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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 31, 2023 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2023–0013; OMB No.
1660–0022]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request; Community Rating
System—Application Letter & Quick
Check; Community Annual
Recertification; Environmental &
Historic Preservation Certification;
NFIP Repetitive Loss Update Form
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of renewal and
request for comments.
AGENCY:

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, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection. In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the application
for the National Flood Insurance
Program’s (NFIP’s) Community Rating
System (CRS) program. This program
allows communities to become eligible
for discounts on the cost of flood
insurance when the communities
undertake activities to mitigate
anticipated damage due to flooding. The
application materials verify and
document the community mitigation
activities performed and provides
FEMA with the information necessary to
determine what flood insurance
premium discounts are appropriate for
participating communities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please
submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2023–0013. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used to
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

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Privacy and Security Notice that is
available via a link on the homepage of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Lesser, Program Specialist, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, (202) 646–2807, FEMACRS@fema.dhs.gov. You may contact
the Information Management Division
for copies of the proposed collection of
information at email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@
fema.dhs.gov.
The
National Flood Insurance Reform Act
(NFIRA) of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–325, Sec.
541) requires that a community rating
system be established. This ratings
system is a voluntary program for
communities, and it would provide a
method by which flood mitigation
activities engaged in by these
communities could be measured. The
effect of this mitigation activity would
reduce the exposure of the communities
to damage resulting from flooding and
in turn reduce the losses incurred as a
result of this flooding. To encourage
participation, discounts on flood
insurance are offered within
communities that successfully complete
qualified mitigation actions, and the
community ratings system provides the
ability to measure these actions and to
recertify the communities in successive
years.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information
Title: Community Rating System
(CRS) Program—Application Letter and
CRS Quick Check, Community Annual
Recertification, Environmental and
Historic Preservation Certifications, and
NFIP Repetitive Loss Update Form.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1600–0022.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–206–
FY–23–100 (formerly 086–0–35),
Community Rating System Application
Letter and Quick Check; FEMA Form
FF–206–FY–23–101 (formerly 086–0–
35A), Community Annual
Recertifications, FEMA Form FF–206–
FY–23–102 (formerly 086–0–35B),
Environmental and Historic
Preservation Certifications, and FEMA
Form FF–206–FY–23–103 (formerly
086–0–35C), NFIP Repetitive Loss
Update Form.
Abstract: The Community Rating
System (CRS) Application Letter &
Quick Check, the CRS certification
forms, and accompanying guidance are
used by communities that participate in
the National Flood Insurance Program’s

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(NFIP) CRS program. The CRS is a
voluntary program where flood
insurance costs are reduced in
communities that implement practices,
such as building codes and public
awareness activities, that are considered
to reduce the risks of flooding and
promote the purchase of flood
insurance.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,170.
Estimated Number of Responses:
4,170.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 52,292.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $4,173,947.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $12,992,290.
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; 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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