Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0041
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2019-12-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67469-67470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26482]

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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 hold a remote meeting on Thursday, 
January 9, 2020. The meeting will be open to the public via an Adobe 
Connect link and conference line.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Thursday, January 9, 2020, from 11 a.m. to 
3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please note that the meeting will 
close early if the TMAC has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using an Adobe Connect 
link (https://fema.connectsolutions.com/tmacmeeting) to share meeting 
visuals and a conference line number (1-800-320-4330 Pin: 875873#) to 
connect to the audio of the meeting. 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. EST 
on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. For information on facilities or 
services for individuals with disabilities, or to request special 
assistance at the meeting, contact the person listed 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 Friday, January 3, 2020. Written comments to be considered by 
the committee at the time of the meeting must be submitted and received 
by Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 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.
     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 Thursday, January 9, 2020, 
from 12 p.m. to 12:30 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 person listed below to register as a speaker by close of 
business on Wednesday, January 8, 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: http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

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 hold 
a vote to submit the final report to the FEMA administrator. 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

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review by Friday, January 3, 2020 at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

Michael M. Grimm,
Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2019-26482 Filed 12-9-19; 8:45 am]
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