82_FR_20989 82 FR 20904 - Technical Mapping Advisory Council

82 FR 20904 - Technical Mapping Advisory Council

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 85 (May 4, 2017)

Page Range20904-20905
FR Document2017-08952

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will meet via conference call on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. The meeting will be open to the public.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 85 (Thursday, May 4, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 85 (Thursday, May 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-08952]


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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 
Tuesday, May 23, 2017. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet via conference call on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 
from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Please note 
that the meeting will close early if the TMAC has completed its 
business.

ADDRESSES: For information on how to access the conference call, 
information on services for individuals with disabilities, or to 
request special assistance for 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 11:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, May 19, 2017.
    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. The 
Agenda and other associated material will be available for review at 
www.fema.gov/TMAC by Friday, May 19, 2017. Written comments to be 
considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be received 
by Monday, May 22, 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: [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 Tuesday, May 23, 2017, from 
1:30--1:50 p.m. EDT. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 
no more than two minutes. The public comment period will not exceed 20 
minutes. Please note that the public comment periods 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, May 19, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Crowell, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 500 C St SW., Washington, DC 20024, 
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

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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: On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, the TMAC will review and discuss 
the outlines and draft content for each of the three TMAC 2017 Annual 
Report topics: (1) Floodplain Management and Mitigation, (2) Residual 
Risk, and (3) Future Conditions. A brief public comment period will 
take place during the meeting. A more detailed agenda will be posted by 
Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

