Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2014-09-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55005-55006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21929]

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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 September 30- 
October 1, 2014, in Reston, Virginia. The meeting will be open to the 
public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on September 30-October 1, 2014, from 8:30 
a.m.-5:00 p.m. A public comment period will be held on September 30, 
2014, from 9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. regarding the issues the committee will 
consider, as listed in the Supplementary Information section below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the United States Geological 
Survey Auditorium, located at 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, 
Virginia 20192.
    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 briefing materials that will be discussed at the meeting 
will be available at www.fema.gov/TMAC for review as of September 15, 
2014. Written comments must be submitted and received by September 22, 
2014, identified by Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022, and submitted by one of 
the following methods:

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     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 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 during the open portion of the 
meeting on September 30, 2014, from 9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. and speakers 
are requested to limit their comments to no more than three minutes. 
The public comment period will not exceed thirty 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 September 22, 
2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Crowell, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 South Bell Street Arlington, VA 22202, 
telephone (202) 646-3432, or 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.
    In accordance with the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 
2012, the TMAC must develop recommendations on how to ensure that Flood 
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) 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 also develop a 
review report related to the implementation of a flood mapping program 
for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
    Agenda: At the meeting, members will be informed of FEMA's vision, 
priorities, duties, reports, assignments, and structure for the TMAC. 
In addition, members will receive briefings on and discuss the 
following: future conditions risk assessment and modeling; Flood 
Insurance Rate Map accuracy, quality, ease of use, distribution, and 
dissemination; data accuracy, data quality, data currency, and data 
eligibility; performance metrics and milestones required to effectively 
and efficiently map flood risk areas; maintaining flood insurance rate 
maps and food risk identification; and delegating mapping activities to 
State and local mapping partners. There will be a public comment period 
on September 30 from 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. In addition, there will be 
15 minute segments set aside towards the end of both days for comments 
from the public. The full agenda and related briefing materials will be 
available at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

    Dated: September 10, 2014.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2014-21929 Filed 9-12-14; 8:45 am]
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