Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 35 / Monday, February 23, 2015 / Notices 9469 

docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program 

Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 

202–366–9826 or 1–800–647–5527. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 

92–463, 5 U.S.C. Appendix). The Lower 

Mississippi River Waterway Advisory 

Committee is an advisory committee 

authorized in Section 19 of the Coast 

Guard Authorization Act of 1991, 

(Public Law 102–241), as amended by 

section 621(d) of the Coast Guard 

Authorization Act of 2010, (Public Law 

111–281) and chartered under the 

provisions of Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. The Lower Mississippi 

River Waterway Advisory Committee 

provides advice and recommendations 

to the Department of Homeland Security 

on matters relating to communications, 

surveillance, traffic management, 

anchorages, development and operation 

of the New Orleans Vessel Traffic 

Service, and other related topics dealing 

with navigation safety on the Lower 

Mississippi River as required by the 

U.S. Coast Guard. 

Agenda 

The agenda for the March 11, 2015, 

Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) Opening Remarks. 

(2) Introduction; 

(3) Roll call of committee members 

and determination of a quorum; 

(4) Approval of the April 2014 

minutes. 

(5) Old Business: 

(a) Status of Action Items from April 

2014 Meeting. 

(6) Agency Updates: 

(a) Southeast Louisiana Flood 

Protection Authority—East and West 

i. Procedures used by Flood 

Protection Authority—West for Bayou 

Segnette and Western Closure Complex 

Gate Closures including Routine 

Exercises and Response to Tropical 

Events. 

(b) National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Association 

i. Move to Electronic Navigation 

Charts. 

ii. Digital Accessibility of National 

Oceanic and Atmosphere Association 

Chart Data for Navigation, Restoration 

and Coastal Planning, and Spill and 

Incident Response. 

iii. National Oceanic and Atmosphere 

Association Physical Oceanographic 

Real-Time System. 

iv. National Oceanic and Atmosphere 

Association Northern Gulf Operational 

Forecast System Grid Model 

Improvements. 

v. Surveying and Chart Updates to 

Navigation Hazards in and around the 

Southern Bird-foot Delta. 

vi. Recognition of Electronic Displays 

on Tow Boats and Cruise Ships. 

vii. Support to the Inner Harbor 

Navigation Canal Alternate Route 

Establishment. 

(c) Army Corps of Engineers 

i. Water Resources Reform and 

Development Act impacts to Flood 

Control Structures and Dredging 

Operations. 

(d) Coast Guard 

i. Establishment of the Inner Harbor 

Navigation Canal Alternate Route. 

ii. Status of Sensors at 81 Mile Point. 

iii. Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas 

Terminals and Waterway Impacts. 

(7) New Business, to include 

discussion of: 

(a) Mile Marker 73 Memorandum of 

Understanding. 

(b) Anchorage Establishment and 

Amendments. 

(c) Systematic Port Planning. 

(d) Lower Mississippi River Waterway 

Safety Advisory Committee Vacancy 

Notice. 

(8) Public comment period. 

(9) Adjournment. 

There will be a comment period for 

the Lower Mississippi River Waterway 

Safety Advisory Committee and 

comment period for the public after 

each deliberation and voting, but before 

each recommendation is formulated. 

The Committee will review the 

information presented on each issue, 

deliberate on any recommendations 

presented, and formulate 

recommendations for the Department’s 

consideration. Please note that the 

public oral comment period may end 

before the prescribed ending time 

following the last call for comments. 

Speakers are requested to limit their 

comments to 3 minutes. Please contact 

Lieutenant Junior Grade Colin Marquis 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section to register as a speaker. 

This notice may be viewed in our online 

docket, USCG–2015–0023, at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: February 10, 2015. 

Kevin S. Cook, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Eighth Coast Guard District. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03542 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2014–0022] 

Technical Mapping Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice 

of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) Technical 

Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will 

meet in person on March 10–11, 2015, 

in Reston, Virginia. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday 

and Wednesday, March 10–11 2015, 

from 1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Please 

note that the meeting will close early if 

the TMAC has completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the auditorium of the United States 

Geological Survey headquarters 

building located at 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive Reston, VA 20192. Members of the 

public who wish to attend the meeting 

must send an email to FEMA-TMAC@

fema.dhs.gov (attention Mark Crowell) 

by 11 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 5, 

2015. Members of the public must check 

in at the Visitor’s entrance security 

desk; photo identification is required. 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the person listed in 

‘‘FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT’’ 

below as soon as possible. 

To facilitate public participation, 

members of the public are invited to 

provide written comments on the issues 

to be considered by the TMAC, as listed 

in the ‘‘Supplementary Information’’ 

section below. Associated meeting 

materials will be available at 

www.fema.gov/TMAC for review by 

February 23, 2015. Written comments to 

be considered by the committee at the 

time of the meeting must be submitted 

and received by Thursday, March 5, 

2015, identified by Docket ID FEMA– 

2014–0022, and submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: Address the email to: FEMA– 

RULES@fema.dhs.gov and CC: FEMA– 

TMAC@fema.dhs.gov. Include the 

docket number in the subject line of the 

message. Include name and contact 

detail in the body of the email. 


