Document ID: FEMA-2015-0006-0057
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice To Extend the Comment Period for the Proposed Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, as Revised Through the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
Posted Date: 2015-03-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06879]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2015-0006]

Notice To Extend the Comment Period for the Proposed Revised 
Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain 
Management, as Revised Through the Federal Flood Risk Management 
Standard

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the comment period for the proposed 
``Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain 
Management'' published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2015 (80 
FR 6530). The comment period for the proposed revised guidelines, which 
would have ended on April 6, 2015, is extended for 30 days.

DATES: The comment period is extended until May 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2015-0006 and 
may be submitted by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of 
Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 8NE, 500 C Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the docket ID 
FEMA-2015-0006. 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 comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov, and search for the Docket ID FEMA-2015-
0006.
    Background Information: Background information about these topics 
is available on the FFRMS Web site at https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms or in the docket for this Notice 
at www.regulations.gov, Docket ID FEMA-2015-0006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley Garner, 202-646-3901 or FEMA-FFRMS@fema.dhs.gov. Mailing Address: FFRMS, 1800 South Bell Street, 
Room 627, Arlington, VA 20598-3030. The Web site is https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 30, 2015, the President signed 
Executive Order 13690, directing FEMA, on behalf of the Mitigation 
Framework Leadership Group, to publish for public comment draft revised 
Floodplain Management Guidelines to provide guidance to agencies on the 
implementation of Executive Order 11988, as amended, consistent with a 
new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. These draft revised 
Guidelines were developed by the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group 
in consultation with the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task 
Force. On February 5, 2015, FEMA published the proposed ``Revised 
Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain 
Management'' on behalf of the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group to 
solicit and consider public input.
    The Mitigation Framework Leadership Group has received several 
comments regarding the 60-day time period to submit comments. The 
commenters stated that they needed additional time to review and 
adequately respond to the proposed revised guidelines because of the 
complex nature of the topic. Because of the scope of the proposed 
revised guidelines, and because the Mitigation Framework Leadership 
Group has specifically requested the public's comments on the proposed 
revised guidelines in an attempt to benefit from the experience of all 
interested parties, the comment period will be extended for an 
additional 30 days. This notice announces the extension of the public 
comment period to May 6, 2015.

    Authority: Executive Order 11988, as amended; Executive Order 
13690.

Roy Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-06879 Filed 3-25-15; 8:45 am]
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