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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Public Law
92–463, 5 U.S.C. Appendix). The Lower
Mississippi River Waterway Advisory
Committee is an advisory committee
authorized in Section 19 of the Coast
Guard Authorization Act of 1991,
(Public Law 102–241), as amended by
section 621(d) of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 2010, (Public Law
111–281) and chartered under the
provisions of Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The Lower Mississippi
River Waterway Advisory Committee
provides advice and recommendations
to the Department of Homeland Security
on matters relating to communications,
surveillance, traffic management,
anchorages, development and operation
of the New Orleans Vessel Traffic
Service, and other related topics dealing
with navigation safety on the Lower
Mississippi River as required by the
U.S. Coast Guard.
Agenda
The agenda for the March 11, 2015,
Committee meeting is as follows:
(1) Opening Remarks.
(2) Introduction;
(3) Roll call of committee members
and determination of a quorum;
(4) Approval of the April 2014
minutes.
(5) Old Business:
(a) Status of Action Items from April
2014 Meeting.
(6) Agency Updates:
(a) Southeast Louisiana Flood
Protection Authority—East and West
i. Procedures used by Flood
Protection Authority—West for Bayou
Segnette and Western Closure Complex
Gate Closures including Routine
Exercises and Response to Tropical
Events.
(b) National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Association
i. Move to Electronic Navigation
Charts.
ii. Digital Accessibility of National
Oceanic and Atmosphere Association
Chart Data for Navigation, Restoration
and Coastal Planning, and Spill and
Incident Response.
iii. National Oceanic and Atmosphere
Association Physical Oceanographic
Real-Time System.
iv. National Oceanic and Atmosphere
Association Northern Gulf Operational
Forecast System Grid Model
Improvements.
v. Surveying and Chart Updates to
Navigation Hazards in and around the
Southern Bird-foot Delta.
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vi. Recognition of Electronic Displays
on Tow Boats and Cruise Ships.
vii. Support to the Inner Harbor
Navigation Canal Alternate Route
Establishment.
(c) Army Corps of Engineers
i. Water Resources Reform and
Development Act impacts to Flood
Control Structures and Dredging
Operations.
(d) Coast Guard
i. Establishment of the Inner Harbor
Navigation Canal Alternate Route.
ii. Status of Sensors at 81 Mile Point.
iii. Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas
Terminals and Waterway Impacts.
(7) New Business, to include
discussion of:
(a) Mile Marker 73 Memorandum of
Understanding.
(b) Anchorage Establishment and
Amendments.
(c) Systematic Port Planning.
(d) Lower Mississippi River Waterway
Safety Advisory Committee Vacancy
Notice.
(8) Public comment period.
(9) Adjournment.
There will be a comment period for
the Lower Mississippi River Waterway
Safety Advisory Committee and
comment period for the public after
each deliberation and voting, but before
each recommendation is formulated.
The Committee will review the
information presented on each issue,
deliberate on any recommendations
presented, and formulate
recommendations for the Department’s
consideration. Please note that the
public oral comment period may end
before the prescribed ending time
following the last call for comments.
Speakers are requested to limit their
comments to 3 minutes. Please contact
Lieutenant Junior Grade Colin Marquis
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to register as a speaker.
This notice may be viewed in our online
docket, USCG–2015–0023, at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: February 10, 2015.
Kevin S. Cook,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Eighth Coast Guard District.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2014–0022]
Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice
of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) Technical
Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will
meet in person on March 10–11, 2015,
in Reston, Virginia. The meeting will be
open to the public.
DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday
and Wednesday, March 10–11 2015,
from 1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Please
note that the meeting will close early if
the TMAC has completed its business.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the auditorium of the United States
Geological Survey headquarters
building located at 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive Reston, VA 20192. Members of the
public who wish to attend the meeting
must send an email to FEMA-TMAC@
fema.dhs.gov (attention Mark Crowell)
by 11 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 5,
2015. Members of the public must check
in at the Visitor’s entrance security
desk; 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. Associated meeting
materials will be available at
www.fema.gov/TMAC for review by
February 23, 2015. Written comments to
be considered by the committee at the
time of the meeting must be submitted
and received by Thursday, March 5,
2015, identified by Docket ID FEMA–
2014–0022, and submitted by one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: Address the email to: FEMA–
RULES@fema.dhs.gov and CC: FEMA–
TMAC@fema.dhs.gov. Include the
docket number in the subject line of the
message. Include name and contact
detail in the body of the email.
SUMMARY:
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• 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 https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received by the TMAC, go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for the Docket ID FEMA–2014–0022.
