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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2021–0016; OMB No.
1660–0086]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; National Flood
Insurance Program—Mortgage
Portfolio Protection Program (MPPP);
Ask the Advocate Web Form
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
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 revision of
a previously approved information
collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice seeks comments concerning an
amendment to a currently-approved
collection of information related to the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP), Mortgage Portfolio Protection
Program (MPPP), which is an option
that companies participating in the
NFIP can use to bring their mortgage
loan portfolios into compliance with the
flood insurance purchase requirements.
This notice seeks comments concerning
the collection of information related to
the Office of the Flood Insurance
Advocate (OFIA).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please
submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2021–0016. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
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 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 a link on the
homepage of www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information related to the NFIP
Mortgage Portfolio Protection Program
SUMMARY:
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(MPPP), contact Kelly Bronowicz,
Industry Management Branch Chief,
FIMA, FEMA, 202–557–9488,
Kelly.Bronowicz@fema.dhs.gov.
For information related to the Ask the
Advocate web form, contact Joe Cecil,
Advocate Representative Team Lead,
Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate,
FIMA, FEMA, 202–701–3465,
Joseph.Cecil@fema.dhs.gov.
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to the Forms &
Information Collections Manager,
Information Management Division, 500
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pertaining
to the MPPP, federal lenders and
Federally-regulated or sponsored
lending institutions may not make,
increase, extend, or renew any loan
secured by improved real property
located in a special flood hazard area
(SFHA) unless the building and any
personal property securing the loan is
covered by flood insurance for the life
of the loan. See Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973 (FDPA) § 102
(Pub. L. 93–234; 42 U.S.C. 4012a). The
FEMA Administrator carries out the
NFIP to enable interested persons to
purchase insurance against loss
resulting from physical damage to or
loss of real or personal property arising
from flood in the United States. See
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
(NFIA) (Pub. L. 90–448, title XIII; 42
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).
In general, individual mortgagees
subject to the requirements of the FDPA
obtain and maintain flood insurance for
their individual properties. When
individual mortgagees do not obtain
required flood insurance, the NFIP’s
MPPP allows covered lenders to ensure
compliance with the requirements of
FDPA by making available special
coverage for the lender’s entire mortgage
portfolio. See 44 CFR 62.23(l). To sell
MPPP policies, private insurance
companies participating in the NFIP’s
Write Your Own (WYO) Program must
apply for and annually renew their
election to voluntarily participate in the
MPPP.
This information collection expires on
December 31, 2021. FEMA is requesting
a revision of this currently approved
collection. 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.
Pertaining to the Ask the Advocate
Web Form, Section 24 of the
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Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C.
4033), Public Law 113–89, 128 Stat.
1030, requires FEMA to designate a
Flood Insurance Advocate that would
advocate for the fair treatment of NFIP
policyholders and property owners by:
(1) Providing education and guidance
on all aspects of the NFIP, (2)
identifying trends affecting the public,
and (3) making recommendations for
NFIP program improvements to FEMA
leadership. Pursuant to this authority,
FEMA established OFIA on December
22, 2014.
Members of the public regularly
contact OFIA seeking assistance on the
NFIP. OFIA seeks to facilitate the timely
and effective management of these
inquiries by creating a web form on
OFIA’s web page at https://
www.fema.gov/flood-insurance/
advocate. The web form will allow users
to provide information that includes all
the data necessary for OFIA to perform
its Congressionally mandated duties and
responsibilities.
Consumers who submit an inquiry to
OFIA will be required to fill-out ten (10)
informational fields on the Ask the
Advocate web form. These fields
include: (1) First name, (2) Last name,
(3) Email address, (4) Confirm email
address, (5) How did you hear of
Advocate’s office (pull-down list), (6)
Contact role (list field), (7) State (pulldown list), (8) ZIP code, (9) Subject (of
inquiry) and (10) Questions/Comment
(regarding inquiry). An eleventh (11th)
field is a security CAPTCHA field
intended to distinguish human from
machine input as a way of thwarting
spam and automated extraction of data
from websites.
When a consumer submits this
information, the data will be collected
and stored on OFIA’s Department of
Homeland Security/FEMA-approved
Customer Relationship Management
cloud-based environment hosted by
Salesforce.
