SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NFIP, codified at 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq., requires all flood-prone communities throughout the country to apply for participation in the NFIP one year after their flood-prone status is identified or submit to the prohibition of certain types of federal and federally related financial assistance for use in their floodplains. 44 CFR 59.2 authorizes previously unavailable flood insurance protection to property owners in flood-prone areas and identifies the information that communities are required to submit to FEMA for application into the NFIP. 44 CFR 59.22 and 59.24 identify the information a community is required to submit to FEMA for continued participation in the program. This collection also accounts for the burden hours associated with the applicant's time to collect information ( printed page 67849) as part of the community development permit process. To qualify for the NFIP, a participating community must adopt certain minimum standards in accordance with FEMA's regulations at 44 CFR 60.3, 60.4, and 60.5. To verify whether communities maintain such standards, the NFIP requires participating communities to retain documentation on development taking place in the flood hazard areas within the community. See 44 CFR 59.22. Such information will be made available to FEMA upon request. This information assists FEMA in evaluating the effectiveness of a community's floodplain management program and participating property owners' eligibility for flood insurance. The “Application for Participation in the NFIP” and the “NFIP and the Community Development Permit Process” are separate actions documented under the same collection.

This proposed information collection previously published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2026, at 91 FR 48400 with a 60-day public comment period. Two public comments were received. One public comment suggested a ceiling on the value of properties eligible for flood insurance, and the other was supportive of this information collection. One comment is not relevant to this information collection, and the other is supportive of its renewal. 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: Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection.

OMB Number: 1660-0004.

FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-160 (formerly 086-0-30), Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

Abstract: The NFIP provides flood insurance to communities that apply for participation and make a commitment to protect against future flood damages. The application form and supporting documentation will enable FEMA to continue to rapidly process new community applications and to thereby more quickly provide flood insurance protection to the residents in communities.

Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,792.

Estimated Number of Responses: 91,033.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 273,144.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $28,704,703.

Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.

Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $120,081.

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.

91 FR 67848