Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0036
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2018-08-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41096-41097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17813]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[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 Tuesday, 
September 25, 2018, and Wednesday, September 26, 2018, in Reston, 
Virginia. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, from 8:00 
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and Wednesday, September 
26, 2018, from 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT. Please note that the meeting 
will close early if the TMAC has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the United States Geological 
Survey (USGS) Headquarters 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 [email protected] 
(Attention: Michael Nakagaki) by 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 
19, 2018. Members of the public must follow signs for the Visitor's 
Entrance on the U.S. Geological Survey Drive entrance of the USGS; once 
you pull into the Visitor's Entrance, facility security will direct you 
to parking and where to check in at the front desk of the visitor's 
entrance at the USGS. 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 below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 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 Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Written comments to be 
considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be 
submitted and received by Friday, September 21, 2018, 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: [email protected] and 
CC: [email protected]. Include Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022 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 Tuesday, September 25, 
2018, from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT and again on Wednesday, September 
26, 2018, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT. 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, September 21, 2018.

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 [email protected]. 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. Appendix.
    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

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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: During the two-day meeting, TMAC members will discuss and 
conduct a review of the final draft TMAC 2018 Annual Report. The TMAC 
will also receive public input on the report recommendations and 
content; the recommendations and summary of content will be posted to 
the FEMA TMAC website at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC prior to the meeting 
to provide the public an opportunity to review the materials. A public 
comment period will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, from 4:00 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT and again on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, from 
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT and will occur prior to any vote. The full 
agenda and related meeting materials will be posted by Friday, 
September 21, 2018, at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

David I. Maurstad,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2018-17813 Filed 8-16-18; 8:45 am]
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