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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security announced the establishment
of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership
Advisory Council (CIPAC) by Notice
published in the Federal Register on
March 24, 2006 (‘‘First CIPAC Notice’’).
That Notice identified the purpose of
the committee as well as its
membership. This Notice provides the
quarterly update including instructions
on how the public can obtain the most
current roster of CIPAC membership.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brett Lambo, Partnership and Outreach
Division, Office of Infrastructure
Protection, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, United States
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528, telephone (703)
235–5311 or via e-mail at
[email protected].
Responsible DHS Official: Nancy J.
Wong, Director Infrastructure Programs
Office, Partnership and Outreach
Division, Office of Infrastructure
Protection, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, United States
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528, telephone (703)
235–5349.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
CIPAC is intended to facilitate
interaction between representatives of
government and the community of
critical infrastructure and key resources
(CI/KR) owners and operators in each
critical sector. As set forth in the
CIPAC’s originating documents, it
engages in: ‘‘Planning; coordination;
security program implementation;
operational activities related to critical
infrastructure protection security
measures, including incident response,
recovery, and reconstitution from events
both man-made and naturally occurring;
and the sharing of information about
threats, vulnerabilities, protective
measures, best practices, and lessons
learned.’’
CIPAC is designed to include as many
of the owners and/or operators and the
owner and/or operator representative
trade associations deemed by each
sector’s Sector Coordinating Council
(SCC) as necessary as participants in
these activities. CIPAC Membership is
comprised of the CI/KR owner and/or
operator entities (and the trade
associations that represent CI/KR
owners and/or operators) which the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) in conjunction with the Sector
Specific Agency (SSA) (when different
than DHS) recognizes as members of
that sector’s Sector Coordinating
Council (SCC). It also includes Federal,
State, local, and tribal government
agencies (or their representative bodies)

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that comprise the membership of the
Government Coordinating Council
(GCC) for each sector as recognized by
DHS in conjunction with the Sector
Specific Agency (SSA).
Owners and/or operators or trade
associations representing the interests of
owners and/or operators that own and
invest in infrastructure assets, in the
systems and processes to secure them,
and that are held responsible by the
public for their operations and the
response and their recovery when their
infrastructures or key resources are
disrupted.
This Notice serves as a quarterly
notice to provide instructions for
obtaining the most current roster of
CIPAC membership. The most recent
membership roster is published on the
CIPAC Web site (http://www.dhs.gov/
cipac). The CIPAC Web site maintains
an updated list of all Sector industry/
institutional CIPAC membership and all
government entities involved in CIPAC.
Any member of the public may visit the
Web site to learn about CIPAC
membership, and find a list of meetings
and agendas.
This Notice also serves to announce
the first annual Plenary Meeting of the
CIPAC to be held on July 19, 2007 in the
Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The
meeting will be open to the public. The
CIPAC Web site noted above will
provide details of the meeting as they
become available.
Dated: June 12, 2007.
Nancy J. Wong,
Director, Infrastructure Programs Office, CI/
KR Partnership and Outreach Division,United
States Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) has
submitted the following information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission

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describes the nature of the information
collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e.,
the time, effort and resources used by
respondents to respond) and cost, and
includes the actual data collection
instruments FEMA will use.
Title: The National Flood Insurance
Program Biennial Report.
OMB Number: 1660–0003.
Abstract: The National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) Biennial
Report enables FEMA to meet its
regulatory requirement under 44 CFR
59.22(b)(2). It also enables FEMA to be
more responsive to the ongoing changes
that occur in each participating
community’s flood hazard area. These
changes include, but are not limited to,
new corporate boundaries, changes in
flood hazard areas, new floodplain
management measures, and changes in
rate of floodplain development. It is also
used to evaluate the effectiveness of the
community’s floodplain management
activities. The evaluation is
accomplished by analyzing information
provided by the community, such as the
number of variances and floodplain
permits granted by each community in
relationship to other information
contained in the Biennial Report as well
as other data available in FEMA’s
Community Information System (CIS).
The Biennial Report also provides an
opportunity for NFIP participating
communities to request technical
assistance in implementing a floodplain
management program. FEMA regional
offices use this information as a means
to know which communities need
support and guidance.
The NFIP Biennial Report is also one
of the tools used to assist FEMA in
meeting its requirement under section
575 of the National Flood Insurance
Reform Act. A ‘‘yes’’ answer to Item A–
D in Section I of the report will provide
the basis for FEMA to follow-up by
contacting the community for
clarification and/or elaboration
regarding changes and activities
occurring in a community’s flood
hazard area. This information will be
used in ranking and prioritizing one
community’s mapping needs against all
other communities in the NFIP and for
determining how the limited flood
hazard mapping funds are allocated for
map updates.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
governments, farms, individuals or
households, business or other for-profit,
not-for-profit institutions representing
the estimated 20,500 United States and
United States territorial communities
that are participating members of the
NFIP. The NFIP requires that
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submit an annual or biennial report
describing the progress made during the
year in the implementation and
enforcement of floodplain management
regulations.
Number of Respondents: 20,500.
Estimated Time per Respondent: Up
to three hours or less per claim.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 24,501.
Frequency of Response: Once every
two years.
Comments: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management Budget,
Attention: Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer,
Department of Homeland Security/
FEMA, and sent via electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974. Comments must be
submitted on or before July 20, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Chief, Records
Management, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW.,
Room 609, Washington, DC 20472,
facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or
e-mail address [email protected].
Dated: June 11, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management and Privacy,
Office of Management Directorate,
Information Resources Management Branch,
Information Technology Services Division,
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.

