Notice2023-22079
Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting
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Published
October 4, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security Department
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will hold a virtual public meeting on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. The meeting will be open to the public via a Microsoft Teams Video Communications link.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68643-68644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22079]
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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 Open Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical
Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will hold a virtual public meeting on
Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. The meeting will be open to the public via a
Microsoft Teams Video Communications link.
DATES: The TMAC will meet on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 5
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://tinyurl.com/5cdwv54e">https://tinyurl.com/5cdwv54e</a>). Members of the public who wish to attend the in-person or
virtual meeting must register in advance by sending an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b7d7e767a166f767a787b5d5e565a155f5348155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c1a19111d7108111d1f1c3a39313d7238342f723b332a">[email protected]</span></a> (Attn: Brian Koper) by 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Oct.
18, 2023.
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 upon request after
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. To receive a copy of any relevant materials,
please send the request to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3472717975196079757774525159551a505c471a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7630333b375b223b37353610131b1758121e0558111900">[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 Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, 5 p.m.
EST, identified by Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022, and 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#7b3d3e363a562f363a383b1d1e161a551f1308551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c4a49414d2158414d4f4c6a69616d2268647f226b637a">[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.
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. You
may wish to review the Privacy & Security Notice via a link on the
homepage of <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
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 Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, from
noon to 12:30 p.m. EST. 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 Wednesday, Oct. 18,
2023, 5 p.m. EST. Please be prepared to submit a written version of
your public comment.
FEMA is committed to ensuring all participants have equal access
regardless of disability status. If you require reasonable
accommodation due to a disability to fully participate, please contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT caption as
soon as possible.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Koper, Designated Federal
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C St. SW, Washington, DC 20472, 202-
646-3085, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f89a8a919996d69397889d8ab89e9d9599d69c908bd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="51332338303f7f3a3e2134231137343c307f3539227f363e27">[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, Public Law 117-286, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
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
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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 the content of the 2023 TMAC Annual Report. Any related
materials will be available upon request prior to the meeting to
provide the public with an opportunity to review the materials. The
full agenda and related meeting materials will be available upon
request by Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. To receive a copy of any relevant
materials, please send the request to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2f4f7fff39fe6fff3f1f2d4d7dfd39cd6dac19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c0a09010d6118010d0f0c2a29212d6228243f622b233a">[email protected]</span></a> (Attn:
Brian Koper).
Nicholas A. Shufro,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-22079 Filed 10-3-23; 8:45 am]
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