Document ID: FEMA-2015-0006-0052
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Public Meeting on the Proposed Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, As Revised Through the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
Posted Date: 2015-03-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 15241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06551]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2015-0006]

Notice of Public Meeting on 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 is to announce a public meeting to solicit public 
input on the proposed ``Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive 
Order 11988, Floodplain Management.''

DATES: The public meeting will be held in New York, NY on March 27, 
2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in New York, NY, at Columbia 
Law School, Room 104, 435 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027.
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, please 
contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section by March 24.
    Due to space constraints of the facility, seating will be limited 
to 180 participants for the meeting. To reserve a seat in advance for 
this meeting, please provide a request via email or mail with the 
contact information of the participant (including name, mailing 
address, and email address), the meeting to be attended, and include 
the subject/attention line (or on the envelope if by mail): Reservation 
Request for FFRMS Meeting. Advance reservations are preferred at least 
three (3) business days prior to the meeting to ensure processing, but 
will be accepted until capacity is reached. Unregistered participants 
will be accepted after all participants with reservations have been 
accommodated and will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis, 
provided the person capacity is not exceeded. To submit reservations, 
please email: FEMA-FFRMS@fema.dhs.gov or send by mail to the address 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT caption.
    To facilitate public participation, members of the public are 
invited to provide written comments on the issues to be considered at 
the public meetings. Comments may be submitted by one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     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 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.

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. FEMA is publishing this Notice on behalf of the Mitigation 
Framework Leadership Group, which is chaired by FEMA, to solicit and 
consider public input on the draft revised Guidelines at a public 
meeting.
    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.
    The meeting is exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), as the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group is an 
intergovernmental committee and falls under the intergovernmental 
committee exception to FACA, 41 CFR 102-3.40(g).

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

    Dated: March 16, 2015.
Roy Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-06551 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
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