80 FR 20201 - Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 72 (April 15, 2015)
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 72 (April 15, 2015)
| Page Range | 20201-20202 | |
| FR Document | 2015-08561 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 20201-20202] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-08561] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board (Board). This meeting is open to the public. For additional information about the Board, please visit the committee's Web site at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/InlandWaterwaysUsersBoard.aspx. DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on May 14, 2015. Public registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be conducted at the San Luis Resort Hotel and Conference Center, 5222 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77551 at 409-744-1500 or 800-445-0090, or http://www.sanluisresort.com. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GM, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-6438; and by email at [email protected]. Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E. Lichtman, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GW, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-8083; and by email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee meeting is being held under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150. Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is chartered to provide independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Army on construction and rehabilitation project investments on the commercial navigation features of the inland waterways system of the United States. At this meeting, the Board will receive briefings and presentations regarding the investments, projects and status of the inland waterways system of the United States and conduct discussions and deliberations on those matters. The Board is interested in written and verbal comments from the public relevant to these purposes. Proposed Agenda: At this meeting the agenda will include the status of funding for inland navigation projects and studies, the status of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, the status and path forward for the Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, the Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 Monongahela River Project; status of Chickamauga Lock Project; status of Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock General Re-evaluation Report; an update on the Inland Marine Transportation System (IMTS) Investment Program (Capital Investment Strategy); Lock Performance Monitoring System (LPMS) Data and Reporting Process; and a summary of the Board's advice and recommendations submitted to the Congress regarding the Fiscal Year 2016 President's Budget. [[Page 20202]] Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any updates to the agenda for the May 14, 2015 meeting will be available at the meeting. The final version will be provided at the meeting. All materials will be posted to the Web site after the meeting. Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to the availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. Registration of members of the public who wish to attend the meeting will begin at 8:15 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Seating is limited and is on a first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be asked to provide their name, title, affiliation, and contact information to include email address and daytime telephone number at registration. Any interested person may attend the meeting, file written comments or statements with the committee, or make verbal comments from the floor during the public meeting, at the times, and in the manner, permitted by the committee, as set forth below. Special Accommodations: The meeting venue is fully handicap accessible, with wheelchair access. Individuals requiring special accommodations to access the public meeting or seeking additional information about public access procedures, should contact Mr. Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman, the ADFO, at the email addresses or telephone numbers listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Written Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or statements to the Board about its mission and/or the topics to be addressed in this public meeting. Written comments or statements should be submitted to Mr. Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman, the committee ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section in the following formats: Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The comment or statement must include the author's name, title, affiliation, address, and daytime telephone number. Written comments or statements being submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the committee DFO or ADFO at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting so that they may be made available to the Board for its consideration prior to the meeting. Written comments or statements received after this date may not be provided to the Board until its next meeting. Please note that because the Board operates under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, all written comments will be treated as public documents and will be made available for public inspection. Verbal Comments: Members of the public will be permitted to make verbal comments during the Board meeting only at the time and in the manner allowed herein. If a member of the public is interested in making a verbal comment at the open meeting, that individual must submit a request, with a brief statement of the subject matter to be addressed by the comment, at least three (3) business days in advance to the committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The committee DFO and ADFO will log each request to make a comment, in the order received, and determine whether the subject matter of each comment is relevant to the Board's mission and/ or the topics to be addressed in this public meeting. A 15-minute period near the end of meeting will be available for verbal public comments. Members of the public who have requested to make a verbal comment and whose comments have been deemed relevant under the process described above, will be allotted no more than three (3) minutes during this period, and will be invited to speak in the order in which their requests were received by the DFO and ADFO. Brenda S. Bowen, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2015-08561 Filed 4-14-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720-58-P
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Total Respondents: 1,400 total: 700 Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77551 at 409–
Jennifer Veazey, (202) 606–6770, or by AmeriCorps Members and 700 Child 744–1500 or 800–445–0090, or http://
email at jveazey@cns.gov. Care Providers. www.sanluisresort.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is Frequency: Annual. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
particularly interested in comments Average Time per Response Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal
that: Officer (DFO) for the committee, in
• Evaluate whether the proposed AmeriCorps Member Application: 60 writing at the Institute for Water
collection of information is necessary minutes. Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
for the proper performance of the Member Update Form: 5 minutes. Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GM, 7701
functions of CNCS, including whether Statement of Work Activities Form Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
the information will have practical (completed by Member): 10 minutes. Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by
utility; AmeriCorps Child Care Provider telephone at 703–428–6438; and by
Application: 40 minutes.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil.