AGENCY:

Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), 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 proposed
revised information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning information
required by FEMA to revise National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Maps.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the
passage of the Flood Disaster Protection
Act of 1973, an owner of a structure,
with a federally backed mortgage,
located in the 1-percent annual chance
floodplain, was required to purchase
federal flood insurance. This was in
response to the escalating damage
caused by flooding and the
unavailability of flood insurance from
commercial insurance companies. As
part of this effort, FEMA mapped the 1percent annual chance floodplain in
communities. However, the 1-percent
annual chance floodplain may change
due to changes within the floodplain, or
may be more accurately depicted
through the use of more up-to-date
methods and data. FEMA will issue a
Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) to
officially revise the 1-percent annual
chance floodplain.

Collection of Information
Title: Revision to National Flood
Insurance Program Maps: Application
Forms for LOMRs and Conditional
LOMRs.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0016.
Form Numbers: FEMA Forms 81–89,
81–89A, 81–89B, 81–89C, 81–89D, 81–
89E.
Abstract: The certification forms
(referred to as MT–2 series forms) are
designed to assist requesters in
gathering information that FEMA needs

to revise a NFIP map. FEMA Form 81–
89, Overview and Concurrence Form,
describes the location of the request,
what is being requested, and what data
are required to support the request. In
addition, NFIP regulations 44 CFR
65.5(a)(4) require that a community
official certify that the request complies
with minimum floodplain management
criteria specified in 44 CFR 60.3. This
form ensures that this requirement is
fulfilled prior to the submittal of the
request to FEMA. FEMA Form 81–89A,
Riverine Hydrology and Hydraulics
Form, allows FEMA to efficiently
review assumptions made, parameters
used, and the results of hydrologic and
hydraulic analyses performed in
support of a revision request. It also
addresses more common regulatory
issues; FEMA Form 81–89B, Riverine
Structures Form, allows FEMA to
efficiently review assumptions made,
parameters used, and the results of
revision requests involving new or
modified structures in riverine flood
hazard areas; FEMA Form 81–89C,
Coastal Analysis Form, allows FEMA to
efficiently review assumptions made,
parameters used, and the results of
coastal analyses performed in support of
a revision request. It also addresses
more common regulatory issues; FEMA
Form 81–89D, Coastal Structures Form,
allows FEMA to efficiently review
assumptions made, parameters used,
and the results of revision requests
involving new or modified structures in
coastal flood hazard areas; FEMA Form
81–89E, Alluvial Fan Flooding Form,
allows FEMA to efficiently review
assumptions made, parameters used,
and the results of alluvial fan flooding
analyses performed in support of a
revision request.
Affected Public: Business and other
for profit organization such as Land
Surveyors or Engineering firms will
primarily be affected by the collection.
In addition, home owners, local or state
officials may also be affected in some
instances.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 24,360.

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Form
Form
Form
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81–89, Overview and Concurrence Form ....................
81–89A, Riverine Hydrology & Hydraulics Form ..........
81–89B, Riverine Structures Form ...............................
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per respondent

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burden hours

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(C)

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(E) = (C × D)

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