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(2) Public comment period.
(3) Working groups will separately
address the following task statements
which are available for viewing at
https://homeport.uscg.mil/merpac:
(a) Task Statement 30, Utilizing
military education, training and
assessment for the International
Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers and U.S. Coast Guard
Certifications;
(b) Task Statement 58,
Communication between external
stakeholders and the mariner
credentialing program, as it relates to
the National Maritime Center;
(c) Task Statement 81, Development
of Competency Requirements for vessel
personnel working Within the Polar
Regions;
(d) Task Statement 87, Review of
policy documents providing guidance
on the implementation of the December
24, 2013 International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping and Changes to National
Endorsements rulemaking;
(e) Task Statement 88, Mariner
occupational health risk study analysis
to further develop policy guidance on
mariner fitness; and
(f) Task Statement 89, Review and
update of the International Maritime
Organization’s Maritime Safety
Committee Circular MSC/Circ.1014,
‘‘Guidelines on Fatigue Mitigation and
Management’’;
(g) Task Statement 90, Review of IMO
Model Courses Being Validated by the
IMO HTW Subcommittee; and
(h) Task Statement 91, Merchant
Mariner Credential Expiration
Harmonization.
(4) Reports of working groups. At the
end of the day, the working groups will
report to the full Committee on what
was accomplished in their meetings.
The full Committee will not take action
on these reports on this date. Any
official action taken as a result of these
working group meetings will be taken
on day 2 of the meeting.
(5) Public comment period
(6) Adjournment of meeting.
Day 2
The agenda for the March 17, 2016,
full Committee meeting is as follows:
(1) Introduction;
(2) Swear in newly appointed
Committee members;
(3) Remarks from Coast Guard
Leadership;
(4) Designated Federal Officer
announcements;
(5) Roll call of Committee members
and determination of a quorum;
(6) Reports from the following
working groups;
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(a) Task Statement 30, Utilizing
military education, training and
assessment for the International
Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers and U.S. Coast Guard
Certifications;
(b) Task Statement 58,
Communication between external
stakeholders and the mariner
credentialing program, as it relates to
the National Maritime Center;
(c) Task Statement 81, Development
of competency requirements for vessel
personnel working within the Polar
Regions;
(d) Task Statement 84, Correction of
merchant mariner credentials issued
with clear errors; and
(e) Task Statement 87, Review of
policy documents providing guidance
on the implementation of the December
24, 2013 International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping and Changes to National
Endorsements rulemaking.
(f) Task Statement 88, Mariner
occupational health risk study analysis
to further develop policy guidance on
mariner fitness
(g) Task Statement 89, Review and
update of International Maritime
Organization’s Maritime Safety
Committee Circular MSC/Circ.1014,
‘‘Guidelines on Fatigue Mitigation and
Management’’;
(h) Task Statement 90, Review of IMO
Model Courses Being Validated by the
IMO HTW Subcommittee; and
(i) Task Statement 91, Merchant
Mariner Credential Expiration
Harmonization.
(6) Other items for discussion:
(a) Report on the Implementation of
the 2010 Amendments to the
International Convention on Standards
of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping;
(b) Report on National Maritime
Center activities from the National
Maritime Center Commanding Officer,
such as the net processing time it takes
for mariners to receive their credentials
after application submittal;
(c) Report on Mariner Credentialing
Program Policy Division activities, such
as its current initiatives and projects;
(d) Report on International Maritime
Organization/International Labor
Organization issues related to the
merchant marine industry; and
(e) Briefings about on-going Coast
Guard projects related to personnel in
the U.S. merchant marine.
(7) New Business
(a) New task statement—‘‘The Review
of Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory
Committee Recommendations’’;
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(b) New task statement—‘‘Electronic
Chart Systems Training Requirements’’;
and
(c) New task statement—‘‘Color
Vision Critical Duties/Tasks for
Mariners Required to Meet the
Standards of 46 CFR 10.305(a) and
10.305(b)’’.
(8) Public comment period.
(9) Discussion of working group
recommendations. The Committee will
review the information presented on
each issue, deliberate on any
recommendations presented by the
working groups and approve/formulate
recommendations for the Department’s
consideration. Official action on these
recommendations may be taken on this
date.
(10) Closing remarks/plans for next
meeting.
(11) Adjournment of meeting.
