Document ID: FEMA-2016-0031-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Write Your Own (WYO) Company Participation Criteria; New Applicant
Posted Date: 2017-03-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 57 (Monday, March 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 15232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05963]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2016-0031; OMB No. 1660-0086]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Write Your Own (WYO) Company Participation 
Criteria; New Applicant

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for reinstatement and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The reinstatement 
submission will describe 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 the actual 
data collection instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 26, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-
3100, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on November 23, 2016 at 81 
FR 84605 with a 60 day public comment period. No comments were 
received. This information collection expired on December 31, 2016. The 
purpose of this notice is to inform the public that FEMA will submit 
the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget for reinstatement and clearance.

Collection of Information

    Title: Write Your Own (WYO) Company Participation Criteria; New 
Applicant.
    Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a 
previously approved information collection for which approval has 
expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0086.
    FEMA Forms: There is no FEMA form number.
    Abstract: Under the NFIP, WYO Program, FEMA may enter into 
arrangements with individual private sector insurance companies that 
are licensed to engage in the business of offering NFIP flood insurance 
coverage. The federal government acts as underwriter of this flood 
insurance. To ensure that a company seeking to return or participate in 
the WYO program is qualified, FEMA requires an initial submission of 
information to determine the company's qualifications, as set forth in 
44 CFR 62.24.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Number of Responses: 5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 35.
    Estimated Cost: $1727.95.

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: March 17, 2017.
William H. Holzerland,
Senior Director for Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-05963 Filed 3-24-17; 8:45 am]
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