A public comment period will be held
on March 10, 2015, from 3:30 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. and again on March 11, 2015,
from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. Speakers are
requested to limit their comments to no
more than three minutes. 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 Tuesday, March 3,
2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Crowell, Designated Federal
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800
South Bell Street Arlington, VA 22202,
telephone (202) 646–3432, and email
mark.crowell@fema.dhs.gov. The TMAC
Web site is: https://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.
The TMAC must also develop
recommendations on how to ensure that
flood insurance rate maps incorporate
the best available climate science to
assess flood risks and ensure that FEMA
uses the best available methodology to
consider the impact of the rise in sea
level and future development on flood
risk. The TMAC must collect these
recommendations and present them to
the FEMA Administrator in a future
conditions risk assessment and
modeling report.
Finally, in accordance with the
Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act of 2014, the TMAC
must develop a review report related to
flood mapping in support of the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
Agenda: On March 10, 2015, the
TMAC members will discuss (1) the
proposed TMAC vision statement. In
addition, invited subject matter experts
will brief TMAC members on (1)
floodplain management (David Stearrett,
FEMA), (2) flood risk to insurance rating
(Andy Neal, FEMA), and (3) the FEMA
Cooperating Technical Partnership
program (speakers to be determined).
On March 11, 2015, the TMAC members
will discuss (1) the adoption of a TMAC
vision statement, (2) a report out from
the TMAC subcommittees (a. Future
Conditions; b. Flood Hazard Risk
Generation and Dissemination; and c.
Operations, Coordination, and
Leveraging), and (3) next steps for
TMAC discussions and report
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W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have issued the
following permits to conduct certain
activities with endangered species
under the authority of the Endangered
Species Act, as amended (Act). With
some exceptions, the Act prohibits
activities with listed species unless a
Federal permit is issued that allows
such activity.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Daniel Marquez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 8, 2800 Cottage Way,
Room W–2606, Sacramento, CA 95825;
760–431–9440 (telephone); or daniel_
marquez@fws.gov (email).
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consistent with purposes and policy set
forth in the Act.
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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 in person on March 10-11,
2015, in Reston, Virginia. The meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 10-11 2015,
from 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Please
note that the meeting will close early if the TMAC has completed its
business.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the United
States Geological Survey headquarters building located at 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192. Members of the public who wish to attend
the meeting must send an email to FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (attention
Mark Crowell) by 11 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 5, 2015. Members of the
public must check in at the Visitor's entrance security desk; 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.
Associated meeting materials will be available at www.fema.gov/TMAC for
review by February 23, 2015. Written comments to be considered by the
committee at the time of the meeting must be submitted and received by
Thursday, March 5, 2015, identified by Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022, and
submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: Address the email to: FEMA-RULES@fema.dhs.gov and
CC: FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov. Include the docket number in the subject
line of the message. Include name and contact detail in the body of the
email.
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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 https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received by the TMAC, go to https://www.regulations.gov and
search for the Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022.
A public comment period will be held on March 10, 2015, from 3:30
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and again on March 11, 2015, from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Speakers are requested to limit their comments to no more than three
minutes. 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 Tuesday, March
3, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Crowell, Designated Federal
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 South Bell Street Arlington, VA 22202,
telephone (202) 646-3432, and email mark.crowell@fema.dhs.gov. The TMAC
Web site is: https://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.
The TMAC must also develop recommendations on how to ensure that
flood insurance rate maps incorporate the best available climate
science to assess flood risks and ensure that FEMA uses the best
available methodology to consider the impact of the rise in sea level
and future development on flood risk. The TMAC must collect these
recommendations and present them to the FEMA Administrator in a future
conditions risk assessment and modeling report.
Finally, in accordance with the Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act of 2014, the TMAC must develop a review report
related to flood mapping in support of the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP).
Agenda: On March 10, 2015, the TMAC members will discuss (1) the
proposed TMAC vision statement. In addition, invited subject matter
experts will brief TMAC members on (1) floodplain management (David
Stearrett, FEMA), (2) flood risk to insurance rating (Andy Neal, FEMA),
and (3) the FEMA Cooperating Technical Partnership program (speakers to
be determined). On March 11, 2015, the TMAC members will discuss (1)
the adoption of a TMAC vision statement, (2) a report out from the TMAC
subcommittees (a. Future Conditions; b. Flood Hazard Risk Generation
and Dissemination; and c. Operations, Coordination, and Leveraging),
and (3) next steps for TMAC discussions and report development. The
full agenda and related briefing materials will be available at https://www.fema.gov/TMAC.
Dated: February 18, 2015.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-03615 Filed 2-20-15; 8:45 am]
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