80 FR 54798 - Technical Mapping Advisory Council
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 176 (September 11, 2015)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 176 (September 11, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-22950 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 54798-54799] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-22950] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] (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: [email protected] and CC: [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [[Page 54799]] 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. [FR Doc. 2015-22950 Filed 9-10-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-12-P
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Send comments to Summer King, must be submitted and received by milestones required to effectively and
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Monday, September 21, 2015, identified efficiently map flood risk areas in the
Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road, by Docket ID FEMA–2014–0022, and United States; (2) mapping standards
Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy submitted by one of the following and guidelines for (a) flood insurance
at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. methods: rate maps, and (b) data accuracy, data
Written comments should be received • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// quality, data currency, and data
by November 10, 2015. www.regulations.gov. Follow the eligibility; (3) how to maintain, on an
instructions for submitting comments. ongoing basis, flood insurance rate maps
Summer King, • Email: Address the email TO: and flood risk identification; (4)
Statistician. FEMA-RULES@fema.dhs.gov and CC: procedures for delegating mapping
[FR Doc. 2015–22886 Filed 9–10–15; 8:45 am] FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov. Include activities to State and local mapping
BILLING CODE 4162–20–P the docket number in the subject line of partners; and (5)(a) methods for
the message. Include name and contact improving interagency and
detail in the body of the email. intergovernmental coordination on
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND • Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division, flood mapping and flood risk
SECURITY Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA, 500 C determination, and (b) a funding
Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC strategy to leverage and coordinate
Federal Emergency Management 20472–3100. budgets and expenditures across Federal
Agency Instructions: All submissions received agencies. Furthermore, the TMAC is
must include the words ‘‘Federal required to submit an annual report to
[Docket ID FEMA–2014–0022]
Emergency Management Agency’’ and the FEMA Administrator that contains:
Technical Mapping Advisory Council the docket number for this action. (1) A description of the activities of the
Comments received will be posted Council; (2) an evaluation of the status
AGENCY: Federal Emergency without alteration at http:// and performance of flood insurance rate
Management Agency, DHS. www.regulations.gov, including any maps and mapping activities to revise
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice personal information provided. Docket: and update Flood Insurance Rate Maps;
of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting. For docket access to read background and (3) a summary of recommendations
documents or comments received by the made by the Council to the FEMA
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency TMAC, go to http://www.regulations.gov
Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Administrator.
and search for the Docket ID FEMA– The TMAC must also develop
Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will 2014–0022.
meet via conference call on September recommendations on how to ensure that
A public comment period will be held flood insurance rate maps incorporate
29, 2015. The meeting will be open to on September 29, 2015, from 4:00–4:30
the public. the best available climate science to
p.m. Speakers are requested to limit assess flood risks and ensure that FEMA
DATES: The TMAC will meet via their comments to no more than three uses the best available methodology to
conference call on Tuesday, September minutes. The public comment period consider the impact of the rise in sea
29, 2015 from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., will not exceed 30 minutes. Please note level and future development on flood
Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). that the public comment period may risk. The TMAC must collect these
Please note that the meeting will close end before the time indicated, following recommendations and present them to
early if the TMAC has completed its the last call for comments. Contact the the FEMA Administrator in a future
business. individual listed below to register as a conditions risk assessment and
ADDRESSES: For access to the conference speaker by close of business on Friday, modeling report. Further, in accordance
call bridge, information on services for September 18, 2015. with the Homeowner Flood Insurance
individuals with disabilities, or to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Affordability Act of 2014, the TMAC
request special assistance at the Mark Crowell, Designated Federal must develop a review report related to
meeting, contact the person listed in FOR Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 flood mapping in support of the
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below as South Bell Street Arlington, VA 22202, National Flood Insurance Program
soon as possible. Members of the public telephone (202) 646–3432, and email (NFIP).
who wish to dial in for the meeting mark.crowell@fema.dhs.gov. The TMAC Agenda: On September 29, 2015, the
must register in advance by sending an Web site is: http://www.fema.gov/ TMAC members will present and
email to FEMA–TMAC@fema.dhs.gov TMAC. deliberate on draft narrative and
(attention Mark Crowell) by 11 p.m. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of proposed recommendations concerning
EDT on Friday, September 18, 2015. this meeting is given under the Federal (1) the flood hazard mapping process
To facilitate public participation, Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. and product, and (2) future conditions
members of the public are invited to Appendix. methods and considerations that will be
provide written comments on the issues As required by the Biggert-Waters incorporated into both the 2015 Annual
to be considered by the TMAC, as listed Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, the Report and Future Conditions Report. A
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in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TMAC makes recommendations to the brief public comment period will take
section below. Associated meeting FEMA Administrator on: (1) How to place prior to the end of the meeting,
materials will be available at improve, in a cost-effective manner, the and before any voting on
www.fema.gov/TMAC for review by (a) accuracy, general quality, ease of use, recommendations that takes place
Thursday, September 22, 2015. Written and distribution and dissemination of before the full TMAC. In addition, the
comments to be considered by the flood insurance rate maps and risk data; TMAC members will identify and
committee at the time of the meeting and (b) performance metrics and coordinate next steps of TMAC report
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development. The full agenda and EPA’s role in the EIS process, see EPA’s The CCP will guide us in managing
related briefing materials will be posted Role in the EIS Process under and administering the refuges for 15
for review by September 22, 2015, at SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. years. Alternative B, as we described in
http://www.fema.gov/TMAC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the final CCP/EIS, is our preferred
Dated: September 4, 2015. Thomas Bonetti, Natural Resource alternative.
