Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0044
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting
Posted Date: 2020-07-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 128 (Thursday, July 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 39922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14311]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022]

Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting

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 virtual meeting on Monday 
July 27th, 2020 and Tuesday July 28th, 2020. The meeting will be open 
to the public via a Zoom Video Communications link and conference line.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Monday July 27th, 2020 and Tuesday July 
28th, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Please note 
that the meeting will close early if the TMAC has completed its 
business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using Zoom Video 
Communications, Meeting Identification (ID) 16195624614 (https://fema.zoomgov.com/j/16195624614) to share meeting visuals and audio. 
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 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday July 24th, 
2020. For information on 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 July 24th, 2020. Written comments to be considered by 
the committee at the time of the meeting must be submitted and received 
by Friday July 24th, 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.
     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 information 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 Monday July 27th, 2020 from 
12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET and Tuesday July 28th, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. 
to 12:30 p.m. ET. Speakers have been asked to provide comment on topics 
related to the 2020 Tasking Memo that was presented to the TMAC by 
FEMA. In 2020 FEMA has tasked the TMAC to work with stakeholders to 
identify best practices that can be incorporated into a future flood 
hazard and flood risk identification program and to provide a framework 
for FEMA to transition to the envisioned flood hazard and flood risk 
identification program. 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 individual listed below to register as a speaker by close 
of business on Friday July 24th, 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.
    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 
provide briefings on the work of the TMAC subcommittees, review written 
sections of the report, discuss and vote on a proposed vision statement 
for the mapping program, and receive presentations from subject matter 
experts. 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 Friday July 24th, 2020 at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

Michael M. Grimm,
Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
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