Document ID: FEMA-2015-0005-0002
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: 2015-04-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22216-22217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09255]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0005; OMB No. 1660-0038]

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 (FEMA) will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 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 May 21, 2015.

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 or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

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, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Changes Since Publication of the 60 Day Federal Register Notice: 
The abstract has been updated to remove a reference public risk sharing 
organization because the authority for allowing such entities to enter 
the WYO program has sunsetted. The abstract has also been revised for 
clarity. The burden hours have been updated to reflect the one-time 
test of the insurance company's ability to use the NFIP

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Transaction Record Reporting and Processing Plan (TRRP) System.

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.
    Form Titles and Numbers: 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 wishing to enter or 
reenter the WYO program must demonstrate the ability to meet the 
requirements laid out in 44 CFR 62.24. The information allows FEMA to 
determine the applicant's capability of meeting program goals for, 
among other things, the marketing and administering of National Flood 
Insurance Program (NFIP) flood insurance policies, and to meet the 
financial control and reporting requirements of the NFIP.
    Affected Public: Business of other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 45 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $2,892.60. There are no annual costs to respondents' 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There are no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$5,409.18.

    Dated: April 13, 2015.
Janice Waller,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-09255 Filed 4-20-15; 8:45 am]
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