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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS—Continued
Type of respondent
Total ...............................
Number of
respondents
Form name/form No.
Number of
responses
per
respondent
28
....................
................................................
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total annual
burden
(in hours)
Average
hourly wage
rate
Total annual
respondent
cost
....................
392
....................
16,832.48
Total
number of
responses
210
Note: The ‘‘Avg. Hourly Wage Rate’’ for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $16,832.48. There are no annual costs
to respondents’ operations and
maintenance costs for technical
services. There are no annual start-up or
capital costs. The cost to the Federal
Government is $79,665.90.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Dated: May 29, 2015.
Janice Waller,
Director, Records Management Division,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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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
SUMMARY:
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Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will
meet in person on June 23–24, 2015, in
Silver Spring, MD. The meeting will be
open to the public.
DATES: The TMAC will meet on
Tuesday, June 23, 2015, from 12:45
p.m.–5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, June
24, 2015, from 12:30 p.m.–5:30 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 at
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) headquarters
conference center located at 1325 EastWest Hwy, Silver Spring, 20910.
Members of the public who wish to
attend the meeting must register in
advance by sending an email to FEMA–
TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (attention Mark
Crowell) by 11 p.m. EDT on Thursday,
June 18, 2015. Members of the public
must check in at the NOAA security
desk and be escorted to the conference
room on the second floor; 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
June 15, 2015. Written comments to be
considered by the committee at the time
of the meeting must be submitted and
received by Thursday, June 18, 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.
• Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division,
Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA, 500 C
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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 docket access 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 June 23, 2015, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. and again on June 24, 2015, from
3:30 to 4:00 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 Thursday, June 18, 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
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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.
Further, 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 June 23, 2015, the TMAC
members will discuss the Council’s
work process for preparation of the
Annual Report and Future Conditions
Report due in October 2015, and receive
report outs from the following TMAC
subcommittees: (1) Future Conditions;
(2) Flood Hazard Risk Generation and
Dissemination; and (3) Operations,
Coordination, and Leveraging. A brief
public comment period will take place
prior to any votes. In addition, invited
subject matter experts will brief TMAC
members on FEMA’s mapping program
and the progress of FEMA’s Flood
Insurance Reform Flood Mapping
Integrated Project Team (IPT) to date,
and present a tribal perspective on the
program.
On June 24, 2015, the TMAC members
will (1) discuss the report outs from the
TMAC subcommittees, (2) deliberate on
content for the 2015 reports, and (3)
discuss next steps for TMAC
discussions and report development,
including a vote on the annotated
outlines for the Annual Report and
Future Condition Report due in October
2015. A brief public comment period
will take place prior to a vote. The full
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agenda and related briefing materials
will be posted for review by June 15,
2015 at https://www.fema.gov/TMAC.
Dated: May 29, 2015.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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[Docket ID FEMA–2015–0001; Internal
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1513]
Changes in Flood Hazard
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice lists communities
where the addition or modification of
Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood
depths, Special Flood Hazard Area
(SFHA) boundaries or zone
designations, or the regulatory floodway
(hereinafter referred to as flood hazard
determinations), as shown on the Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and
where applicable, in the supporting
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports,
prepared by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) for each
community, is appropriate because of
new scientific or technical data. The
FIRM, and where applicable, portions of
the FIS report, have been revised to
reflect these flood hazard
determinations through issuance of a
Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in
accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR
part 65). The LOMR will be used by
insurance agents and others to calculate
appropriate flood insurance premium
rates for new buildings and the contents
of those buildings. For rating purposes,
the currently effective community
number is shown in the table below and
must be used for all new policies and
renewals.
SUMMARY:
These flood hazard
determinations will become effective on
the dates listed in the table below and
revise the FIRM panels and FIS report
in effect prior to this determination for
the listed communities.
From the date of the second
publication of notification of these
changes in a newspaper of local
circulation, any person has 90 days in
which to request through the
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community that the Deputy Associate
Administrator for Mitigation reconsider
the changes. The flood hazard
determination information may be
changed during the 90-day period.
ADDRESSES: The affected communities
are listed in the table below. Revised
flood hazard information for each
community is available for inspection at
both the online location and the
respective community map repository
address listed in the table below.
Additionally, the current effective FIRM
and FIS report for each community are
accessible online through the FEMA
Map Service Center at
www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
Submit comments and/or appeals to
the Chief Executive Officer of the
community as listed in the table below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis
Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering
Management Branch, Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration, FEMA,
500 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20472, (202) 646–4064, or (email)
Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov; or visit
the FEMA Map Information eXchange
(FMIX) online at
www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_
main.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
specific flood hazard determinations are
not described for each community in
this notice. However, the online
location and local community map
repository address where the flood
hazard determination information is
available for inspection is provided.
Any request for reconsideration of
flood hazard determinations must be
submitted to the Chief Executive Officer
of the community as listed in the table
below.
The modifications are made pursuant
to section 201 of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105,
and are in accordance with the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.
4001 et seq., and with 44 CFR part 65.
The FIRM and FIS report are the basis
of the floodplain management measures
that the community is required either to
adopt or to show evidence of having in
effect in order to qualify or remain
qualified for participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
These flood hazard determinations,
together with the floodplain
management criteria required by 44 CFR
60.3, are the minimum that are required.
They should not be construed to mean
that the community must change any
existing ordinances that are more
stringent in their floodplain
management requirements. The
community may at any time enact
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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 June 23-24,
2015, in Silver Spring, MD. The meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: The TMAC will meet on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, from 12:45 p.m.-
5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, June 24, 2015, from 12:30 p.m.-5:30 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 at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headquarters conference center
located at 1325 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, 20910. Members of the
public who wish to attend the meeting must register in advance by
sending an email to FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (attention Mark Crowell) by
11 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 18, 2015. Members of the public must
check in at the NOAA security desk and be escorted to the conference
room on the second floor; 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 June 15, 2015. Written comments to be considered by the
committee at the time of the meeting must be submitted and received by
Thursday, June 18, 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.
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 docket access 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 June 23, 2015, from 4:30
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and again on June 24, 2015, from 3:30 to 4:00 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 Thursday, June
18, 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
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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.
Further, 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 June 23, 2015, the TMAC members will discuss the
Council's work process for preparation of the Annual Report and Future
Conditions Report due in October 2015, and receive report outs from the
following TMAC subcommittees: (1) Future Conditions; (2) Flood Hazard
Risk Generation and Dissemination; and (3) Operations, Coordination,
and Leveraging. A brief public comment period will take place prior to
any votes. In addition, invited subject matter experts will brief TMAC
members on FEMA's mapping program and the progress of FEMA's Flood
Insurance Reform Flood Mapping Integrated Project Team (IPT) to date,
and present a tribal perspective on the program.
On June 24, 2015, the TMAC members will (1) discuss the report outs
from the TMAC subcommittees, (2) deliberate on content for the 2015
reports, and (3) discuss next steps for TMAC discussions and report
development, including a vote on the annotated outlines for the Annual
Report and Future Condition Report due in October 2015. A brief public
comment period will take place prior to a vote. The full agenda and
related briefing materials will be posted for review by June 15, 2015
at https://www.fema.gov/TMAC.
Dated: May 29, 2015.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-13966 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]
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