[Federal Register: June 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 119)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the 
following proposed information collection to the Office of Management 
and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    Title: National Flood Insurance Program Policy Forms.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0006.
    Abstract: The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 requires that 
FEMA provide flood insurance so that the risks associated with 
buildings in flood-prone areas are borne by those located in such areas 
and not by the taxpayers at large. FEMA Forms 81-16, 81-17, 81-18, 81-
25, and 81-67, the Request for Policy Processing and Renewal 
Information Letter (RPPR1 Letter), and the Renewal Premium Notice are 
used to collect information needed for NFIP policies to be issued and 
to accommodate the changing insurance needs of policyholders.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Business or Other For 
Profit, Not-For-Profit Institutions,

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Farms, and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 254,100.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: FEMA Form 81-16, Flood Insurance 
Application, 12 minutes; FEMA Form 81-17, Flood Insurance Cancellation/
Nullification Request Form, 7.5 minutes; FEMA Form 81-18, Flood 
Insurance General Change Endorsement, 9 minutes; FEMA Form 81-25, V-
Zone Risk Factor Rating Form, 6 hours; FEMA Form 81-67, Flood Insurance 
Preferred Risk Policy Application, 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25,125.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Desk Officer for the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503 within 30 days of the date of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Muriel B. 
Anderson, Chief, Records Management Branch, 500 C Street, SW., Room 
316, Washington, DC 20472, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or email 
address InformationCollections@fema.gov.
    Dated: June 13, 2003.
Edward W. Kernan,
Division Director, Information Resources Management Division, 
Information Technology Services Directorate.
[FR Doc. 03-15614 Filed 6-19-03; 8:45 am]

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