The agency is
strongly reminded of its responsibility to comply with all of the
disclosure requirements in the Paperwork Reduction Act and 5 CFR
1320. Failure to do so jeopardizes the agency's ability to enforce
this collection or deny benefits to communities that fail to submit
information. Thus the agency must immediately review this
collection to ensure that the OMB number is properly displayed and
that the respondents are informed of the significance of the OMB
number. These changes must be made immediately and revisions
distributed to all participants in the program. OMB notes that the
handbook must also comply with the PRA because it provides
instructions for the application process and for the reverification
process which requires an information collection. OMB also notes
that the agency failed to comply with previous terms of clearance
for this collection which gave a similar instruction. For this
reason, this collection is approved for only 18 months.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2001
09/30/2001
03/31/2000
940
0
60
9,260
0
1,800
0
0
0
The CRS Program establishes a system
for FEMA to grade communities' floodplain management activities
that exceed Federal minimum standards to qualify for lower
insurance rates. The January 1999 edition of the NFIP CRS
Coordinator's Manual contains instructions for preparing the
application worksheets that will be used to apply for activity
points leading up to a CRS rating and commensurate flood insurance
premium discounts. The schedules describe the floodplain management
and insurance activities available to qualifying communities that
undertake the selected additional activities that will reduce flood
losses.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.