Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0055
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting
Posted Date: 2022-02-03T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6183-6184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02282]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022]

Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 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 
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, and Thursday, February 24, 2022. The 
meeting will be open to the public via a Microsoft Teams Video 
Communications link.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, and 
Thursday, February 24, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 2 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 the following 
Microsoft Teams Video Communications link (https://bit.ly/3eQykKO). 
Members of the public who wish to attend the virtual meeting must 
register in advance by sending an email to [email protected] 
(Attention: Brian Koper) by 5 p.m. EST on Monday, February 21, 2022. 
For information on services for individuals with disabilities or to 
request special assistance at the meeting, contact the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT caption 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 caption below. 
Associated meeting materials will be available at the TMAC website 
(https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council) for review by Wednesday, February 16, 2022. The draft 
2021 TMAC Annual Report will be available for review by Wednesday, 
February 16, 2022. To receive a copy, please send the request to: [email protected] (Attn: Brian Koper). Written comments to be 
considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be 
submitted and received by Monday, February 21, 2022, identified by 
Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022, and be 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 [email protected]. 
Include the docket number in the subject line of the message. Include 
name and contact information in the body of the email please.
    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 Wednesday, February 23, 
2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET and Thursday, February 24, 2022, 
from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. 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 Monday, February 21, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Koper, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, 
telephone 202-646-3085, and email [email protected]. The TMAC 
website is: https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council.

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 
discuss and

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vote on the content of the 2021 TMAC Annual Report. 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 
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council.

Michael M. Grimm,
Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2022-02282 Filed 2-2-22; 8:45 am]
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