    Dated: April 26, 2017.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
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                                               date with no change to the burden hours                 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                Emergency Management Agency’’ and
                                               or to the information collected.                        SECURITY                                              the docket number for this action.
                                                  Type of Review: Extension (without                                                                         Comments received will be posted
                                                                                                       Federal Emergency Management                          without alteration at http://
                                               change).
                                                                                                       Agency                                                www.regulations.gov, including any
                                                  Affected Public: Businesses.                                                                               personal information provided.
                                                                                                       [Docket ID FEMA–2014–0022]
                                                  Abstract: Bonds are used to ensure                                                                            Docket: For docket access to read
                                               that duties, taxes, charges, penalties,                 Technical Mapping Advisory Council                    background documents or comments
                                               and reimbursable expenses owed to the                                                                         received by the TMAC, go to http://
                                                                                                       AGENCY:  Federal Emergency                            www.regulations.gov and search for the
                                               Government are paid; to facilitate the
                                                                                                       Management Agency, DHS.                               Docket ID FEMA–2014–0022.
                                               movement of cargo and conveyances
                                                                                                       ACTION: Committee Management; Notice                     A public comment period will be held
                                               through CBP processing; and to provide
                                                                                                       of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.                on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, from 1:30—
                                               legal recourse for the Government for
                                                                                                                                                             1:50 p.m. EDT. Speakers are requested
                                               noncompliance with laws and                             SUMMARY:    The Federal Emergency
                                                                                                                                                             to limit their comments to no more than
                                               regulations. Each person who is                         Management Agency (FEMA) Technical
                                                                                                                                                             two minutes. The public comment
                                               required by law or regulation to post a                 Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will
                                                                                                                                                             period will not exceed 20 minutes.
                                               bond in order to secure a Customs                       meet via conference call on Tuesday,
                                                                                                                                                             Please note that the public comment
                                               transaction must submit the bond on                     May 23, 2017. The meeting will be open
                                                                                                                                                             periods may end before the time
                                               CBP Form 301 which is available at:                     to the public.
                                                                                                                                                             indicated, following the last call for
                                               https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/                           DATES: The TMAC will meet via                         comments. Contact the individual listed
                                               publications/forms?title=301&=Apply.                    conference call on Tuesday, May 23,                   below to register as a speaker by close
                                                  Surety bonds are usually executed by                 2017 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.                     of business on Friday, May 19, 2017.
                                                                                                       Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Please
                                               an agent of the surety. The surety                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                       note that the meeting will close early if
                                               company grants authority to the agent                                                                         Mark Crowell, Designated Federal
                                                                                                       the TMAC has completed its business.
                                               via a Corporate Surety Power of                                                                               Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 500 C St
                                                                                                       ADDRESSES: For information on how to                  SW., Washington, DC 20024, telephone
                                               Attorney, CBP Form 5297. This power is
                                                                                                       access the conference call, information               (202) 646–3432, and email
                                               vested with CBP so that when a bond is
                                                                                                       on services for individuals with                      mark.crowell@fema.dhs.gov. The TMAC
                                               filed, the validity of the authority of the             disabilities, or to request special
                                               agent executing the bond and the name                                                                         Web site is: http://www.fema.gov/
                                                                                                       assistance for the meeting, contact the               TMAC.
                                               of the surety can be verified to the                    person listed in FOR FURTHER
                                               surety’s grant. CBP Form 5297 is                        INFORMATION CONTACT below as soon as                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
                                               available at: https://www.cbp.gov/                      possible. Members of the public who                   this meeting is given under the Federal
                                               document/forms/form-5297-corporate-                     wish to dial in for the meeting must                  Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
                                               surety-power-attorney. Bonds are                        register in advance by sending an email               Appendix.
                                               required pursuant to 19 U.S.C.1608, and                 to FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov                                As required by the Biggert-Waters
                                               1623; 22 U.S.C. 463; 19 CFR part 113.                   (attention Mark Crowell) by 11:00 a.m.                Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, the
                                                                                                       EDT on Friday, May 19, 2017.                          TMAC makes recommendations to the
                                               Form 301, Customs Bond                                                                                        FEMA Administrator on: (1) How to
                                                                                                          To facilitate public participation,
                                                                                                       members of the public are invited to                  improve, in a cost-effective manner, the
                                                 Estimated Number of Annual                                                                                  (a) accuracy, general quality, ease of use,
                                               Respondents: 800,000.                                   provide written comments on the issues
                                                                                                       to be considered by the TMAC, as listed               and distribution and dissemination of
                                                 Total Number of Estimated Annual                      in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION                      flood insurance rate maps and risk data;
                                               Responses: 800,000.                                     section below. The Agenda and other                   and (b) performance metrics and
                                                 Estimated time per Response: 15                       associated material will be available for             milestones required to effectively and
                                               minutes.                                                review at www.fema.gov/TMAC by                        efficiently map flood risk areas in the
                                                                                                       Friday, May 19, 2017. Written                         United States; (2) mapping standards
                                                 Estimated Total Annual Burden                                                                               and guidelines for (a) flood insurance
                                               Hours: 200,000.                                         comments to be considered by the
                                                                                                       committee at the time of the meeting                  rate maps, and (b) data accuracy, data
                                               Form 5297, Corporate Surety Power of                    must be received by Monday, May 22,                   quality, data currency, and data
                                               Attorney                                                2017, identified by Docket ID FEMA–                   eligibility; (3) how to maintain, on an
                                                                                                       2014–0022, and submitted by one of the                ongoing basis, flood insurance rate maps
                                                 Estimated Number of Respondents:                      following methods:                                    and flood risk identification; (4)
                                               500.                                                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://               procedures for delegating mapping
                                                 Total Number of Estimated Annual                      www.regulations.gov. Follow the                       activities to State and local mapping
                                               Responses: 500.                                         instructions for submitting comments.                 partners; and (5) (a) methods for
                                                                                                          • Email: Address the email TO:                     improving interagency and
                                                 Estimated Time per Response: 15                                                                             intergovernmental coordination on
                                                                                                       FEMA-RULES@fema.dhs.gov and CC:
                                               minutes.                                                                                                      flood mapping and flood risk
                                                                                                       FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov. Include
                                                 Estimated Total Annual Burden                         the docket number in the subject line of              determination, and (b) a funding
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                                               Hours: 125.                                             the message. Include name and contact                 strategy to leverage and coordinate
                                                 Dated: May 1, 2017.                                   detail in the body of the email.                      budgets and expenditures across Federal
                                                                                                          • Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division,               agencies. Furthermore, the TMAC is
                                               Seth Renkema,                                                                                                 required to submit an Annual Report to
                                                                                                       Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA, 500 C
                                               Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis                  Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC                  the FEMA Administrator that contains:
                                               Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.             20472–3100.                                           (1) A description of the activities of the
                                               [FR Doc. 2017–09033 Filed 5–3–17; 8:45 am]                 Instructions: All submissions received             Council; (2) an evaluation of the status
                                               BILLING CODE 9111–14–P                                  must include the words ‘‘Federal                      and performance of flood insurance rate


