[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06879]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2015-0006]
Notice To Extend the Comment Period for the Proposed Revised
Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain
Management, as Revised Through the Federal Flood Risk Management
Standard
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice extends the comment period for the proposed
``Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain
Management'' published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2015 (80
FR 6530). The comment period for the proposed revised guidelines, which
would have ended on April 6, 2015, is extended for 30 days.
DATES: The comment period is extended until May 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2015-0006 and
may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of
Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 8NE, 500 C Street
SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the docket ID
FEMA-2015-0006. Comments received will be posted without alteration at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, go to
http://www.regulations.gov, and search for the Docket ID FEMA-2015-
0006.
Background Information: Background information about these topics
is available on the FFRMS Web site at https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms or in the docket for this Notice
at www.regulations.gov, Docket ID FEMA-2015-0006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley Garner, 202-646-3901 or [email protected]. Mailing Address: FFRMS, 1800 South Bell Street,
Room 627, Arlington, VA 20598-3030. The Web site is https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 30, 2015, the President signed
Executive Order 13690, directing FEMA, on behalf of the Mitigation
Framework Leadership Group, to publish for public comment draft revised
Floodplain Management Guidelines to provide guidance to agencies on the
implementation of Executive Order 11988, as amended, consistent with a
new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. These draft revised
Guidelines were developed by the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group
in consultation with the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task
Force. On February 5, 2015, FEMA published the proposed ``Revised
Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain
Management'' on behalf of the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group to
solicit and consider public input.
The Mitigation Framework Leadership Group has received several
comments regarding the 60-day time period to submit comments. The
commenters stated that they needed additional time to review and
adequately respond to the proposed revised guidelines because of the
complex nature of the topic. Because of the scope of the proposed
revised guidelines, and because the Mitigation Framework Leadership
Group has specifically requested the public's comments on the proposed
revised guidelines in an attempt to benefit from the experience of all
interested parties, the comment period will be extended for an
additional 30 days. This notice announces the extension of the public
comment period to May 6, 2015.
Authority: Executive Order 11988, as amended; Executive Order
13690.
Roy Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-06879 Filed 3-25-15; 8:45 am]
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