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116. Heather Harbison, Phoenix, Arizona,
Court of Federal Claims No: 22–1609V
117. Stacy Connor, New Bern, North
Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No:
22–1610V
118. Trina Remy on behalf of J.R.,
Mamaroneck, New York, Court of
Federal Claims No: 22–1611V
119. Michael Nadeau, Boston, Massachusetts,
Court of Federal Claims No: 22–1613V
120. Alpha Patrick, Knoxville, Tennessee,
Court of Federal Claims No: 22–1615V
121. Brianna Wagner, Ridgewood, New
Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 22–
1616V
122. Randy Tomplait on behalf of the Estate
of Pamela Tomplait, Deceased, Celina,
Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 22–
1618V
123. Serina Johnson, Elkridge, Maryland,
Court of Federal Claims No: 22–1619V
124. Steven Wilson, Smithville, Missouri,
Court of Federal Claims No: 22–1620V
125. Veronica Baker, New Bern, North
Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No:
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126. Jennifer Kjeldgaard, Normal, Illinois,
Court of Federal Claims No: 22–1622V
127. Penny J. Stanek, West Seneca, New
York, Court of Federal Claims No: 22–
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128. Faith Nthiga, Kirkland, Washington,
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2022–0050; OMB No.
1660–0005]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA Inspection
and Claims Forms
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
National Institutes of Health
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Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD
20892, (301) 496–3553, jennifer.sanders@
nih.gov.
This notice is being published less than 15
days prior to the meeting due to the timing
limitations imposed by the review and
funding cycle.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine;
93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333,
93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,
93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National
Institutes of Health, HHS).
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 an
extension, with change, of a previously
approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the collection of
information related to the flood
insurance claims process and the
housing inspection damage assessment
process.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please
submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2022–0050. 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
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change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://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:
Pertaining to claims forms, contact:
Daniel Claire, Insurance Examiner,
FEMA Resilience, (202) 552–9891 or
Daniel.Claire@fema.dhs.gov. Pertaining
to housing inspection instruments,
contact: Todd Milliron, Supervisory
Program Specialist, FEMA Office of
Response and Recovery, (540) 686–3844
or Todd.Milliron@fema.dhs.gov. You
may contact the Information
Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at
email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pertaining
to National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) Direct claim forms, Congress
created the NFIP through the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA)
(Title XIII of Public Law 90–448, 82
Stat. 476), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4001 et
seq. The NFIP enables property owners
in participating communities to
purchase flood insurance. Communities
participate in the NFIP based on an
agreement between the community and
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). If a community adopts and
enforces a floodplain management
ordinance to reduce future flood risk to
new construction in floodplains, FEMA
make flood insurance available within
the community as a financial protection
against flood losses. Accordingly, the
NFIP is comprised of three key
activities: flood insurance, floodplain
management, and flood hazard
mapping.
A prospective policyholder may
purchase an NFIP flood insurance
policy, known as a Standard Flood
Insurance Policy (SFIP), either: (1)
directly from the Federal Government
through a direct servicing agent
(referred to as ‘‘NFIP Direct’’), or (2)
from a participating private insurance
company through the Write Your Own
(WYO) Program. See 44 CFR 62.23–24.
The SFIP is a single-peril (flood) policy
that pays for direct physical damage to
insured property. There are three policy
forms (i.e., insurance contracts) of the
SFIP: (1) Dwelling Form, (2) General
Property Form, and (3) Residential
Condominium Building Association
Policy (RCBAP) Form, which are
published in FEMA’s regulations. See
44 CFR 61.13; see also 44 CFR part 61,
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Appendices A(1), A(2), and A(3). The
SFIP sets out the terms and conditions
of insurance. FEMA establishes terms,
rate structures, and premium costs of
the SFIP. The terms, coverage limits,
and flood insurance premiums are the
same whether purchased from the NFIP
Direct or the WYO Program. See 44 CFR
62.23(c), (h).
