Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2023 / Proposed Rules 67697 

the daily land use fee and then 

multiplying the daily land use fee by the 

number of days of significantly 

restricted access to, or occupancy of, the 

recreation residence. If significantly 

restricted access to, or occupancy of, the 

recreation residence includes part of 

one day, that day shall be counted as a 

whole day. A temporary land use fee 

reduction during significantly restricted 

access to, or occupancy of, a recreation 

residence shall be applied as a credit to 

the annual land use fee for the 

recreation residence permit for the 

following year. 

Homer Wilkes, 

Under Secretary, Natural Resources and 

Environment. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Ch. I 

[Docket ID FEMA–2023–0026] 

RIN 1660–AB12 

FEMA Proposed Policy: Federal Flood 

Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

accepting comments on the proposed 

FEMA policy, Federal Flood Risk 

Management Standard (FFRMS). This 

proposed policy would provide detail, 

consistent with applicable regulations, 

on applicability, processes, resources, 

and responsibilities for implementing 

the FFRMS as part of FEMA’s 8-step 

decision making process for carrying out 

the directives of Executive Order 11988, 

Floodplain Management, as amended. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket ID: FEMA–2023– 

0026, via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Portia Ross, Policy and Integration 

Division Director, Office of 

Environmental Planning and Historic 

Preservation, Resilience, DHS/FEMA, 

400 C St. SW, Suite 313, Washington, 

DC 20472–3020. Phone: (202) 709–0677; 

Email: fema-regulations@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA is 

proposing to issue a policy 

complementary to 44 CFR part 9, 

Floodplain Management and Protection 

of Wetlands, which governs FEMA’s 

implementation the Federal Flood Risk 

Management Standard (FFRMS). This 

policy would facilitate implementation 

of FFRMS and bolster the resilience of 

communities and Federal assets against 

the impacts of flooding. 

Consistent with a proposed rule that 

is published elsewhere in this issue of 

the Federal Register, this proposed 

policy would require that FEMA 

determine the appropriate vertical flood 

elevation and corresponding horizontal 

FFRMS floodplain for Actions Subject 

to the FFRMS using either the Climate 

Informed Science Approach (CISA), the 

Freeboard Value Approach (FVA), or the 

0.2 Percent Annual Chance Flood 

Approach (0.2PFA). Under the proposed 

policy, FEMA would determine the 

FFRMS flood elevation and 

corresponding FFRMS floodplain 

according to CISA for all locations 

where CISA is available where the bestavailable, actionable hydrologic and 

hydraulic data and methods that 

integrate current and future changes in 

flooding based on climate science exist. 

When using CISA, for non-critical 

actions the FFRMS floodplain would be 

at least as restrictive as the 1% annual 

chance (AC) flood elevation and 

corresponding horizontal floodplain, 

and for critical actions the FFRMS 

floodplain would be at least as 

restrictive as the 0.2% AC flood 

elevation and corresponding horizontal 

floodplain. For locations where CISA is 

not available and actionable, FEMA 

would determine the FFRMS elevation 

and FFRMS floodplain for non-critical 

actions by using the area that would be 

inundated by the lower of the 0.2% AC 

flood or +2-foot FVA. For critical 

actions, FEMA would determine the 

FFRMS elevation and FFRMS 

floodplain using the area that would be 

inundated by the higher of the 0.2% AC 

flood or +3-foot FVA. (For locations 

where information about the elevation 

and/or extent of the 0.2% AC floodplain 

is not available, the FFRMS floodplain 

would be the +3-foot FVA for critical 

actions and +2-foot FVA for non-critical 

actions). 

This policy would also outline 

FEMA’s process to identify actions that 

may receive substantial damage or 

substantial improvement 

determinations, require consideration of 

natural features and nature-based 

approaches as alternatives to a proposed 

action, explain requirements to 

minimize flood risk, and encourage 

early coordination when multiple 

Federal agencies are jointly engaged in 

an action to ensure a consistent 

approach to determine which floodplain 

determination is applied. 

Authority: Executive Order 11988, 

Floodplain Management, as amended 

and implementing regulations of 44 CFR 

part 9, among other authorities listed in 

the proposed policy. 

Deanne B. Criswell, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

45 CFR Parts 205, 260, 261, and 263 

RIN 0970–AC97 

Strengthening Temporary Assistance 

for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety 

Net and Work Program 

AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance 

(OFA); Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF); Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: ACF proposes to amend the 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) program regulations to 

strengthen the safety net and reduce 

administrative burden. This NPRM 

encompasses a package of reforms to 

ensure TANF programs are designed 

and funds are used in accordance with 

the statute. In addition, the package 

includes provisions that are more 

technical in nature and are designed to 

reduce administrative burden and 

increase program effectiveness. 

DATES: In order to be considered, the 

Department must receive written 

comments on this NPRM on or before 

December 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: ACF encourages the public 

to submit comments electronically to 

ensure they are received in a timely 

manner. You may submit comments, 

identified by [docket number] and/or 

Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 

0970–AC99, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 


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