Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0049
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting
Posted Date: 2020-09-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 182 (Friday, September 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58379-58380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20673]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022]

Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting

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 hold a virtual meeting on 
Thursday, October 29 and Friday October 30, 2020. The meeting will be 
open to the public via a Zoom Video Communications link.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Thursday, October 29 and Friday October 
30, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Please note that 
the meeting will close early if the TMAC has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using Zoom Video 
Communications, Meeting Identification (ID) 16195624614 (https://fema.zoomgov.com/j/16195624614) to share meeting visuals and audio. A 
conference number (1-646-828-7666; Meeting ID 161 9562 4614#; Password 
875873#) will also be used. Members of the public who wish to attend 
the virtual meeting must register in advance by sending an email to 
FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (Attention: Michael Nakagaki) by 5 p.m. ET on 
Tuesday, October 27, 2020. For information on services for individuals 
with disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, 
contact the person listed below by Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
    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 caption below. 
Associated meeting materials will be available at the TMAC website 
(https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council) for review by Friday, October 23, 2020. Written 
comments to be considered by the committee at the time of the meeting 
must be submitted and received by Tuesday, October 27, 2020, identified 
by Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022, and submitted by the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Email: Address the email to FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov. Include the 
docket number in the subject line of the message. Include name and 
contact information in the body of the email.
    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 Thursday, October 29, 2020, 
from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET and Friday, October 30, 2020, from 12 
p.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. 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, October 27, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Nakagaki, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, 
telephone (202) 212-2148, and email michael.nakagaki@fema.dhs.gov. The 
TMAC website is: https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463).
    In accordance with 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

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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.
    Agenda: The purpose of this meeting is for the 2020 TMAC to review 
the 2020 Annual Report format and discuss the content of each 
subcommittee section. Any related materials will be posted to the FEMA 
TMAC site prior to the meeting to provide the public an opportunity to 
review the materials. The full agenda and related meeting materials 
will be posted for review by Friday, October 23, 2020, at https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council.

Michael M. Grimm,
Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-20673 Filed 9-17-20; 8:45 am]
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