All flood loss claims presented under
the NFIP are paid directly with U.S.
Treasury funds, regardless of whether
the policy is issued by the NFIP Direct
or by a WYO company. The information
in the NFIP Direct collection includes
all the data necessary to adjudicate
claims for damages and provide SFIP
benefits resulting from flood losses.
In addition to the requirements of the
NFIA, section 205 of the BunningBereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance
Reform Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 4011
note) required FEMA to establish a
claims appeals process. See 44 CFR
62.20.
Pertaining to housing inspections,
also part of this collection, the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (Stafford Act), Public
Law 93–288, as amended, is the legal
basis for FEMA to provide financial
assistance and services to individuals
applying for disaster assistance benefits
in the event of a Federally declared
disaster. Regulations in 44 CFR
206.110—Federal Assistance to
Individuals and Households implement
the policy and procedures set forth in
Section 408 of the Stafford Act, 42
U.S.C. 5174, as amended.
This program provides financial
assistance and, if necessary, direct
assistance to eligible individuals and
households who, as a direct result of a
major disaster or emergency, have
uninsured or under-insured expenses,
and serious needs, and are unable to
meet such expenses or needs through
other means.
Individuals and households applying
for assistance must provide information
detailing their losses and needs through
the disaster assistance registration
process covered under collection 1660–
0002, Disaster Assistance Registration. If
FEMA determines the applicant had
home or personal property damage, has
no insurance, or that the applicant’s
insurance coverage may not meet their
needs, an inspection is needed to verify
disaster caused damage.
All pertinent information for a
specific applicant is stored under a
unique registration identification (ID)
within the National Emergency
Management Information System
(NEMIS). An inspection request occurs
due to NEMIS-driven business rules
(automatically), applicant request, or a
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FEMA caseworker request. The scope of
an inspection for owners includes
noting real and personal property
(furnishing and appliances) damages to
the interior and exterior of the dwelling,
addressing special needs,
transportation, unmet needs, and
miscellaneous purchases. Inspectors do
not note real property specifications for
renters.
Once the inspector validates the
information provided by the applicant
during registration intake, the inspector
begins an assessment of real and/or
personal property damages utilizing
Automated Construction Estimator
(ACE) software. The same ACE software
screens are used regardless of how the
inspection occurs (i.e., via onsite, via
voice over the phone, or via video). The
inspector then uploads this information
back to FEMA via the NEMIS through
use of a secure connection. The
inspector only records observed disaster
caused damages and does not determine
eligibility or damage award levels.
FEMA’s policies and business rules
determine eligibility and award levels
based upon the damage assessment, and
other available information.
For this submission, FEMA identified
two NFIP Direct claim forms in which
necessary data could be combined or
collected in other forms or systems,
thereby eliminating the need for those
forms, and reducing duplicative
information collection. Accordingly,
FEMA proposes to remove the following
two forms from this collection: (1)
FEMA Form FF–206–FY–21–113,
Advance Payment Request—Building &
Contents, and (2) FEMA Form FF–206–
FY–21–114, Advance Payment
Request—Increased Cost of Compliance
(ICC).
115, Claim Appeal; FEMA Form FF–
104–FY–22–220, Onsite Housing
Inspections; FEMA Form FF–104–FY–
22–221, Remote Voice Telephony
Housing Inspections; and FEMA Form
FF–104–FY–22–222, Remote Video
Telephony Housing Inspections.
Abstract: After a flood loss, claims
forms are used by NFIP Direct
policyholders to provide information
needed to investigate, document,
evaluate, and adjudicate claims against
FEMA policies for flood damage to
insured property or determine eligibility
and settlement for benefits under
Coverage D, Increased Cost of
Compliance coverage. After a federallydeclared disaster, FEMA inspectors use
household inspection instruments to
verify applicant information and
document damage to determine award
eligibility.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
state, local or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
302,360.
Estimated Number of Responses:
302,360.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 309,621.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $12,573,707.
