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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 via conference call on December 6,
2017. The meeting will be open to the
public.
DATES: The TMAC will meet via
conference call on Wednesday,
December 6, 2017 from 10:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Please note that the meeting will close
early if the TMAC has completed its
business.
ADDRESSES: For information on how to
access 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 Mark Crowell) by 11 a.m. EST
on Friday, December 1, 2017.
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, December 1, 2017. Written
comments to be considered by the
committee at the time of the meeting
must be received by Monday, December
4, 2017, identified by Docket ID FEMA–
2014–0022, and submitted by one of the
following methods:
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• 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 December 6, 2017, from 1:30–1:50
p.m. EST. Speakers are requested to
limit their comments to no more than
two minutes. Please note that the public
comment periods may end before the
time indicated, following the last call
for comments. Contact Mark Crowell,
below, to register as a speaker by close
of business on Friday, December 1,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Crowell, Designated Federal
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 500 C
Street SW., Washington, DC 20472–
3100, 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.
Agenda: On December 6, 2017, the
TMAC will review the final narrative
content for the TMAC 2017 Annual
Report and conduct a vote on the final
content and, if approved, submit the
report including the previously
approved 2017 recommendations and
implementation actions to the FEMA
Administrator. Members of the public
will be afforded an opportunity to
comment (no more than 2 minutes per
individual) prior to any votes taken by
the TMAC. A more detailed agenda will
be posted by November 30, 2017, at
https://www.fema.gov/TMAC.
Dated: November 3, 2017.
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–2017–0034; OMB No.
1660–0015]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Revisions to
National Flood Insurance Program
Maps: Application Forms and
Instructions for (C)LOMAs and
(C)LOMR–Fs
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public to take this opportunity
SUMMARY:
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to comment on a reinstatement, without
change, of a previously approved
information collection for which
approval has expired. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning information required by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
to amend or revise National Flood
Insurance Program maps to remove
certain property from the 1-percent
annual chance floodplain.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2017–0034. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
8NE, Washington, DC 20472–3100.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to read the
Privacy Act notice that is available via
the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd Steiner, Program Analyst, FEMA,
Federal Insurance & Mitigation
Administration, at (202) 679–4061 or
Todd.Steiner2@fema.dhs.gov. You may
contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email
address: FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) is authorized by the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) administers the NFIP and
maintains the maps that depict flood
hazard information. The land area
covered by the floodwaters of the base
flood is the Special Flood Hazard Area
(SFHA) on NFIP maps. The SFHA is the
area where the NFIP’s floodplain
management regulations must be
enforced and the area where the
mandatory purchase of flood insurance
applies. If a SFHA has been determined
to exist for property and the owner or
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lessee of the property believes his/her
property has been incorrectly included
in a SFHA, information can be provided
to support removal of the SFHA
designation. NFIP regulations, at 44 CFR
parts 65 and 70, outline the data that
must be submitted by an owner or lessee
of property who believes his/her
property has been incorrectly included
in a SFHA. In order to remove an area
from a SFHA, the owner or lessee of the
property must submit scientific or
technical data demonstrating that the
area is ‘‘reasonably safe from flooding’’
and not in the SFHA.
This information collection expired
on September 30, 2017. FEMA is
requesting a reinstatement, without
change, of a previously approved
information collection for which
approval has expired.
Collection of Information
Title: Revisions to National Flood
Insurance Program Maps: Application
Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs
and (C)LOMR-Fs.
Type of information collection:
Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information
collection for which approval has
expired.
OMB Number: 1660–0015.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form 086–0–26, Property Information;
FEMA Form 086–0–26A, Elevation
Form; FEMA Form 086–0–26B,
Community Acknowledgement Form;
FEMA Form 086–0–22 and FEMA Form
086–0–22A (Spanish), Application Form
for Single Residential Lot or Structure
Amendments to National Flood
Insurance Program Maps.
Abstract: FEMA collects scientific and
technical data submissions to determine
whether a specific, single-lot property is
located within or outside of a Special
Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). If the
property is determined not to be within
a SFHA, FEMA provides a written
determination and the appropriate map
is modified by a Letter of Map
Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map
Revision-Based on Fill (LOMR-F). The
owner or lessee of a property uses a
LOMA or LOMR-F to show that a
property is not located within the
SFHA, making it possible for the
lending institution to waive the flood
insurance requirement. If the
policyholder decides to maintain
insurance on the property, the new
determination should result in lower
rates.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households; and Business or Other forProfit Institutes.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
121,116.
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Estimated Number of Responses:
121,116.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 150,725 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $6,501,379.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $24,099,750.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $268,401.
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.
Tammi Hines,
Acting Records Management Program Chief,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3394–
EM; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001]
Alabama; Amendment No. 1 to Notice
of an Emergency Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice amends the notice
of an emergency declaration for the
State of Alabama (FEMA–3394–EM),
dated October 8, 2017, and related
determinations.
SUMMARY:
This amendment was issued
October 26, 2017.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0034; OMB No. 1660-0015]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps:
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public to take this opportunity
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to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved
information collection for which approval has expired. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning information required by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency to amend or revise National Flood Insurance Program maps to
remove certain property from the 1-percent annual chance floodplain.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA-2017-0034. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act
notice that is available via the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Steiner, Program Analyst, FEMA,
Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, at (202) 679-4061 or
Todd.Steiner2@fema.dhs.gov. You may contact the Records Management
Division for copies of the proposed collection of information at email
address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
is authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
administers the NFIP and maintains the maps that depict flood hazard
information. The land area covered by the floodwaters of the base flood
is the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) on NFIP maps. The SFHA is the
area where the NFIP's floodplain management regulations must be
enforced and the area where the mandatory purchase of flood insurance
applies. If a SFHA has been determined to exist for property and the
owner or lessee of the property believes his/her property has been
incorrectly included in a SFHA, information can be provided to support
removal of the SFHA designation. NFIP regulations, at 44 CFR parts 65
and 70, outline the data that must be submitted by an owner or lessee
of property who believes his/her property has been incorrectly included
in a SFHA. In order to remove an area from a SFHA, the owner or lessee
of the property must submit scientific or technical data demonstrating
that the area is ``reasonably safe from flooding'' and not in the SFHA.
This information collection expired on September 30, 2017. FEMA is
requesting a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved
information collection for which approval has expired.
Collection of Information
Title: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps:
Application Forms and Instructions for (C)LOMAs and (C)LOMR-Fs.
Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information collection for which approval has
expired.
OMB Number: 1660-0015.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086-0-26, Property Information;
FEMA Form 086-0-26A, Elevation Form; FEMA Form 086-0-26B, Community
Acknowledgement Form; FEMA Form 086-0-22 and FEMA Form 086-0-22A
(Spanish), Application Form for Single Residential Lot or Structure
Amendments to National Flood Insurance Program Maps.
Abstract: FEMA collects scientific and technical data submissions
to determine whether a specific, single-lot property is located within
or outside of a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). If the property is
determined not to be within a SFHA, FEMA provides a written
determination and the appropriate map is modified by a Letter of Map
Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map Revision-Based on Fill (LOMR-F).
The owner or lessee of a property uses a LOMA or LOMR-F to show that a
property is not located within the SFHA, making it possible for the
lending institution to waive the flood insurance requirement. If the
policyholder decides to maintain insurance on the property, the new
determination should result in lower rates.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households; and Business or Other
for-Profit Institutes.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 121,116.
Estimated Number of Responses: 121,116.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150,725 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $6,501,379.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs:
$24,099,750.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $268,401.
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.
Tammi Hines,
Acting Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-24968 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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