Department of Homeland Security August 20, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for new buildings and their contents.

Modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified BFEs will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes 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 includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use. Since publication of the 60 day proposed collection notice, 72 FR 26140, May 8, 2007, the burden estimates have been changed to correct burden hours and cost estimates. Title: Request for Site Inspection (FEMA Form 90-1) and Landowner's Authorization/Ingress-Egress Agreement. OMB Number: 1660-0030. Abstract: FEMA Temporary Housing Assistance is used to provide mobile homes, travel trailers, or other forms of readily fabricated forms of housing for the purpose of providing temporary housing to eligible applicants or victims of federally declared disasters. This information is required to determine the feasibility of the site for installation of the housing unit and ensured written permission of the property owner is obtained to allow the housing unit on the property to include ingress and egress authorization. Affected Public: Individuals and Households. Number of Respondents: 117,071. Estimated Time per Respondent: FEMA Form 90-1, 10 minutes; FEMA Form 90-31, 10 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 39,024 hours. Frequency of Response: On Occasion. Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, and sent via electronic mail to oirasubmission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-6974. Comments must be submitted on or before September 19, 2007.

Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFEs modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).