Technical Mapping Advisory Council, 67469-67470 [2019-26482]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 10, 2019 / Notices confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Date: February 3–4, 2020. Closed: February 3, 2020, 1:30 p.m. to Adjournment. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6700B Rockledge Drive, Conference Rooms A, B, and C, Bethesda, MD 20892. Open: February 4, 2020, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Agenda: Opening Remarks, Administrative Matters, Director’s Report, NIH Health Disparities Update, Presentations, and Other Business of the Council. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6700B Rockledge Drive, Conference Room A, B, and C, Bethesda, MD 20892. Contact Person: Joyce A. Hunter, Ph.D., Deputy Director, DEA, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 800, Bethesda, Maryland 20892–5465, (301) 402–1366, hunterj@nih.gov. Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person. Dated: December 4, 2019. Miguelina Perez, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2019–26507 Filed 12–9–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 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. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will hold a remote meeting on Thursday, January 9, 2020. The meeting will be open to the public via an Adobe Connect link and conference line. SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:08 Dec 09, 2019 Jkt 250001 The TMAC will meet on Thursday, January 9, 2020, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please note that the meeting will close early if the TMAC has completed its business. DATES: The meeting will be held virtually using an Adobe Connect link (https://fema.connectsolutions.com/ tmacmeeting) to share meeting visuals and a conference line number (1–800– 320–4330 Pin: 875873#) to connect to the audio of the meeting. Members of the public who wish to attend the virtual meeting must register in advance by sending an email to FEMA-TMAC@ fema.dhs.gov (Attention: Michael Nakagaki) by 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. For information on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact the person listed 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 Friday, January 3, 2020. Written comments to be considered by the committee at the time of the meeting must be submitted and received by Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 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. • 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 Thursday, January 9, 2020, from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST. 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 ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 67469 for comments. Contact the person listed below to register as a speaker by close of business on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Nakagaki, Designated Federal Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, telephone (202) 212–2148, and email michael.nakagaki@fema.dhs.gov. The TMAC website is: https://www.fema.gov/ TMAC. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463). 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 hold a vote to submit the final report to the FEMA administrator. Any related materials will be posted to the FEMA TMAC site prior to the meeting to provide the public an opportunity to review the materials. The full agenda and related meeting materials will be posted for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\10DEN1.SGM 10DEN1 67470 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 10, 2019 / Notices review by Friday, January 3, 2020 at https://www.fema.gov/TMAC. Michael M. Grimm, Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2019–26482 Filed 12–9–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–12–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket ID: FEMA–2019–0006; OMB No. 1660–0040] Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form 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 to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information collection for which approval has expired. 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 January 9, 2020. 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 dhsdeskofficer@ omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Director, Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:08 Dec 09, 2019 Jkt 250001 Washington, DC 20472, email address FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Susan Bernstein, Insurance Specialist, FIMA, Marketing and Outreach Branch, 303– 701–3595. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1365 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) (42 U.S.C. 4104b), as added by Section 528 of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–325, title V), requires that FEMA develop a standard hazard determination form for recording the determination of whether a structure is located within an identified Special Flood Hazard Area and whether flood insurance is available. Regulated lending institutions, federal agency lenders, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Government National Mortgage Association must complete this form for any loan made, increased, extended, renewed or purchased by these entities. The requirement for federally regulated lending institutions to determine whether a building or mobile home securing a loan is located in an area having special flood hazards and whether flood insurance is available has been in effect since the enactment of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, although the use of a standard form was not required until the enactment of the Section 1365 of the NFIA. The establishment of the Standard Flood Hazard Determination form has enabled lenders to provide consistent information. This proposed information collection previously published in the Federal Register on April 29, 2019 at 84 FR 18069 with a 60 day public comment period. The comment period closed on June 30, 2019. No comments were received. This information collection expired on November 30, 2018. FEMA is requesting a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information collection for which approval has expired. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance. Collection of Information Title: Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form. Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information collection for which approval has expired. OMB Number: 1660–0040. PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 086–0–32, Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form. Abstract: This form is used by regulated lending institutions, federal agency lenders, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Government National Mortgage Association. Federally regulated lending institutions complete this form when making, increasing, extending, renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose is of determining whether flood insurance is required and available. FEMA is responsible for maintaining the form and making it available. Affected Public: Business and other for-profit; and Individuals or Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 26,616,265. Estimated Number of Responses: 26,616,265. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,783,367. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $214,138,487. Estimated Respondents’ Operation and Maintenance Costs: 0. Estimated Respondents’ Capital and Start-Up Costs: 0. Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: 0. 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. Maile Arthur, Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 2019–26508 Filed 12–9–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–52–P E:\FR\FM\10DEN1.SGM 10DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67469-67470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26482]


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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 hold a remote meeting on Thursday, 
January 9, 2020. The meeting will be open to the public via an Adobe 
Connect link and conference line.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Thursday, January 9, 2020, from 11 a.m. to 
3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please note that the meeting will 
close early if the TMAC has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using an Adobe Connect 
link (https://fema.connectsolutions.com/tmacmeeting) to share meeting 
visuals and a conference line number (1-800-320-4330 Pin: 875873#) to 
connect to the audio of the meeting. Members of the public who wish to 
attend the virtual meeting must register in advance by sending an email 
to [email protected] (Attention: Michael Nakagaki) by 5 p.m. EST 
on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. For information on facilities or 
services for individuals with disabilities, or to request special 
assistance at the meeting, contact the person listed 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 Friday, January 3, 2020. Written comments to be considered by 
the committee at the time of the meeting must be submitted and received 
by Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 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.
     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 Thursday, January 9, 2020, 
from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST. 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 person listed below to register as a speaker by close of 
business on Wednesday, January 8, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Nakagaki, Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, 
telephone (202) 212-2148, and email [email protected]. The 
TMAC website is: https://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463).
    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 hold 
a vote to submit the final report to the FEMA administrator. Any 
related materials will be posted to the FEMA TMAC site prior to the 
meeting to provide the public an opportunity to review the materials. 
The full agenda and related meeting materials will be posted for

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review by Friday, January 3, 2020 at https://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

Michael M. Grimm,
Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2019-26482 Filed 12-9-19; 8:45 am]
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