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                                               maps and mapping activities to revise                   DATES:  Submit comments on or before                  interfaces that fall under the FALCON
                                               and update Flood Insurance Rate Maps;                   June 5, 2017. This new system will be                 umbrella, including the FALCON–Tip
                                               and (3) a summary of recommendations                    effective June 5, 2017.                               Line, FALCON–Data Analysis &
                                               made by the Council to the FEMA                         ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                   Research for Trade Transparency
                                               Administrator.                                          identified by docket number DHS–                      System (DARTTS), and FALCON–
                                                 Agenda: On Tuesday, May 23, 2017,                     2017–0001 by one of the following                     Roadrunner. All data aggregated from
                                               the TMAC will review and discuss the                    methods:                                              these interfaces, and user access is
                                               outlines and draft content for each of                     • Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://             controlled through a combination of
                                               the three TMAC 2017 Annual Report                       www.regulations.gov. Follow the                       data tagging, access control lists, and
                                               topics: (1) Floodplain Management and                   instructions for submitting comments.                 other technologies. Using a central data
                                               Mitigation, (2) Residual Risk, and (3)                     • Fax: 202–343–4010.                               store for FALCON data eliminates the
                                               Future Conditions. A brief public                          • Mail: Jonathan R. Cantor, Acting                 need for multiple copies of the data and
                                               comment period will take place during                   Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office,                streamlines the application of many
                                               the meeting. A more detailed agenda                     Department of Homeland Security,                      security and privacy controls. Only data
                                               will be posted by Tuesday, May 16,                      Washington, DC 20528–0655.                            accessed via FALCON–SA is covered by
                                               2017, at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                  the DHS/ICE–016 FALCON–SA System
                                                                                                       general questions, please contact:                    of Records Notice (SORN). However, the
                                                 Dated: April 26, 2017.
                                                                                                       Amber Smith (202) 732–3300, Privacy                   other interfaces are covered by other ICE
                                               Roy E. Wright,                                          Officer, U.S. Immigration and Customs                 SORNs, as specified in the System
                                               Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance            Enforcement. For privacy questions,                   Location section of the SORN. Separate
                                               and Mitigation, Federal Emergency                       please contact: Jonathan R. Cantor, (202)
                                               Management Agency.                                                                                            SORNs are appropriate because the data,
                                                                                                       343–1717, Acting Chief Privacy Officer,               purposes, and routine uses differ
                                               [FR Doc. 2017–08952 Filed 5–3–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       Privacy Office, Department of Homeland                depending on which FALCON interface
                                               BILLING CODE 9110–12–P                                  Security, Washington, DC 20528–0655.                  is being used.
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                             FALCON–SA Data
                                               DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                  I. Background
                                               SECURITY                                                                                                         Information included in FALCON–SA
                                                                                                          In accordance with the Privacy Act of              is ingested either on a routine or ad hoc
                                                                                                       1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of                basis. Routine ingests are regular
                                               [Docket No. DHS–2017–0001]                              Homeland Security (DHS) U.S.                          updates to datasets that originate from
                                                                                                       Immigration and Customs Enforcement                   other Government (typically ICE or
                                               Privacy Act of 1974; System of                          (ICE) proposes to establish a new DHS                 DHS) data systems. A list of routine
                                               Records                                                 system of records titled, ‘‘DHS/                      ingests into the FALCON general data
                                                                                                       Immigration and Customs Enforcement–                  storage environment that is accessible
                                               AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of
                                                                                                       016 FALCON Search and Analysis                        via FALCON–SA is available in the
                                               Homeland Security.
                                                                                                       System of Records.’’                                  FALCON–SA Privacy Impact
                                               ACTION: Notice of new Privacy Act                          U.S. Immigration and Customs
