Notice2022-02282
Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting
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Published
February 3, 2022
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security Department
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, and Thursday, February 24, 2022. The meeting will be open to the public via a Microsoft Teams Video Communications link.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6183-6184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02282]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022]
Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical
Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will hold a virtual meeting on
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, and Thursday, February 24, 2022. The
meeting will be open to the public via a Microsoft Teams Video
Communications link.
DATES: The TMAC will meet on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, and
Thursday, February 24, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time (EST). Please note that the meeting will close early if the TMAC
has completed its business.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using the following
Microsoft Teams Video Communications link (<a href="https://bit.ly/3eQykKO">https://bit.ly/3eQykKO</a>).
Members of the public who wish to attend the virtual meeting must
register in advance by sending an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7533303834582138343635131018145b111d065b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5711121a167a031a16141731323a3679333f2479303821">[email protected]</span></a>
(Attention: Brian Koper) by 5 p.m. EST on Monday, February 21, 2022.
For information on services for individuals with disabilities or to
request special assistance at the meeting, contact the person listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT caption 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 caption below.
Associated meeting materials will be available at the TMAC website
(<a href="https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council">https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council</a>) for review by Wednesday, February 16, 2022. The draft
2021 TMAC Annual Report will be available for review by Wednesday,
February 16, 2022. To receive a copy, please send the request to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c88e8d8589e59c85898b88aeada5a9e6aca0bbe6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a1c1f171b770e171b191a3c3f373b743e3229743d352c">[email protected]</span></a> (Attn: Brian Koper). Written comments to be
considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be
submitted and received by Monday, February 21, 2022, identified by
Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022, and be submitted by one of the following
methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Email: Address the email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98deddd5d9b5ccd5d9dbd8fefdf5f9b6fcf0ebb6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1452515955394059555754727179753a707c673a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>.
Include the docket number in the subject line of the message. Include
name and contact information in the body of the email please.
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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information provided.
Docket: For docket access to read background documents or comments
received by the TMAC, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for
the Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022.
A public comment period will be held on Wednesday, February 23,
2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET and Thursday, February 24, 2022,
from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. 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 Monday, February 21, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Koper, Designated Federal
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024,
telephone 202-646-3085, and email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfddcdd6ded191d4d0cfdacdffd9dad2de91dbd7cc91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcdeced5ddd292d7d3ccd9cefcdad9d1dd92d8d4cf92dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>. The TMAC
website is: <a href="https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council">https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463).
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: The purpose of this meeting is for the TMAC members to
discuss and
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vote on the content of the 2021 TMAC Annual Report. Any related
materials will be posted to the FEMA TMAC site prior to the meeting to
provide the public an opportunity to review the materials. The full
agenda and related meeting materials will be posted for review by
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at <a href="https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council">https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-partners/technical-mapping-advisory-council</a>.
Michael M. Grimm,
Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2022-02282 Filed 2-2-22; 8:45 am]
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