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: $103,103,676.
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Inspection and NFIP
Direct Claims Forms.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, with change, of a currently
approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0005.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–206–
FY–21–106, Personal Property
(Contents) Worksheet; FEMA Form FF–
206–FY–21–107, Building Property
Worksheet; FEMA Form FF–206–FY–
21–108, Proof of Loss—Building &
Contents (Policyholder-Prepared);
FEMA Form FF–206–FY–21–109, Proof
of Loss—Increased Cost of Compliance
(ICC); FEMA Form FF–206–FY–21–110,
First Notice of Loss; FEMA Form FF–
206–FY–21–111, Manufactured (Mobile)
Home/Travel Trailer Worksheet; FEMA
Form FF–206–FY–21–112, Proof of
Loss—Building & Contents (AdjusterPrepared); FEMA Form FF–206–FY–21–
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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,
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e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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23X.LXSIADVSBD00.241A]
Second Call for Nominations for the
National Wild Horse and Burro
Advisory Board
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of call for nominations.
AGENCY:
The purpose of this notice is
to solicit public nominations for the
Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM)
Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
(Board) to fill two positions that became
vacant on October 9, 2022. The Board
provides advice concerning the
management, protection, and control of
wild free-roaming horses and burros on
public lands administered by the
Department of the Interior, through the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and
the Department of Agriculture, through
the U.S. Forest Service.
DATES: All nominations must be post
marked or submitted to the following
addresses no later than January 23,
2023.
SUMMARY:
All nominations and
completed packages sent via the U.S.
Postal Service should be addressed as
follows: Wild Horses and Burros
Division, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
Attn: Dorothea Boothe, HQ–260, 9828
31st Avenue; Phoenix, AZ 85051.
All nominations and completed
packages that are sent via FedEx or UPS
should be addressed as follows: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Wild Horses and
Burros Division, Attn: Dorothea Boothe,
9828 31st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85051.
Please consider emailing PDF
documents to Ms. Boothe at dboothe@
blm.gov.
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ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro
Program Coordinator, telephone: (602)
906–5543, email: dboothe@blm.gov.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
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a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
of the Board serve without
compensation; however, while away
from their homes or regular places of
business, Board and subcommittee
members engaged in Board or
subcommittee business, approved by the
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), may
be allowed travel expenses, including
per diem in lieu of subsistence under 5
U.S.C. 5703, in the same manner as
persons employed intermittently in
government service. Nominations for a
term of 3 years are needed to represent
the following categories of interest:
• Livestock Management; and
• Wildlife Management.
The Board will meet one to four times
annually. The DFO may call additional
meetings in connection with special
needs for advice. Individuals may
nominate themselves or others. Any
individual or organization may
nominate one or more persons to serve
on the Board.
Nominations should include a resume
providing adequate description of the
nominee’s qualifications, including
information that would enable the
Departments of the Interior and
Agriculture to contact a potential
member and make an informed decision
regarding meeting the membership
requirements of the Board. Nominations
are to be sent to the address listed in the
ADDRESSES section. If you have already
submitted your nomination, you do not
need to reapply.
As appropriate, certain Board
members may be appointed as special
Government employees (SGEs). Please
be aware that applicants selected to
serve as SGEs will be required, prior to
appointment, to file a Confidential
Financial Disclosure Report in order to
avoid involvement in real or apparent
conflicts of interest. You may find a
copy of the Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report at the following
website: https://www.doi.gov/ethics/
financial-disclosure. Additionally, after
appointment, members appointed as
SGEs will be required to meet
applicable financial disclosure and
ethics training requirements. Please
contact (202) 202–208–7960 or DOI_
Ethics@sol.doi.gov with any questions
about the ethics requirements for
members appointed as SGEs.
