Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0054
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2021-10-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 189 (Monday, October 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54706-54707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21515]

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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, Department of Homeland 
Security.

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 Tuesday, 
October 19, 2021, and Wednesday, October 20, 2021. The meeting will be 
open to the public via a Zoom Video Communications link.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, and Wednesday, 
October 20, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) both days. 
Please note that the meeting will close early if the TMAC has completed 
its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using the following Zoom 
Video Communications link (https://fema.zoomgov.com/j/1607295999) and 
password (101460) to share meeting visuals and audio. Audio is also 
accessible using a Zoom call in number (+1-669-254-5252) along with the 
Meeting Identification (1607295999) and password (101460). 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: Brian 
Koper) by 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 14, 2021. For information on 
services for individuals with disabilities or to request special 
assistance at the meeting, please contact the person listed below by 
Thursday, October 14, 2021.
    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 Thursday October 14, 2021. Written 
comments to be considered by the committee at the time of the meeting 
must be submitted and received by Thursday October 14, 2021, 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-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.

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    A public comment period will be held on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 
from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET and Wednesday, October 20, 2021 from 
11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. 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 Thursday October 14, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Koper, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, 
telephone 202-733-7859, and email brian.koper@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 
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 TMAC members to 
discuss the draft content for the 2021 TMAC report. 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 
Thursday, October 14, 2021 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. 2021-21515 Filed 10-1-21; 8:45 am]
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