Once OFIA receives this information,
the inquiry will be assigned a systemgenerated ‘‘Case number’’, and then the
case is then assigned to an OFIA
Advocate Representative (FEMA
employee). Using the data collected
from the Ask the Advocate web form,
the Advocate Representative will
research the customer’s inquiry and
offer education and guidance to help the
customer navigate the NFIP process.
Collection of Information
Title: National Flood Insurance
Program—Mortgage Portfolio Protection
Program (MPPP).
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Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0086.
FEMA Forms: Ask the Advocate Web
Form (form number pending OMB
approval).
Abstract: Regarding the MPPP, FEMA
needs the information to ensure that
private insurance companies that join
the NFIP’s WYO Program meet all state
and Federal requirements for insurance
companies. Requirements include a
good business record and satisfactory
rating in their field. There is no other
way to obtain this information because
it is specific to each company that
applies to join the NFIP.
Regarding the Ask the Advocate Web
Form, the Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act of 2014 requires
FEMA to designate a Flood Insurance
Advocate that would advocate for the
fair treatment of NFIP policyholders and
property owners. Pursuant to this
authority, FEMA established OFIA on
December 22, 2014.
Members of the public regularly
contact OFIA seeking assistance on the
NFIP. OFIA seeks to facilitate the timely
and effective management of these
inquiries through a web form on OFIA’s
web page. The web form will allow
users to provide information that
includes all the data necessary for OFIA
to fulfill its duties and responsibilities.
Affected Public: Individuals,
households, businesses, or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,041.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,041.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 227.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $11,856.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.00.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.00.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $71,930.
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
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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. 2021–11058 Filed 5–52–21; 8:45 am]
[FR Doc. 2021–11003 Filed 5–24–21; 8:45 am]
Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2021–11001 Filed 5–24–21; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4582–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2021–0001]
Navajo Nation; Amendment No. 3 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
AGENCY:
Guam; Amendment No. 6 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4511–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2021–0001]
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
ACTION:
Notice.
AGENCY:
Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands; Amendment No. 6 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (FEMA–4511–DR), dated April
1, 2020, and related determinations.
DATES: This change occurred on April
26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Robert J. Fenton, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this disaster.
This action terminates the
appointment of Tammy L. Littrell as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
disaster.
SUMMARY:
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The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
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Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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Agency
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and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
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Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for
territory of Guam (FEMA–4495–DR),
dated March 27, 2020, and related
determinations.
DATES: This change occurred on April
26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Robert J. Fenton, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this disaster.
This action terminates the
appointment of Tammy L. Littrell as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
disaster.
SUMMARY:
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
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This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
Navajo Nation (FEMA–4582–DR), dated
February 2, 2021, and related
determinations.
SUMMARY:
This change occurred on April
26, 2021.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Robert J. Fenton, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this disaster.
This action terminates the
appointment of Tammy L. Littrell as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
disaster.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2021-0016; OMB No. 1660-0086]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; National Flood Insurance Program--Mortgage Portfolio
Protection Program (MPPP); Ask the Advocate Web Form
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision 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 revision of
a previously approved information collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
an amendment to a currently-approved collection of information related
to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Mortgage Portfolio
Protection Program (MPPP), which is an option that companies
participating in the NFIP can use to bring their mortgage loan
portfolios into compliance with the flood insurance purchase
requirements. This notice seeks comments concerning the collection of
information related to the Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate
(OFIA).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2021-0016. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
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 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 a link on the homepage of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information related to the NFIP
Mortgage Portfolio Protection Program
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(MPPP), contact Kelly Bronowicz, Industry Management Branch Chief,
FIMA, FEMA, 202-557-9488, [email protected].
For information related to the Ask the Advocate web form, contact
Joe Cecil, Advocate Representative Team Lead, Office of the Flood
Insurance Advocate, FIMA, FEMA, 202-701-3465,
[email protected].
