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• Department of Justice Executive
Office Immigration Review (EOIR) Case
Access System,
• State Motor Vehicle
Administrations, if participating in the
E-Verify RIDE initiative,
(D) Information created by E-Verify.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.
Jonathan R. Cantor,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2013–0024; OMB No.
1660–0022]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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 revision of a currently
approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the application
for the National Flood Insurance
Program’s Community Rating System
program. This program allows
communities to become eligible for
discounts on the cost of flood insurance
when they undertake activities to
mitigate anticipated damage due to
flooding. The application materials
verify and document the community
mitigation activities performed and
provide the Federal Emergency
Management Agency with the
information necessary to determine if
flood insurance premium discounts are
appropriate for participating
communities. CRS credits have been
added in numerous areas that contribute
to the protection of salmonid habitat.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 20, 2013.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:

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(1) Online. Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2013–0024. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472–3100.
(3) Facsimile. Submit comments to
(703) 483–2999.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal Rulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to read the
Privacy Act notice that is available via
the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Lesser, Program Specialist, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, at (202) 646–2807 for
additional information. You may
contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646–3347 or email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
541 of the National Flood Insurance
Reform Act (NFIRA) of 1994, 42 U.S.C.
4022, 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 damages 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.
CRS credits have been added in
numerous areas that contribute to the
protection of salmonid habitat. Credit
has been newly provided—or
increased—for habitat preservation and
protection related to salmonids in
several areas. These include new credits
for public outreach related to
endangered species, open space
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standards that can include protective
practices such as zoning that protect
salmonid, and developing floodplain
management plans. Low Impact
Development and volume control
credits were added to Stormwater
Management. Incorporating low impact
development practices will result in
cleaner rainwater runoff. It will also
delay urban runoff into floodplains,
resulting in reduced stormwater volume
that can otherwise have a detrimental
scouring impact on a stream’s health
and its ability to support species.
Open Space credits were added for
areas that include habitat for threatened
and endangered species under Natural
Functions Open Space. This incentive is
designed to motivate local governments
to protect lands that enhance the habitat
of threatened and endangered species.
Credits have been added under Open
Space Preservation, Natural Shoreline
Protection, to encourage communities to
actively manage riparian lands to
preserve and sustain biologic functions.
Flood Protection points have been
reduced for structural flood control
features to encourage communities to
seek flood risk reduction solutions that
result in establishing new open space
areas rather than continuing to support
intensively developed floodplains.
Dismantling or setting back levees in
such a way that results in creation of
open space will earn significantly more
CRS points than previously available.
Levee Credit Activity as well as credit
for channel maintenance include a
requirement for maintenance activities
to be compliant with environmental and
historic preservation laws and executive
orders, including integration of
vegetative management practices. A new
CRS Class 4 prerequisite has been
established requiring a CRS Class 4 or
better community to have at least 100
points for activities that protect natural
floodplain functions.
Collection of Information
Title: Community Rating System
(CRS) Program—Application
Worksheets and Commentary.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 086–0–35,
Community Rating System Application
Letter of Interest and Quick Check
Instructions; FEMA Form 086–0–35A,
Community Annual Recertification; and
FEMA Form 086–0–35B, Environmental
and Historic Preservation Certifications.
Abstract: The CRS Application and
Certifications are used by communities
that participate in the National Flood
Insurance Program’s (NFIP) Community
Rating System (CRS) to document the

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activities that communities have
undertaken to mitigate against future
flood losses. The CRS Application and
Certifications provide a step-by-step
process for communities to follow in
their effort to achieve the maximum
amount of discount on flood insurance
premiums. CRS is a voluntary program
where flood insurance costs are reduced
in communities that implement
practices, such as building codes and
public education activities, that are
recognized as reducing risks of flooding
and promoting the purchase of flood
insurance.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,274.
Number of Responses: 1,274.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 32,908.
Estimated Cost: There are no
estimated operational, maintenance,
capital or start-up costs associated with
this information collection.
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; (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.
Dated: July 15, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division,
Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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State and county
Oklahoma: Tulsa
(FEMA Docket
No.: B–1297).
Texas:
Bexar (FEMA
Docket No.:
B–1297).

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2013–0002]

Changes in Flood Hazard
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Final notice.
AGENCY:

New or modified Base (1%
annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs),
base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard
Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone
designations, and/or the regulatory
floodway (hereinafter referred to as
flood hazard determinations) as shown
on the indicated Letter of Map Revision
(LOMR) for each of the communities
listed in the table below are finalized.
Each LOMR revises the Flood Insurance
Rate Maps (FIRMs), and in some cases
the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports,
currently in effect for the listed
communities. The flood hazard
determinations modified by each LOMR
will be used to calculate flood insurance
premium rates for new buildings and
their contents.
DATES: The effective date for each
LOMR is indicated in the table below.
ADDRESSES: Each LOMR is available for
inspection at both the respective
Community Map Repository address
listed in the table below and online
through the FEMA Map Service Center
at www.msc.fema.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis
Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering
Management Branch, Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration, FEMA,
500 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email)
[email protected]; or visit
the FEMA Map Information eXchange
(FMIX) online at
www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/
fmx_main.html.
SUMMARY:

The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) makes the final flood hazard
determinations as shown in the LOMRs
for each community listed in the table

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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below. Notice of these modified flood
hazard determinations has been
published in newspapers of local
circulation and ninety (90) days have
elapsed since that publication. The
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Mitigation has resolved any appeals
resulting from this notification.
The modified flood hazard
determinations are made pursuant to
section 206 of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105,
and are in accordance with the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.
4001 et seq., and with 44 CFR part 65.
For rating purposes, the currently
effective community number is shown
and must be used for all new policies
and renewals.
The new or modified flood hazard
determinations are the basis for the
floodplain management measures that
the community is required either to
adopt or to show evidence of being
already in effect in order to remain
qualified for participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
These new or modified flood hazard
determinations, together with the
floodplain management criteria required
by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that
are required. They should not be
construed to mean that the community
must change any existing ordinances
that are more stringent in their
floodplain management requirements.
The community may at any time enact
stricter requirements of its own or
pursuant to policies established by other
Federal, State, or regional entities.
These new or modified flood hazard
determinations are used to meet the
floodplain management requirements of
the NFIP and also are used to calculate
the appropriate flood insurance
premium rates for new buildings, and
for the contents in those buildings. The
changes in flood hazard determinations
are in accordance with 44 CFR 65.4.
Interested lessees and owners of real
property are encouraged to review the
final flood hazard information available
at the address cited below for each
community or online through the FEMA
Map Service Center at
www.msc.fema.gov.

Chief executive officer of community

Community map repository

Effective date of modification

City of Tulsa (12–
06–4004P).

The Honorable Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr.,
Mayor, City of Tulsa, 175 East 2nd
Street, Suite 690, Tulsa, OK 74103.

Stormwater Design Office, 2317
South Jackson, Suite 302, Tulsa,
OK 74107.

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City of San Antonio (12–06–
4032P).

The Honorable Julian Castro, Mayor,
City of San Antonio, P.O. Box
839966, San Antonio, TX 78283.

Municipal Plaza, 114 West Commerce
Street, 7th Floor, San Antonio, TX
78205.

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