Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0016
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2016-01-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4329-4330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01497]

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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.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical 
Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will meet in person on February 10-11, 
2016 in Reston, VA. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Wednesday, February 10, 2015 from 8:00 
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), and Thursday, February 11, 
2016 from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST. 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 (USGS) headquarters building located at 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192. Members of the public who wish 
to attend the meeting must register in advance by sending an email to 
FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (attention Kathleen Boyer) by 11:00 p.m. EDT on 
Friday, February 5, 2016. Members of the public must check in at the 
USGS 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 Monday, February 1, 2016. Written comments to be considered 
by the committee at the time of the meeting must be submitted and 
received by Friday, February 5, 2016, 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.
     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 docket access 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 Wednesday, February 10, 
2015, from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST and again on Thursday, February 
11, 2016, from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. EST. 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 Wednesday, February 3, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Boyer, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 
22202, telephone (202) 646-4023, and email Kathleen.boyer@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.
    Further, 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 February 10, 2016, the TMAC members will present and 
deliberate on the draft content and potential recommendations to be 
incorporated in the 2016 Review Report (due in April 2016) and the 2016 
Annual Report (due in October 2016). A

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brief public comment period will take place during the meeting. On 
February 11, 2016, the TMAC members will continue to present and 
deliberate on the draft content and potential recommendations to be 
incorporated in the two reports. In addition, the TMAC members will 
identify and coordinate on the TMAC's next steps. A brief public 
comment period will take place during the meeting prior to any vote. 
The full agenda and related briefing materials will be posted for 
review by February 5, 2016 at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

    Dated: January 20, 2016.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
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