Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Exemption of State-Owned Properties Under Self-Insurance Plan, 51285-51286 [2017-24005]

Agencies

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51285-51286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24005]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0027; OMB No. 1660-0013]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Exemption of State-Owned Properties Under 
Self-Insurance Plan

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a 
reinstatement, without change, of a

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previously approved information collection for which approval has 
expired. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 4, 2017.

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 
dhsdeskofficer@omb.eop.gov.

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, 
email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or 
Suzan Krowel, Insurance Examiner, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration, DHS/FEMA, at (202) 701-3701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: State-Owned properties covered under an 
adequate State policy of self-insurance satisfactory to FEMA are not 
required to purchase flood insurance in accordance with Section 
102(c)(1) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4012a(c)(1)). NFIP regulations, 44 CFR part 75, establish the standards 
which a State's insurance plan must meet to be found exempt from the 
requirement to purchase flood insurance coverage for State-owned 
structures and their contents. To be eligible for the exemption, State 
properties must be located in areas identified by the Administrator as 
A, AO, AH, A1-30, AE, AR, AR/A1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A, A99, M, 
V, VO, V1-30, VE, and E zones, in which the sale of insurance has been 
made available.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on June 27, 2017 at 82 FR 29090 with a 60 day public 
comment period. FEMA received one comment. The commenter advocated for 
the extension of the State self-insurance exemption to all entities, 
including small business. FEMA appreciates this comment but is unable 
to extend the exemption because it is statutorily prescribed. This 
information collection expired on September 30, 2017. FEMA is 
requesting a reinstatement, without 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: Exemption of State-Owned Properties Under Self-Insurance.
    Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0013.
    Form Titles and Numbers: None.
    Abstract: Application for exemption must be made by the Governor or 
other duly authorized official of the State accompanied by sufficient 
supporting documentation which certifies that the plan of self-
insurance upon which the application for exemption is based meets or 
exceeds the standards in NFIP regulations at 44 CFR 75.11.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 20.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: The estimated annual cost 
to respondents for the hour burden is $8,547. There are no annual costs 
to respondents operations and maintenance costs for technical services. 
There is no annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal 
Government is $3,920.10.

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.

    Dated: October 30, 2017.
William Holzerland,
Information Management Division Director, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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