Licensee certification.

§ 352.4 Licensee certification. (a) A licensee which seeks Federal assistance under this part shall submit a certification to the host FEMA Regional Administrator that a decline or fail situation exists. The certification shall be in the form of a letter from the chief executive officer of the licensee. The contents of this letter shall address the provisions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section. (b) The licensee certification shall delineate why such assistance is needed based on the criteria of decline or fail for the relevant State or local governments. (c) The licensee certification shall document requests to and responses from the Governor(s) or responsible local official(s) with respect to the efforts taken by the licensee to secure their participation, cooperation, commitment of resources or timely correction of planning and preparedness failures. [54 FR 31925, Aug. 2, 1989, as amended at 74 FR 15357, Apr. 3, 2008]