Application for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
10/05/2023
06/28/2023
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2026
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2023
90,460
0
88,141
271,440
0
220,461
0
0
0
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides flood insurance to the communities that apply for participation and make a commitment to protect against future flood damages. The application form and supporting documentation will enable FEMA to continue to rapidly process new community applications and to thereby more quickly provide flood insurance protection to the residents in communities.
For FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-160 (formerly 086-0-30), there has been no program changes; however, FEMA adjusted the annual number of respondents down from 72 to 60 based on the programâs data over the last 5 years, which means there are fewer local communities to enroll every year. This led to an overall decrease of 48 burden hours for the Application.
FEMA also adjusted number of respondents for the Floodplain Development Documentation up from 22,234 to 22,600 as new communities have enrolled in the program. This adjustment led to increases in both the total number of responses and total annual burden hours. This results in a total increase of 4,392 burden hours for the Floodplain Development Documentation and an overall increase of 4,344 burden hours for the collection as a whole.
This update also corrects a small technical error discovered in ROCIS for the 2020 reinstatement where the burden numbers in the Supporting Statement A do not match the numbers in the IC list of ROCIS. If we had discovered this error sooner, we would have submitted a Change Request to make the correction. This Supporting Statement refers to the burden numbers found in the Supporting Statement A of the 2020 reinstatement, which are the correct numbers for 2020.
The burden costs for this collection increased in line with the increase in burden hours and a slight increase in wage rates since the 2020 reinstatement. The fully loaded wage rate increased from $80.42 to $95.10.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Floodplain Development Documentation