Notice2024-20538
Technical Mapping Advisory Council; Meeting
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Published
September 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security Department
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will hold an in-person public meeting with a virtual option on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, and Wednesday, October 23, 2024. The meeting will be open to the public in-person and via a Microsoft Teams Video Communications link.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73699-73700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20538]
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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 an in-person public meeting
with a virtual option on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, and Wednesday,
October 23, 2024. The meeting will be open to the public in-person and
via a Microsoft Teams Video Communications link.
DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 and Wednesday,
October 23, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) each
day. Please note that the meeting will close early if the TMAC has
completed its business.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in-person at 400 C St. SW,
Washington, DC 20472 and virtually using the following Microsoft Teams
Video Communications link (Tuesday Link: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2avajy6u">https://tinyurl.com/2avajy6u</a>;
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Wednesday Link: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2avajy6u">https://tinyurl.com/2avajy6u</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#fbbdbeb6bad6afb6bab8bb9d9e969ad59f9388d59c948d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87c1c2cac6aad3cac6c4c7e1e2eae6a9e3eff4a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a> (Attn: Brian
Koper) by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 18, 2024.
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 on
Thursday, October 17, 2024. To receive a copy of any relevant
materials, please send the request to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dc9a99919df188919d9f9cbab9b1bdf2b8b4aff2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5610131b177b021b17151630333b3778323e2578313920">[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, October
18, 2024, 5:00 p.m. ET identified by Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022, and
submitted by 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="4e080b030f631a030f0d0e282b232f602a263d60292138">[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 and Security Notice via a link on the
homepage of <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://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 Tuesday, October 22, 2024,
from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET and Wednesday, October 23, 2024, from
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 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 Friday, October 18,
2024, 5:00 p.m. ET. 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 to fully participate due to a disability, 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,
telephone 202-646-3085, and email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f3d2d363e317134302f3a2d1f393a323e713b372c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="781a0a111916561317081d0a381e1d1519561c100b561f170e">[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 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 vote on the content of the 2024 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 Thursday, October 17, 2024. To receive a copy of any
relevant materials, please send the request to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e181b131f730a131f1d1e383b333f703a362d70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a3c3f373b572e373b393a1c1f171b541e1209541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>
(Attn: Brian Koper).
Nicholas A. Shufro,
Assistant Administrator (Acting), Risk Analysis, Planning & Information
Directorate Resilience. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2024-20538 Filed 9-10-24; 8:45 am]
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