Federal Emergency Management Agency September 20, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each 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).

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 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 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. Title: Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form. OMB Number: 1660-0040. Abstract: On September 23, 1994, the President signed the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994. Title V of this Act is the National Flood Insurance Reform Act (NFIRA). Section 528 of the NFIRA requires that FEMA develop a standard hazard determination form for recording the determination of whether a structure is located within an identified Special Flood Hazard Area available. Section 528 of the NFIRA also requires the use of this form by regulated lending institutions, Federal agency lending institutions, Federal agency lenders, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Government National Mortgage Association for any loan made, increased, extended, renewed or purchased by these entities. The form developed to comply with the above requirements is the Standard Flood Hazard Determination form (FEMA Form 83-93, dated October 2002). This form will be completed by federally regulated lending institutions when making, increasing, extending, renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose of documenting the factors considered as to whether flood insurance is required and available. An estimated 33,000,000 such uses are made each year. This number is entirely driven by the volume of mortgage transactions, of which fluctuations in interest rates is a principal factor. Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 33,000,000. Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.33 hours (20 minutes). Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,890,000. Frequency of Response: Once. Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments must be submitted on or before October 20, 2005.

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.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Alabama (FEMA-3237-EM), dated September 10, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (FEMA-3235-EM), dated September 10, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Arizona (FEMA-3241-EM), dated September 12, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Iowa (FEMA-3239-EM), dated September 10, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Michigan (FEMA-3225-EM), dated September 7, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Washington (FEMA-3227-EM), dated September 7, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of New Mexico (FEMA-3229-EM), dated September 7, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-3231-EM), dated September 10, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of South Carolina (FEMA-3233-EM), dated September 10, 2005, and related determinations.