[Federal Register: July 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 135)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
to comment on a continuing information collection. In accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the use of the Mapping Needs Update Support System (MNUSS)
Data Worksheet to collect data on flood hazard mapping needs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 103-325, The Riegle Community
Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, Title V--National
Flood Insurance Reform, section 575, Updating of Flood Maps (also known
as section 575 of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act (FNIRA) of
1994), mandates that at least once every five years, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will assess the need to revise and
update all floodplain areas and flood risk zones identified,
delineated, or established under section 1360 of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968.
Collection of Information
Title: National Flood Insurance Program--Mapping Needs Update
Support System (MNUSS) Data Worksheet.
Type of Information Collection: Extension of a Currently Approved
Collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0081.
Abstract: To fulfill the mandate specified in section 575 of the
NFIRA, FEMA established the Mapping Needs Assessment process and the
MNUSS database in order to effectively identify and document data
regarding community flood hazard mapping needs. MNUSS is designed to
store mapping needs at the community level. The current version of
MNUSS is an interactive, web-enabled password protected database. In
order to facilitate the identification and collection of communities'
current flood hazard mapping needs for input into MNUSS, FEMA developed
the MNUSS Data Worksheet.
Flood hazard mapping needs information enables FEMA to be more
responsive to ongoing changes affecting flood hazard areas that occur
in communities participating in the NFIP. The changes include, but are
not limited to, new corporate limit boundaries, changes in the road
network, and changes in flood hazard areas, which
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affect communities' flood risks. The information is also used in
providing justification for FEMA when requesting funding for flood map
updates and is used along with other information to prioritize the
flood hazard mapping needs of all mapped communities participating in
the NFIP to assist in the allocation of annual funds for flood hazard
map updates.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 5,550.
Frequency of Response: Once every five years.
Hour Burden Per Response: 2.5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,875.
Estimated Cost: $460,684.
Comments: Written 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. Comments must be submitted on or before
September 12, 2006.
Interested persons should submit written comments to Chief, Records
Management Section, Information Resources Management Branch,
Information Technology Services Division, Department of Homeland
Security/FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Lora Eskandary, Mitigation
Division, Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, at (202) 646-2717 for
additional information. You may contact the Records Management Branch
for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address:
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Darcy Bingham,
Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information
Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11130 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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