Roy E. Wright, Planner, 413–253–8307 (phone); Background
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance
northeastplanning@fws.gov (email).
and Mitigation. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CCP Process
[FR Doc. 2015–22950 Filed 9–10–15; 8:45 am] Introduction The National Wildlife Refuge System
BILLING CODE 9110–12–P Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
With this notice, we continue the CCP 668dd-668ee) (Refuge Administration
process for Chincoteague NWR and Act), as amended by the National
Wallops Island NWR, which we began Wildlife Refuge System Improvement
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR by publishing a notice of intent in the Act of 1997, requires us to develop a
Federal Register (75 FR 57056) on CCP for each NWR. The purpose for
Fish and Wildlife Service September 17, 2010. For more about the
developing a CCP is to provide refuge
[FWS–R5–R–2015–N090;BAC–4311–K9–S3] initial process and the history of the
managers with a 15-year plan for
refuges, see that notice. On May 15,
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge achieving refuge purposes and goals and
2014, we announced the release of the
and Wallops Island National Wildlife contributing to the mission of the
draft CCP/EIS to the public and
Refuge, Accomack County, Virginia; National Wildlife Refuge System. CCPs
requested comments in a notice of
Final Comprehensive Conservation should be consistent with sound
availability in the Federal Register (79
Plan and Environmental Impact principles of fish and wildlife
FR 27906). We subsequently extended
Statement management, conservation, legal
the public comment period in another
mandates, and our policies, as well as
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, notice in the Federal Register (79 FR
41300) on July 15, 2014. In addition, respond to key issues and public
Interior. concerns. In addition to outlining broad
EPA published a notice announcing the
ACTION: Notice of availability; final
draft CCP and EIS (79 FR 29759; May management direction on conserving
comprehensive conservation plan and 23, 2014), as required under section 309 wildlife and their habitats, CCPs
environmental impact statement. of the Clean Air Act (CAA) (42 U.S.C. identify wildlife-dependent recreational
7401 et seq.). We now announce the opportunities available to the public,
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and including opportunities for hunting,
Wildlife Service, announce the final CCP and EIS. Under the CAA, EPA
also will announce the final CCP and fishing, wildlife observation and
availability for review of our final photography, and environmental
comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) EIS via the Federal Register.
education and interpretation. We will
and environmental impact statement EPA’s Role in the EIS Process review and update the CCP at least
(EIS) for Chincoteague National Wildlife every 15 years, in accordance with the
The EPA is charged under section 309
Refuge (NWR, refuge) and Wallops of the Clean Air Act to review all Refuge Administration Act.
Island NWR. The CCP/EIS describes Federal agencies’ EISs and to comment
how we propose to manage both the CCP/EIS Alternatives
on the adequacy and the acceptability of
staffed 14,032-acre Chincoteague NWR the environmental impacts of proposed We evaluated three alternatives for
and the unstaffed 373-acre Wallops actions in the EISs. managing Chincoteague NWR and
Island NWR over the next 15 years. EPA also serves as the repository (EIS Wallops Island NWR; alternative B is
DATES: We will sign a record of decision database) for EISs prepared by Federal our preferred alternative. Based on
no sooner than 30 days after the agencies and provides notice of their feedback on the draft CCP/EIS, some
publication of this notice. availability in the Federal Register. The modifications have been made to
ADDRESSES: You may view, obtain, or EIS Database provides information alternative B and are summarized
request CD–ROM copies of the final about EISs prepared by Federal below. A full description of all
CCP/EIS by any of the following agencies, as well as EPA’s comments alternatives, including changes to our
methods. concerning the EISs. All EISs are filed preferred alternative, can be found in
Agency Web site: Download a copy of with EPA, which publishes a notice of the final CCP/EIS at the sources
the document at http://www.fws.gov/ availability on Fridays in the Federal identified in ADDRESSES.
refuge/Chincoteague/what_we_do/ Register.
The notice of availability is the start Changes to Alternative B, the Service’s
conservation.html. Preferred Alternative
Email: Send requests to of the 45-day public comment period for
northeastplanning@fws.gov. Include draft EISs, and the start of the 30-day • The assigned area, consisting of the
‘‘Chincoteague NWR’’ in the subject line ‘‘wait period’’ for final EISs, during 1-mile recreational beach, associated
of your email. which agencies are generally required to parking, and new Visitor Contact
U.S. Mail: Thomas Bonetti, Natural wait 30 days before making a decision Station, would extend south 1 more
Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and on a proposed action. For more mile to the terminus of Swan Cove Trail
Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center information, see http://www.epa.gov/ (2 miles total), thus doubling the length
Drive, Hadley, MA 01035. compliance/nepa/eisdata.html. You of the assigned area.
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In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Visit may search for EPA comments on EISs, • Over sand vehicles (OSV) and
during regular business hours at refuge along with EISs themselves, at https:// hiking access would continue via Beach
headquarters, 8231 Beach Road, cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ Road across Toms Cove south to Fishing
Chincoteague Island, VA 23336. action/eis/search. We completed a Point September 16 through March 14.
To view comments on the final CCP– thorough analysis of impacts on the • A new 1⁄2-mile, OSV zone to
EIS from the Environmental Protection human environment in the final CCP/ facilitate the six priority uses (March 15
Agency (EPA), or for information on EIS, and responded to public comments. through September 15) would be
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| Action | Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting. | |
| 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. | |
| Contact | Mark Crowell, Designated Federal Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 South Bell Street Arlington, VA 22202, telephone (202) 646-3432, and email [email protected] The TMAC Web site is: http://www.fema.gov/TMAC. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 54798 |
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