Attendance Sheet (completed by Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E.
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Provider and signed by Member): 20 Lichtman, the Alternate Designated
proposed collection of information,
minutes. Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the
including the validity of the
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,575 Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army
methodology and assumptions used;
hours.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GW,
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
clarity of the information to be
None. Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by
collected; and
Total Burden Cost (operating/
• Minimize the burden of the maintenance): None.
telephone at 703–428–8083; and by
collection of information on those who email at Kenneth.E.Lichtman@
Comments submitted in response to usace.army.mil.
are expected to respond, including the this notice will be summarized and/or
use of appropriate automated, included in the request for Office of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
electronic, mechanical, or other Management and Budget approval of the committee meeting is being held under
technological collection techniques or information collection request; they will the provisions of the Federal Advisory
other forms of information technology also become a matter of public record. Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.,
(e.g., permitting electronic submissions Appendix, as amended), the
of responses). Dated: April 14, 2015. Government in the Sunshine Act of
Erin Dahlin, 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
Background Deputy Chief of Program Operations. 41 CFR 102–3.150.
The information collection is [FR Doc. 2015–08657 Filed 4–14–15; 08:45 am] Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is
requested of AmeriCorps Members who BILLING CODE 6050–28–P chartered to provide independent
are applying for the benefit (or in some advice and recommendations to the
cases, member of their households); Secretary of the Army on construction
information collected is used to DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE and rehabilitation project investments
determine a member’s eligibility based on the commercial navigation features
upon statutory, regulatory, and program Department of the Army, Corps of of the inland waterways system of the
eligibility requirements. In addition, the Engineers United States. At this meeting, the
information collection is requested of Board will receive briefings and
the child care providers to determine a Inland Waterways Users Board presentations regarding the investments,
child care provider’s eligibility to Meeting Notice projects and status of the inland
provide the child care service. waterways system of the United States
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.
Information is collected via hardcopy and conduct discussions and
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
and electronically through an online deliberations on those matters. The
application system. ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory
Board is interested in written and verbal
committee meeting. comments from the public relevant to
Current Action
SUMMARY: The Department of the Army these purposes.
CNCS seeks to renew the current Proposed Agenda: At this meeting the
is publishing this notice to announce
AmeriCorps Child Care Application and agenda will include the status of
the following Federal advisory
add four new instruments: The funding for inland navigation projects
committee meeting of the U.S. Army
AmeriCorps Member Application, and studies, the status of the Inland
Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways
Attendance Sheet, Member Update Waterways Trust Fund, the status and
Users Board (Board). This meeting is
Form, and Statement of Work Activities. path forward for the Olmsted Locks and
open to the public. For additional
The information collection will Dam Project, the Locks and Dams 2, 3,
information about the Board, please
otherwise be used in the same manner and 4 Monongahela River Project; status
visit the committee’s Web site at http://
as the existing application. The current of Chickamauga Lock Project; status of
www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/
application is due to expire on 7/31/ Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC)
Navigation/
2015. Lock General Re-evaluation Report; an
InlandWaterwaysUsersBoard.aspx.
Type of Review: Renewal. update on the Inland Marine
Agency: Corporation for National and DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers, Transportation System (IMTS)
Inland Waterways Users Board will
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Community Service. Investment Program (Capital Investment
Title: AmeriCorps Child Care Program meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on May Strategy); Lock Performance Monitoring
Forms. 14, 2015. Public registration will begin System (LPMS) Data and Reporting
OMB Number: 3045–0142. at 8:15 a.m. Process; and a summary of the Board’s
Agency Number: None. ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be advice and recommendations submitted
Affected Public: AmeriCorps Members conducted at the San Luis Resort Hotel to the Congress regarding the Fiscal
and Child Care Providers. and Conference Center, 5222 Seawall Year 2016 President’s Budget.
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Availability of Materials for the meeting so that they may be made placement/disposal of projected
Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any available to the Board for its maintenance dredged material from
updates to the agenda for the May 14, consideration prior to the meeting. Petaluma River. This evaluation will be
2015 meeting will be available at the Written comments or statements conducted in a two-step process: First a
meeting. The final version will be received after this date may not be preliminary assessment (PA) will make
provided at the meeting. All materials provided to the Board until its next projections of the volume of dredged
will be posted to the Web site after the meeting. Please note that because the material, estimate the existing capacity
meeting. Board operates under the provisions of for placement/disposal of the material,
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as and verify that continued maintenance
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, amended, all written comments will be dredging is economically justified. If the
and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102– treated as public documents and will be PA concludes that continued
3.165, and subject to the availability of made available for public inspection. maintenance dredging is justified and
space, this meeting is open to the Verbal Comments: Members of the that the existing placement/disposal
public. Registration of members of the public will be permitted to make verbal capacity is not adequate, then a Dredged
public who wish to attend the meeting comments during the Board meeting Material Management Plan (DMMP) will
will begin at 8:15 a.m. on the day of the only at the time and in the manner be prepared to identify additional
meeting. Seating is limited and is on a allowed herein. If a member of the placement/disposal sites with adequate
first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be public is interested in making a verbal capacity for the next 20 years of federal
asked to provide their name, title, comment at the open meeting, that and non-federal maintenance dredging.