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• Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division, 

Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA, 500 C 

Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC 

20472–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Federal 

Emergency Management Agency’’ and 

the docket number for this action. 

Comments received will be posted 

without alteration at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the TMAC, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for the Docket ID FEMA–2014–0022. 

A public comment period will be held 

on March 10, 2015, from 3:30 p.m. to 

4:00 p.m. and again on March 11, 2015, 

from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. Speakers are 

requested to limit their comments to no 

more than three minutes. The public 

comment period will not exceed 30 

minutes. Please note that the public 

comment period may end before the 

time indicated, following the last call 

for comments. Contact the individual 

listed below to register as a speaker by 

close of business on Tuesday, March 3, 

2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Crowell, Designated Federal 

Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 

South Bell Street Arlington, VA 22202, 

telephone (202) 646–3432, and email 

mark.crowell@fema.dhs.gov. The TMAC 

Web site is: http://www.fema.gov/

TMAC. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

Appendix. 

As required by the Biggert-Waters 

Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, the 

TMAC makes recommendations to the 

FEMA Administrator on: (1) How to 

improve, in a cost-effective manner, the 

(a) accuracy, general quality, ease of use, 

and distribution and dissemination of 

flood insurance rate maps and risk data; 

and (b) performance metrics and 

milestones required to effectively and 

efficiently map flood risk areas in the 

United States; (2) mapping standards 

and guidelines for (a) flood insurance 

rate maps; and (b) data accuracy, data 

quality, data currency, and data 

eligibility; (3) how to maintain, on an 

ongoing basis, flood insurance rate maps 

and flood risk identification; (4) 

procedures for delegating mapping 

activities to State and local mapping 

partners; and (5) (a) methods for 

improving interagency and 

intergovernmental coordination on 

flood mapping and flood risk 

determination; and (b) a funding 

strategy to leverage and coordinate 

budgets and expenditures across Federal 

agencies. Furthermore, the TMAC is 

required to submit an annual report to 

the FEMA Administrator that contains: 

(1) A description of the activities of the 

Council; (2) an evaluation of the status 

and performance of flood insurance rate 

maps and mapping activities to revise 

and update flood insurance rate maps; 

and (3) a summary of recommendations 

made by the Council to the FEMA 

Administrator. 

The TMAC must also develop 

recommendations on how to ensure that 

flood insurance rate maps incorporate 

the best available climate science to 

assess flood risks and ensure that FEMA 

uses the best available methodology to 

consider the impact of the rise in sea 

level and future development on flood 

risk. The TMAC must collect these 

recommendations and present them to 

the FEMA Administrator in a future 

conditions risk assessment and 

modeling report. 

Finally, in accordance with the 

Homeowner Flood Insurance 

Affordability Act of 2014, the TMAC 

must develop a review report related to 

flood mapping in support of the 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP). 

Agenda: On March 10, 2015, the 

TMAC members will discuss (1) the 

proposed TMAC vision statement. In 

addition, invited subject matter experts 

will brief TMAC members on (1) 

floodplain management (David Stearrett, 

FEMA), (2) flood risk to insurance rating 

(Andy Neal, FEMA), and (3) the FEMA 

Cooperating Technical Partnership 

program (speakers to be determined). 

On March 11, 2015, the TMAC members 

will discuss (1) the adoption of a TMAC 

vision statement, (2) a report out from 

the TMAC subcommittees (a. Future 

Conditions; b. Flood Hazard Risk 

Generation and Dissemination; and c. 

Operations, Coordination, and 

Leveraging), and (3) next steps for 

TMAC discussions and report 

development. The full agenda and 

related briefing materials will be 

available at http://www.fema.gov/

TMAC. 

Dated: February 18, 2015. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03615 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2015–N041]; 

[FXES11130800000–154–FF08E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Permits Issued 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits. 

DATES: The permit issuance dates are 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have issued the 

following permits to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species 

under the authority of the Endangered 

Species Act, as amended (Act). With 

some exceptions, the Act prohibits 

activities with listed species unless a 

Federal permit is issued that allows 

such activity. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Marquez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Region 8, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Room W–2606, Sacramento, CA 95825; 

760–431–9440 (telephone); or daniel_

marquez@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have 

issued the following permits in response 

to recovery permit applications we 

received under the authority of section 

10 of the Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). We provide this notice 

under section 10(d) of the Act. Each 

permit listed below was issued only 

after we determined that it was applied 

for in good faith, that granting the 

permit would not be to the disadvantage 

of the listed species, and that the terms 

and conditions of the permit were 

consistent with purposes and policy set 

forth in the Act. 

Applicant name Permit No. Date issued Expiration date 

CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST ........................................................................... 041668 8/4/2014 8/3/2018 

RYAN, THOMAS P. ................................................................................................... 097516 4/30/2014 3/15/2015 

HELIX ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, INC. ........................................................... 778195 6/17/2014 7/26/2015 

AMEC ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE, INCORPORATED .............. 785148 4/11/2014 12/15/2015 

ROMICH, MIKAEL T. ................................................................................................. 068799 8/4/2014 12/22/2015 

ALLEN, DOUGLAS W. .............................................................................................. 837448 12/10/2014 2/9/2016 


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