Membership Selection: Individuals
shall qualify to serve on the Board
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because of their education, training, or
experience that enables them to give
informed and objective advice regarding
the interest they represent. They should
demonstrate experience or knowledge of
the area of their expertise and a
commitment to collaborate in seeking
solutions to resource management
issues. The Board is structured to
provide fair membership and balance,
both geographic and interest specific, in
terms of the functions to be performed
and points of view to be represented.
Members are selected with the objective
of providing representative counsel and
advice about public land and resource
planning. Pursuant to Section 7 of the
Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros
Act, members of the Board cannot be
employed by the Federal Government or
a State Government.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1)
David B. Jenkins,
Assistant Director, Resources and Planning.
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Notice of Segregation of Public Land
for the Pinyon Solar Project, Maricopa
County, AZ and the Elisabeth Solar
Project, Yuma County, AZ
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of segregation.
AGENCY:
Through this notice the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
segregating public lands included in the
right-of-way applications for the Pinyon
Solar Project and the Elisabeth Solar
Project from appropriation under the
public land laws, including the Mining
Law, but not the Mineral Leasing or
Material Sales Acts, for a period of 2
years from the date of publication of this
notice, subject to valid existing rights.
This segregation is to allow for the
orderly administration of the public
lands to facilitate consideration of
development of renewable energy
resources. The public lands segregated
by this notice total 4,439.92 acres.
DATES: This segregation for the lands
identified in this notice takes effect on
December 8, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Derek Eysenbach, Project Manager,
telephone: 601–417–9505, email:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0050; OMB No. 1660-0005]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; FEMA Inspection and Claims Forms
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 an extension,
with change, of a previously approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the collection of information related to the flood
insurance claims process and the housing inspection damage assessment
process.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2022-0050. 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 https://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: Pertaining to claims forms, contact:
Daniel Claire, Insurance Examiner, FEMA Resilience, (202) 552-9891 or
[email protected]. Pertaining to housing inspection
instruments, contact: Todd Milliron, Supervisory Program Specialist,
FEMA Office of Response and Recovery, (540) 686-3844 or
[email protected]. You may contact the Information Management
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pertaining to National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) Direct claim forms, Congress created the NFIP through
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) (Title XIII of Public
Law 90-448, 82 Stat. 476), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. The NFIP
enables property owners in participating communities to purchase flood
insurance. Communities participate in the NFIP based on an agreement
between the community and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
If a community adopts and enforces a floodplain management ordinance to
reduce future flood risk to new construction in floodplains, FEMA make
flood insurance available within the community as a financial
protection against flood losses. Accordingly, the NFIP is comprised of
three key activities: flood insurance, floodplain management, and flood
hazard mapping.
A prospective policyholder may purchase an NFIP flood insurance
policy, known as a Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP), either: (1)
directly from the Federal Government through a direct servicing agent
(referred to as ``NFIP Direct''), or (2) from a participating private
insurance company through the Write Your Own (WYO) Program. See 44 CFR
62.23-24. The SFIP is a single-peril (flood) policy that pays for
direct physical damage to insured property. There are three policy
forms (i.e., insurance contracts) of the SFIP: (1) Dwelling Form, (2)
General Property Form, and (3) Residential Condominium Building
Association Policy (RCBAP) Form, which are published in FEMA's
regulations. See 44 CFR 61.13; see also 44 CFR part 61,
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Appendices A(1), A(2), and A(3). The SFIP sets out the terms and
conditions of insurance. FEMA establishes terms, rate structures, and
premium costs of the SFIP. The terms, coverage limits, and flood
insurance premiums are the same whether purchased from the NFIP Direct
or the WYO Program. See 44 CFR 62.23(c), (h).
All flood loss claims presented under the NFIP are paid directly
with U.S. Treasury funds, regardless of whether the policy is issued by
the NFIP Direct or by a WYO company. The information in the NFIP Direct
collection includes all the data necessary to adjudicate claims for
damages and provide SFIP benefits resulting from flood losses.
In addition to the requirements of the NFIA, section 205 of the
Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 (42
U.S.C. 4011 note) required FEMA to establish a claims appeals process.
