Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0031
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2017-08-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39898-39899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17759]

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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 Wednesday, 
September 13, 2017 and Thursday, September 14, 2017 in Arlington, 
Virginia. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from 8:00 
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and Thursday, September 14, 
2017 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 3101 Wilson Boulevard, 
Arlington, Virginia, 22201. 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 
Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Members of the public must check in at 
the front desk on the ninth floor of 3101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, 
Virginia, 22201. Photo identification is required. For information on 
facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request 
special assistance at the meeting, contact Mark Crowell, Designated 
Federal Officer for the TMAC, at mark.crowell@fema.dhs.gov.
    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 6, 2017. Written comments to be 
considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be 
submitted and received by Friday, September 8, 2017, 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 Wednesday, September 13, 
2017,

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from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT and again on Thursday, September 14, 
2017, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 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 8, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Crowell, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20024, 
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. App 2.
    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: During the two-day meeting, TMAC members will review and 
discuss final recommendations and supporting content for each of the 
three TMAC 2017 Annual Report topics; flood risk management and 
mitigation, residual risk, and future conditions, and hold voting to 
approve content for final production and submission to the FEMA 
Administrator. A public comment period will be held on Wednesday, 
September 13, 2017, from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT and again on 
Thursday, September 14, 2017, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT and 
will occur prior to any vote. The full agenda and related briefing 
materials will be posted for review by Friday, September 8, 2017 at 
http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

    Dated: August 10, 2017.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017-17759 Filed 8-21-17; 8:45 am]
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