                                               system of records.                                                                                            Assessment at www.dhs.gov/privacy.
                                                                                                       Enforcement (ICE) is establishing a
                                                                                                                                                                Ad hoc ingests are user-driven ingests
                                                                                                       consolidated information management
                                               SUMMARY:    In accordance with the                                                                            of particular data that may be relevant
                                                                                                       system to enable its personnel to search,
                                               Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of                  analyze, and visualize volumes of                     to a given user or group’s investigative
                                               Homeland Security proposes to                           existing information in support of ICE’s              or analytical project in FALCON–SA.
                                               establish a new Department of                           mission to enforce and investigate                    The nature of the data in ad hoc ingests
                                               Homeland Security system of records                     violations of U.S. criminal, civil, and               varies from data collected from a
                                               titled, ‘‘Department of Homeland                        administrative laws. The FALCON                       commercial or public source (e.g.,
                                               Security/Immigration and Customs                        Search and Analysis (FALCON–SA)                       Internet research or from a commercial
                                               Enforcement–016 FALCON Search and                       System of Records describes the                       data service), to public reports of law
                                               Analysis System of Records.’’ FALCON                    operation of an ICE information                       enforcement violations or suspicious
                                               Search and Analysis is a consolidated                   technology system of the same name,                   activity (tips), to digital records seized
                                               information management system that                      which is owned by ICE’s Office of                     or subpoenaed during an investigation.
                                               enables ICE law enforcement and                         Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).               All ad hoc ingests are tagged by the
                                               homeland security personnel to search,                  This system contains a repository of                  FALCON–SA user with the appropriate
                                               analyze, and visualize volumes of                       data that is ingested on a routine or ad              category description, and that tag
                                               existing information in support of ICE’s                hoc basis from other existing sources,                controls the retention policy for that
                                               mission to enforce and investigate                      and an index created from that data to                data. The ad hoc ingest category
                                               violations of U.S. criminal, civil, and                 be used for research and analysis in                  description list is included in the
                                               administrative laws. Additionally,                      support of ICE HSI’s law enforcement                  FALCON–SA Privacy Impact
                                               elsewhere in the Federal Register, the                  mission. FALCON–SA incorporates                       Assessment at www.dhs.gov/privacy.
                                               Department of Homeland Security is                      tools that allow the data to be queried,                 FALCON–SA records may include
                                               issuing a Notice of Proposed                            analyzed, and presented in a variety of               some or all of the following types of
                                               Rulemaking to exempt this system of                     formats that can help illuminate                      personally identifiable information:
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                                               records from certain provisions of the                  relationships among the various data                  Identifying and biographic data such as
                                               Privacy Act because of the law                          elements. The purpose of FALCON–SA                    name and date of birth; citizenship and
                                               enforcement sensitivity of the data                     is to help ICE HSI personnel conduct                  immigration data; border crossing data;
                                               contributed to and produced within the                  research and analysis using advanced                  customs import-export history; criminal
                                               system of records. This newly                           analytic tools in support of their law                history; contact information; criminal
                                               established system will be included in                  enforcement mission.                                  associates; family relationships;
                                               the Department of Homeland Security’s                      This system of records ingests and                 photographs and other media; and
                                               inventory of record systems.                            aggregates data from a number of                      employment and education information.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionCommittee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
DatesThe TMAC will meet via conference call on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Please note that the meeting will close early if the TMAC has completed its business.
ContactMark Crowell, Designated Federal Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 500 C St SW., Washington, DC 20024, telephone (202) 646-3432, and email [email protected] The TMAC Web site is: http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.
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