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the implementation of the Agency’s
objectives. Thus, these meeting closures
are permitted pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(B).
Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2022–0012; OMB No.
1660–0008]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Elevation
Certificate/Floodproofing Certificate
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 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 currently
approved collection. In accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
this notice seeks comments concerning
the Elevation Certificate and the
Floodproofing Certificate for NonResidential Structures.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 9, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2022–0012. 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 http://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:
Joycelyn Collins, Program Analyst,
Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Flood Insurance
Directorate, at 202–701–3383 or

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Joycelyn.Collins@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:
Communities participating in the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) are required to adopt a
floodplain management ordinance that
meets or exceeds the minimum
floodplain management requirements of
the NFIP. In accordance with the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency’s (FEMA’s) minimum floodplain
management criteria, communities must
require that all new construction and
substantial improvement of residential
structures and non-residential structures
have the lowest floor (including
basement) elevated to above the base
flood elevation subject to 44 CFR
60.3(c)(2) and (3), unless, for residential
structures, the community is granted an
exception by FEMA for the allowance of
basements under 44 CFR 60.6(b) or (c).
New construction and substantial
improvement of non-residential
structures can also be floodproofed.
This means that, together with attendant
utility and sanitary facilities, they are
designed such that below the base flood
level the structure is watertight, with
walls substantially impermeable to the
passage of water and with structural
components having the capability to
resist hydrostatic and hydrodynamic
loads and effects of buoyancy. 44 CFR
60.3(c)(3)(ii). Use of the Elevation
Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate
is one convenient way for a community
to document building compliance. Title
44 CFR 61.7 and 61.8 require proper
investigation to estimate the risk
premium rates necessary to provide
flood insurance.
This information collection expires on
November 30, 2022. FEMA is requesting
a revision of this currently approved
information collection.
Collection of Information
Title: Elevation Certificate/
Floodproofing Certificate.
Type of information collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0008.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form FF–206–FY–22–152 (formerly
086–0–33), Elevation Certificate and
FEMA Form FF–206–FY–22–153
(formerly 086–0–34), Floodproofing
Certificate for Non-Residential
Structures.
Abstract: The Elevation Certificate
and Floodproofing Certificate are used

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in conjunction with the Flood Insurance
Application to determine a building’s
compliance with local floodplain
management provisions and to
document elevations in support of flood
insurance premiums or discounts that
align with the building’s risk of damage
from flooding. Respondents are
primarily surveyors, architects, or
engineers; individual property owners
may opt to complete specified portions
of the Elevation Certificate.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, Business or other for-profit,
Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,517.
Estimated Number of Responses:
3,517.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 12,734.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $622,253.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $32,343.
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,
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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