Narrative of Changes

Changes to Collection OMB No. 1660-0062

The following questions have been updated since the last OMB Approval:

Supporting Statement:

Question 3 – Updated to reflect current information.

Question 8a - Updated to reflect FRN publication information.

Question 8c – Please note change in 8c.

Question 14 – Costs to the Federal Government updated.

Question 15 – See question 15 descriptions (below) for chart changes.

There are no changes to the annual hour burden and there has been no change to the information being collected.

Itemized Changes in Annual Cost Burden
Data collection Activity/Instrument	Program Change (cost currently on OMB Inventory)	Program Change (New)	Difference	Adjustment (cost currently on OMB Inventory)	Adjustment (New)	Difference
New Plan Development (Local and Tribal Mitigation Included)				$16,499,392	$25,357,696	+$8,858,304
Mitigation Plan Updates (Local and Tribal Included)				$5,076,736	$7,802,368	+$2,725,632
Mitigation Plans Review by States (Local and Tribal Included)				$190,378	$292,588	+$102,210
Total(s)				$21,766,506	$33,452,652	+$11,686,146

• Note: The “Avg. Hourly Wage Rate” for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

See descriptions below for changes (below).

There is an increase adjustment to the total cost to respondents from $21,766,506 (2008) to $33,452,652 (2011) as a result of an increase in the mean wage and the introduction of a multiplier (1.4) to account for a fully loaded average wage rate.