affiliation, and contact information to individual must submit a request, with DATES: A public meeting will be held on
include email address and daytime a brief statement of the subject matter to April 30, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. (PDT).
telephone number at registration. Any be addressed by the comment, at least Submit comments concerning this
interested person may attend the three (3) business days in advance to the project on or before May 18, 2015.
meeting, file written comments or committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
statements with the committee, or make mail, the preferred mode of submission, held at the Petaluma Community
verbal comments from the floor during at the addresses listed in the FOR Center, 320 North McDowell Boulevard,
the public meeting, at the times, and in FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Petaluma, CA 94954. Mail written
the manner, permitted by the The committee DFO and ADFO will log comments concerning this notice to:
committee, as set forth below. each request to make a comment, in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San
Special Accommodations: The order received, and determine whether Francisco District, Engineering and
meeting venue is fully handicap the subject matter of each comment is Technical Services Division, ATTN:
accessible, with wheelchair access. relevant to the Board’s mission and/or Roxanne Grillo, 1455 Market Street,
Individuals requiring special the topics to be addressed in this public 17th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103–
accommodations to access the public meeting. A 15-minute period near the 1398. Comment letters should include
meeting or seeking additional end of meeting will be available for the commenter’s physical mailing
information about public access verbal public comments. Members of address and the project title, Petaluma
procedures, should contact Mr. Pointon, the public who have requested to make River federal navigation project, in the
the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman, a verbal comment and whose comments
the ADFO, at the email addresses or subject line.
have been deemed relevant under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
telephone numbers listed in the FOR process described above, will be allotted
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, Roxanne Grillo, U.S. Army Corps of
no more than three (3) minutes during Engineers, San Francisco District,
at least five (5) business days prior to this period, and will be invited to speak
the meeting so that appropriate Environmental Section A, 1455 Market
in the order in which their requests Street, 17th Floor, San Francisco, CA
arrangements can be made. were received by the DFO and ADFO.
Written Comments or Statements: 94103–1398, (415) 503–6859,
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and Brenda S. Bowen, Roxanne.Grillo@usace.army.mil.
102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the [FR Doc. 2015–08561 Filed 4–14–15; 8:45 am] Corps determines that preparation of a
public or interested organizations may BILLING CODE 3720–58–P DMMP is necessary, an accompanying
submit written comments or statements Environmental Assessment in
to the Board about its mission and/or accordance will be prepared in
the topics to be addressed in this public DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE accordance with the National
meeting. Written comments or Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
statements should be submitted to Mr. Department of the Army, U.S. Army primary federal actions under
Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. Corps of Engineers consideration are dredging, dredged
Lichtman, the committee ADFO, via material placement/disposal, and
electronic mail, the preferred mode of Notice To Conduct a Public Meeting for transport of dredged material for the
submission, at the addresses listed in Preparation of a Preliminary purpose of aquatic disposal and/or
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Assessment and Dredged Material upland beneficial reuse. The City of
section in the following formats: Adobe Management Plan for Petaluma River, Petaluma is the non-federal sponsor
Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The City of Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA (NFS). An Environmental Assessment is
comment or statement must include the AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. intended to be sufficient in scope to
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author’s name, title, affiliation, address, Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. address the federal, state and local
and daytime telephone number. Written ACTION: Public Notice. requirements and environmental issues
comments or statements being concerning the proposed activities and
submitted in response to the agenda set SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is permit approvals.
forth in this notice must be received by to initiate the scoping process for an Project Site and Background
the committee DFO or ADFO at least evaluation of whether there is adequate Information: The Petaluma River federal
five (5) business days prior to the capacity at existing placement sites for navigation project is located on the
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting. | |
| Dates | The Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on May 14, 2015. Public registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. | |
| Contact | Mr. Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GM, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-6438; and by email at [email protected] Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E. Lichtman, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GW, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-8083; and by email at [email protected] | |
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