See 44 CFR 62.20.
Pertaining to housing inspections, also part of this collection,
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(Stafford Act), Public Law 93-288, as amended, is the legal basis for
FEMA to provide financial assistance and services to individuals
applying for disaster assistance benefits in the event of a Federally
declared disaster. Regulations in 44 CFR 206.110--Federal Assistance to
Individuals and Households implement the policy and procedures set
forth in Section 408 of the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5174, as amended.
This program provides financial assistance and, if necessary,
direct assistance to eligible individuals and households who, as a
direct result of a major disaster or emergency, have uninsured or
under-insured expenses, and serious needs, and are unable to meet such
expenses or needs through other means.
Individuals and households applying for assistance must provide
information detailing their losses and needs through the disaster
assistance registration process covered under collection 1660-0002,
Disaster Assistance Registration. If FEMA determines the applicant had
home or personal property damage, has no insurance, or that the
applicant's insurance coverage may not meet their needs, an inspection
is needed to verify disaster caused damage.
All pertinent information for a specific applicant is stored under
a unique registration identification (ID) within the National Emergency
Management Information System (NEMIS). An inspection request occurs due
to NEMIS-driven business rules (automatically), applicant request, or a
FEMA caseworker request. The scope of an inspection for owners includes
noting real and personal property (furnishing and appliances) damages
to the interior and exterior of the dwelling, addressing special needs,
transportation, unmet needs, and miscellaneous purchases. Inspectors do
not note real property specifications for renters.
Once the inspector validates the information provided by the
applicant during registration intake, the inspector begins an
assessment of real and/or personal property damages utilizing Automated
Construction Estimator (ACE) software. The same ACE software screens
are used regardless of how the inspection occurs (i.e., via onsite, via
voice over the phone, or via video). The inspector then uploads this
information back to FEMA via the NEMIS through use of a secure
connection. The inspector only records observed disaster caused damages
and does not determine eligibility or damage award levels. FEMA's
policies and business rules determine eligibility and award levels
based upon the damage assessment, and other available information.
For this submission, FEMA identified two NFIP Direct claim forms in
which necessary data could be combined or collected in other forms or
systems, thereby eliminating the need for those forms, and reducing
duplicative information collection. Accordingly, FEMA proposes to
remove the following two forms from this collection: (1) FEMA Form FF-
206-FY-21-113, Advance Payment Request--Building & Contents, and (2)
FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-114, Advance Payment Request--Increased Cost of
Compliance (ICC).
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Inspection and NFIP Direct Claims Forms.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0005.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-106, Personal Property
(Contents) Worksheet; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-107, Building Property
Worksheet; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-108, Proof of Loss--Building &
Contents (Policyholder-Prepared); FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-109, Proof of
Loss--Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC); FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-110,
First Notice of Loss; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-111, Manufactured (Mobile)
Home/Travel Trailer Worksheet; FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-112, Proof of
Loss--Building & Contents (Adjuster-Prepared); FEMA Form FF-206-FY-21-
115, Claim Appeal; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-220, Onsite Housing
Inspections; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-221, Remote Voice Telephony Housing
Inspections; and FEMA Form FF-104-FY-22-222, Remote Video Telephony
Housing Inspections.
Abstract: After a flood loss, claims forms are used by NFIP Direct
policyholders to provide information needed to investigate, document,
evaluate, and adjudicate claims against FEMA policies for flood damage
to insured property or determine eligibility and settlement for
benefits under Coverage D, Increased Cost of Compliance coverage. After
a federally-declared disaster, FEMA inspectors use household inspection
instruments to verify applicant information and document damage to
determine award eligibility.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other
for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, and state, local or tribal
governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 302,360.
Estimated Number of Responses: 302,360.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 309,621.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $12,573,707.
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:
$103,103,676.
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,
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e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-26614 Filed 12-7-22; 8:45 am]
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