register Notice because of a clerical 
error in reporting the correct salary for the federal employee.

    Dated: February 27, 2015.
 Terry Cochran,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mission 
Support.
[FR Doc. 2015-05074 Filed 3-4-15; 8:45 am]
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