A public comment period will be held
during each Working Group and full
Committee meeting concerning matters
being discussed.
Public comments will be limited to 3
minutes per speaker. Please note that
the public comment periods will end
following the last call for comments.
Please contact Mr. Davis Breyer, listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section, to register as a speaker.
Dated: February 19, 2016.
J. G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and
Standards, United States Coast Guard.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2014–0022]
Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Meeting
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 via conference call on March 10
and 11, 2016. The meeting will be open
to the public.
DATES: The TMAC will meet via
conference call on Thursday, March 10,
2016, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time (EST), and on Friday,
March 11, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
EST. Please note that the meeting will
SUMMARY:
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close early if the TMAC has completed
its business.
ADDRESSES: For information on how to
access to the conference call,
information on services for individuals
with disabilities, or to request special
assistance for the meeting, contact the
person listed in FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT below as soon as
possible. Members of the public who
wish to dial in for the meeting must
register in advance by sending an email
to FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov
(attention Kathleen Boyer) by 11 a.m.
EST on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
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. The Agenda and other
associated material will be available for
review at www.fema.gov/TMAC by
Friday, March 4, 2016. Written
comments to be considered by the
committee at the time of the meeting
must be received by Tuesday, March 6,
2016, 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 March 10, 2016, from 11–11:20 a.m.
and March 11, 2016, from 11–11:20 a.m.
EST. Speakers are requested to limit
their comments to no more than two
minutes. Each public comment period
will not exceed 20 minutes. Please note
that the public comment periods 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 8, 2016.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Boyer, Designated Federal
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800
South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 22202,
telephone (202) 646–4023, and email
kathleen.boyer@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.
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 March 10, 2016, the
TMAC will continue to review and
discuss the FEMA Flood Mapping
Program description as they develop
content for the 2016 Technical Review
Report that will evaluate the program
description. On March 11, 2016, the
TMAC will receive updates,
presentations, and discuss potential
topics and recommendations to be
included in the required 2016 TMAC
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annual report. A brief public comment
period will take place at the beginning
of the meeting each day. A more
detailed agenda will be posted by March
4, 2016, at https://www.fema.gov/TMAC.
Dated: February 17, 2016.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance
and Mitigation, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2015–0021; OMB No.
1660–0009]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; The
Declaration Process: Requests for
Preliminary Damage Assessment
(PDA), Requests for Supplemental
Federal Disaster Assistance, Appeals,
and Requests for Cost Share
Adjustments
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
will describe the nature of the
information collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e.,
the time, effort and resources used by
respondents to respond) and cost, and
the actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via
electronic mail to oira.submission@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Records
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0022]
Technical Mapping Advisory Council Meeting
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 via conference call on March
10 and 11, 2016. The meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: The TMAC will meet via conference call on Thursday, March 10,
2016, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), and on
Friday, March 11, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Please note that
the meeting will
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close early if the TMAC has completed its business.
ADDRESSES: For information on how to access to the conference call,
information on services for individuals with disabilities, or to
request special assistance for the meeting, contact the person listed
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below as soon as possible. Members
of the public who wish to dial in for the meeting must register in
advance by sending an email to FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov (attention
Kathleen Boyer) by 11 a.m. EST on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
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. The
Agenda and other associated material will be available for review at
www.fema.gov/TMAC by Friday, March 4, 2016. Written comments to be
considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be received
by Tuesday, March 6, 2016, 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 March 10, 2016, from 11-
11:20 a.m. and March 11, 2016, from 11-11:20 a.m. EST. Speakers are
requested to limit their comments to no more than two minutes. Each
public comment period will not exceed 20 minutes. Please note that the
public comment periods 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 8, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Boyer, Designated Federal
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA
22202, telephone (202) 646-4023, and email kathleen.boyer@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.
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 March 10, 2016, the TMAC will continue to review and
discuss the FEMA Flood Mapping Program description as they develop
content for the 2016 Technical Review Report that will evaluate the
program description. On March 11, 2016, the TMAC will receive updates,
presentations, and discuss potential topics and recommendations to be
included in the required 2016 TMAC annual report. A brief public
comment period will take place at the beginning of the meeting each
day. A more detailed agenda will be posted by March 4, 2016, at https://www.fema.gov/TMAC.
Dated: February 17, 2016.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2016-03882 Filed 2-23-16; 8:45 am]
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