83 FR 13139 - Technical Mapping Advisory Council

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 59 (March 27, 2018)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will meet in person on May 15-16, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. The meeting will be open to the public.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13139-13140]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06072]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 in person on May 15-16, 2018 
in Arlington, Virginia. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and Wednesday, May 16 from 8:00 
a.m. to 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 in Arlington, Virginia 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 [email protected] (Attention: Mark Crowell) by 11:00 a.m. EDT 
on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. 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 the person listed in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below 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. The 
Agenda and other associated material will be available for review at 
www.fema.gov/TMAC by Friday, May 11, 2018. Written comments to be 
considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be received 
by Monday, May 14, 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 the Docket ID 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 ID FEMA-2014-
0022 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 15, 2018, from 
1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT and again on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 from 
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT. Speakers are requested to limit their 
comments to no more than 3 minutes. Please note that the public comment 
periods may end before the time indicated, following the last call for 
comments. Contact Mark Crowell, below, to register as a speaker by 
close of business on Friday, May 11, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Crowell, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472-3100, 
telephone (202) 646-3432, 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.
    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.
    Agenda: On May 15, 2018, the TMAC will discuss the topics 
identified in FEMA's 2018 Tasking Memo to the TMAC and confirm 
subcommittee leads and subcommittee members for 2018. Each subcommittee 
will then meet to formulate the outline for their assigned topic and 
chapter in the TMAC 2018 Annual Report. Each subcommittee lead will 
then present the preliminary outline for their assigned topic and 
chapter in the Annual Report for

[[Page 13140]]

Council discussion. On May 16, 2018, the TMAC will continue their 
discussion of topics for TMAC attention in 2018, refining the outlines 
for each of the chapters in the TMAC 2018 Annual Report, and collecting 
requests for subject matter expert briefs to the Council to inform 
their topic research. Members of the public will be afforded an 
opportunity to comment each day during the meeting (no more than 3 
minutes per individual) and prior to any votes. However, the TMAC does 
not currently anticipate holding any votes during this meeting of the 
TMAC. A detailed agenda will be posted by Friday, May 11, 2018, at 
http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

    Dated: March 19, 2018.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2018-06072 Filed 3-26-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 9110-12-P