Document ID: FEMA-2011-0031-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, Write Your Own (WYO) Company Participation Criteria; New Applicant
Posted Date: 2011-11-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69752-69753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28977]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2011-0031; OMB No. 1660-0038]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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, 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 extension, without change, of a currently 
approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning 
information collected from new applicants to the National Flood 
Insurance Program (NFIP), Write-Your-Own (WYO) Program.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov under 
Docket ID FEMA-2011-0031. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief

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Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 835, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (703) 483-2999.
    (4) Email. Submit comments to FEMA-POLICY@dhs.gov. Include Docket 
ID FEMA-2011-0031 in the subject line.
    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 
eRulemaking 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 http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Kuhns, Director, Risk Insurance 
Division, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
(703) 605-0429 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: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the National Flood Insurance Program's 
(NFIP) Write Your Own (WYO) Program, the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency may enter into arrangements authorized by the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (the Act) with individual private 
sector insurance companies that are licensed to engage in the business 
of property insurance. These companies may offer flood insurance 
coverage to eligible property owners utilizing their customary business 
practices. To facilitate the marketing of flood insurance, the Federal 
Government will be a guarantor of flood insurance coverage for WYO 
companies policies issued under the WYO arrangement. To ensure that a 
company seeking to return or participate in the WYO program is 
qualified, FEMA is requiring a one-time submission of information to 
determine the company's qualifications, as set forth in 44 CFR 62.24.

Collection of Information

    Title: Write Your Own (WYO) Company Participation Criteria; New 
Applicant.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0038.
    FEMA Forms: None.
    Abstract: New insurance companies that seek to participate in the 
WYO program, as well as former WYO companies seeking to return, must 
meet standards for WYO Financial Control Plan (approved under OMB 
Control 1660-0020). Private Insurance Companies and/or public 
entity risk-sharing organizations wishing to enter or reenter the WYO 
program must demonstrate the ability to meet the financial 
requirements. The information allows FEMA to determine the applicant's 
capability of meeting program goals including marketing of flood 
insurance, training agents and staff in the program rules, and its 
capabilities for claims handling and disaster response.
    Affected Public: Business of other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Number of Responses: 5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 35.

                                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                             Number of                  Average       Total                     Total
                                                                Number of    responses      Total      burden per     annual      Average       annual
         Type of respondent            Form name/form number   respondents      per       number of     response   burden  (in  hourly wage   respondent
                                                                             respondent   responses    (in hours)     hours)        rate         cost
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Business or Other for-profit          Application Process/No             5            1            5            7           35       $63.53    $2,223.55
 (Insurance Industry).                 Form.
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    Total...........................  .......................            5  ...........            5  ...........           35  ...........     2,223.55
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    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $2,223.55. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$1,204.

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.

Gary L. Anderson,
Acting Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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