
[Federal Register: January 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 14)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; Extension, 
without change, of a currently approved collection, OMB Number 1660-
0038, FEMA Form--None.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the following information collection to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 
describes 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 includes the actual data 
collection instruments FEMA will use.

Collection of Information

    Title: Write Your Own (WYO) Company Participation Criteria; New 
Applicant.
    OMB Number: 1660-0038.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Abstract: The Federal Government is a guarantor of flood insurance 
coverage issued under the WYO arrangement, which allows private 
insurance to write flood insurance policies. To determine eligibility 
for participation in the WYO Program, the National Flood Insurance 
Program requires a one-time application for participation from each new 
private insurance company seeking entry into the program. FEMA will 
review each application to determine eligibility to participate in the 
program.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 7 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 35 Hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once Only.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to 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 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) 395-6974. Comments must 
be submitted on or before February 23, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Requests for additional information 
or copies of the information collection should be made to Acting 
Director, Records Management Division, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20472, Mail Drop Room 301, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-
mail address FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.

Samuel C. Smith,
Acting Director, Records Management Division, Office of Management, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
 [FR Doc. E9-1288 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]

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