Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0013
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2015-09-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54798-54799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22950]

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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 via conference call on 
September 29, 2015. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet via conference call on Tuesday, September 29, 
2015 from 10:00 a.m.-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: For access to the conference call bridge, information on 
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. Members of the public 
who wish to dial in for the meeting must register in advance by sending 
an email to FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (attention Mark Crowell) by 11 p.m. 
EDT on Friday, September 18, 2015.
    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 Thursday, September 22, 2015. Written comments to be 
considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be 
submitted and received by Monday, September 21, 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 September 29, 2015, from 
4:00-4:30 p.m. 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 18, 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 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 September 29, 2015, the TMAC members will present and 
deliberate on draft narrative and proposed recommendations concerning 
(1) the flood hazard mapping process and product, and (2) future 
conditions methods and considerations that will be incorporated into 
both the 2015 Annual Report and Future Conditions Report. A brief 
public comment period will take place prior to the end of the meeting, 
and before any voting on recommendations that takes place before the 
full TMAC. In addition, the TMAC members will identify and coordinate 
next steps of TMAC report

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development. The full agenda and related briefing materials will be 
posted for review by September 22, 2015, at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

    Dated: September 4, 2015.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation.
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