Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0014
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2015-10-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60164-60165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25221]

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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 October 20-21, 
2015, in Reston, VA. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. 
to 5:30 p.m., and Wednesday, October 21, 2015, and from 8:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Please note that the 
meeting will close early if the TMAC has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the United 
States Geological Survey (USGS) headquarters building located at 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192. Members of the public who wish 
to attend the meeting must register in advance by sending an email to 
FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (attention Mark Crowell) by 11:00 p.m. EDT on 
Thursday, October 15, 2015. Members of the public must check in at the 
USGS Visitor's entrance security desk; photo identification is 
required.
    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 meeting materials will be available at www.fema.gov/TMAC for 
review by Monday, October 12, 2015. Written comments to be considered 
by the committee at the time of the meeting must be received by 
Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 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-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 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 October 20, 2015, from 8:30 
to 8:45 a.m. and again on October 21, 2015, from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. 
Speakers are requested to limit their comments to no more than three 
minutes. The public comment period will not exceed 15 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 Wednesday, 
October 14, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Crowell, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 
22202, telephone (202) 646-3432, and 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

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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.
    The TMAC must also develop recommendations on how to ensure that 
flood insurance rate maps 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 collect these 
recommendations and present them to the FEMA Administrator in a future 
conditions risk assessment and modeling report.
    Further, in accordance with the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014, the TMAC must develop a review report 
related to flood mapping in support of the National Flood Insurance 
Program (NFIP).
    Agenda: On October 20, 2015, the TMAC members will deliberate and 
vote on the final draft content and recommendations to be incorporated 
in the 2015 Annual Report, and Future Conditions Report, due in October 
2015. Copies of the draft reports will be made available after October 
7, 2015 and can be obtained by sending an email to FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (attention Mark Crowell). A public comment period 
will take place during the meeting from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. on the draft 
reports. In addition, following the TMAC's discussion of specific 
report sections, the public will be invited to make brief comments on 
the specific sections being discussed. A maximum of ten minutes will be 
allotted for public comment related to the specific report sections 
prior to the TMAC's deliberation and vote.
    On October 21, 2015, the TMAC members will continue to deliberate 
and vote on the final draft content and recommendations to be 
incorporated in the two reports. If time permits, the TMAC members will 
discuss and coordinate on the TMAC's 2016 Reports and the next steps 
forward. A public comment period will take place during the meeting 
from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. on the draft reports. In addition, following the 
TMAC's discussion of specific report sections, the public will be 
invited to make brief comments on the specific sections being 
discussed. A maximum of ten minutes will be allotted for public comment 
related to the specific report sections prior to the TMAC's 
deliberation and vote. The full agenda and additional briefing 
materials will be posted for review by October 12, 2015 at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

    Dated: September 28, 2015.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation.
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