Requests for additional information or copies of the information
collection should be made to the Forms & Information Collections
Manager, Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington,
DC 20472, email address [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pertaining to the MPPP, federal lenders and
Federally-regulated or sponsored lending institutions may not make,
increase, extend, or renew any loan secured by improved real property
located in a special flood hazard area (SFHA) unless the building and
any personal property securing the loan is covered by flood insurance
for the life of the loan. See Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
(FDPA) Sec. 102 (Pub. L. 93-234; 42 U.S.C. 4012a). The FEMA
Administrator carries out the NFIP to enable interested persons to
purchase insurance against loss resulting from physical damage to or
loss of real or personal property arising from flood in the United
States. See National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) (Pub. L. 90-
448, title XIII; 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).
In general, individual mortgagees subject to the requirements of
the FDPA obtain and maintain flood insurance for their individual
properties. When individual mortgagees do not obtain required flood
insurance, the NFIP's MPPP allows covered lenders to ensure compliance
with the requirements of FDPA by making available special coverage for
the lender's entire mortgage portfolio. See 44 CFR 62.23(l). To sell
MPPP policies, private insurance companies participating in the NFIP's
Write Your Own (WYO) Program must apply for and annually renew their
election to voluntarily participate in the MPPP.
This information collection expires on December 31, 2021. FEMA is
requesting a revision of this currently approved collection. 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.
Pertaining to the Ask the Advocate Web Form, Section 24 of the
Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033),
Public Law 113-89, 128 Stat. 1030, requires FEMA to designate a Flood
Insurance Advocate that would advocate for the fair treatment of NFIP
policyholders and property owners by: (1) Providing education and
guidance on all aspects of the NFIP, (2) identifying trends affecting
the public, and (3) making recommendations for NFIP program
improvements to FEMA leadership. Pursuant to this authority, FEMA
established OFIA on December 22, 2014.
Members of the public regularly contact OFIA seeking assistance on
the NFIP. OFIA seeks to facilitate the timely and effective management
of these inquiries by creating a web form on OFIA's web page at https://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance/advocate. The web form will allow users
to provide information that includes all the data necessary for OFIA to
perform its Congressionally mandated duties and responsibilities.
Consumers who submit an inquiry to OFIA will be required to fill-
out ten (10) informational fields on the Ask the Advocate web form.
These fields include: (1) First name, (2) Last name, (3) Email address,
(4) Confirm email address, (5) How did you hear of Advocate's office
(pull-down list), (6) Contact role (list field), (7) State (pull-down
list), (8) ZIP code, (9) Subject (of inquiry) and (10) Questions/
Comment (regarding inquiry). An eleventh (11th) field is a security
CAPTCHA field intended to distinguish human from machine input as a way
of thwarting spam and automated extraction of data from websites.
When a consumer submits this information, the data will be
collected and stored on OFIA's Department of Homeland Security/FEMA-
approved Customer Relationship Management cloud-based environment
hosted by Salesforce.
Once OFIA receives this information, the inquiry will be assigned a
system-generated ``Case number'', and then the case is then assigned to
an OFIA Advocate Representative (FEMA employee). Using the data
collected from the Ask the Advocate web form, the Advocate
Representative will research the customer's inquiry and offer education
and guidance to help the customer navigate the NFIP process.
Collection of Information
Title: National Flood Insurance Program--Mortgage Portfolio
Protection Program (MPPP).
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0086.
FEMA Forms: Ask the Advocate Web Form (form number pending OMB
approval).
Abstract: Regarding the MPPP, FEMA needs the information to ensure
that private insurance companies that join the NFIP's WYO Program meet
all state and Federal requirements for insurance companies.
Requirements include a good business record and satisfactory rating in
their field. There is no other way to obtain this information because
it is specific to each company that applies to join the NFIP.
Regarding the Ask the Advocate Web Form, the Homeowner Flood
Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 requires FEMA to designate a Flood
Insurance Advocate that would advocate for the fair treatment of NFIP
policyholders and property owners. Pursuant to this authority, FEMA
established OFIA on December 22, 2014.
Members of the public regularly contact OFIA seeking assistance on
the NFIP. OFIA seeks to facilitate the timely and effective management
of these inquiries through a web form on OFIA's web page. The web form
will allow users to provide information that includes all the data
necessary for OFIA to fulfill its duties and responsibilities.
Affected Public: Individuals, households, businesses, or other for-
profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,041.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,041.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 227.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $11,856.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.00.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.00.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $71,930.
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
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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. 2021-11058 Filed 5-52-21; 8:45 am]
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