80 FR 46568 - Board on Coastal Engineering Research

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 150 (August 5, 2015)

Page Range		46568-46569
FR Document		2015-19242

The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Board on Coastal Engineering Research. This meeting is open to the public.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Board on Coastal Engineering Research

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to 
announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Board 
on Coastal Engineering Research. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES AND LOCATION: The Board on Coastal Engineering Research will meet 
from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on September 1, 2015, and reconvene from 
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on September 2, 2015. The Executive Session of 
the Board will convene from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on September 3, 
2015. All sessions will be held Rooms 175-185, Jadwin Building, U.S. 
Army Engineer District, Galveston, 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, TX 
77550. All sessions are open to the public. For more information about 
the Board, please visit http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/cerb.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jos[eacute] E. S[aacute]nchez, 
Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), U.S. Army Engineer 
Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 
Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199, phone 601-634-2001, or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 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. The Board on 
Coastal Engineering Research provides broad policy guidance and reviews 
plans for the conduct of research and the development of research 
projects in consonance with the needs of the coastal engineering field 
and the objectives of the U.S. Army Chief of Engineers.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The theme of the meeting is Coastal 
Navigation--Driving the U.S. Economy by Integrating Marine 
Transportation Infrastructure with Natural Coastal Systems. The purpose 
of the meeting is to identify the U.S. Gulf region's engineering 
challenges with nature and nature-based systems to enhance the 
resilience of coastal systems and marine transportation infrastructure 
and sustain the values they produce and to identify research and 
development needs to enable the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the 
Nation to deliver innovative solutions to meet these challenges and 
opportunities.
    Agenda: On Tuesday morning, September 1, 2015, panel presentations 
will deal with the Integrated Coastal and Navigation Systems of the 
Texas Coast. Presentations will include The Texas Coast: Shoring Up Our 
Future--Implementation Challenges and Coastal Engineering Concerns; 
Storm Hazard Resilience Requirements of the Texas Coastal Industry's 
Energy Infrastructure and Implications for Modernizing Maritime 
Transportation Connections; Tackling the Most Challenging Built and 
Natural Infrastructure Sustainability and Resilience Problems of the 
Texas Coast; Leveraging Natural Systems and Functions for Delivering a 
Spectrum of Ecosystem Services, Restoration of Half Moon Reef in 
Matagorda Bay; The Galveston Bay Plan--A Comprehensive Conservation 
Management Plan for Galveston Bay, Galveston Bay Estuary Program: 
Regional Water and Sediment Quality Monitoring and Research Action 
Plan; USACE Engineering with Nature and Regional Sediment Management 
``Proving Ground'' Initiatives; and a presentation from the Texas A&M 
University Coastal Engineering Department. There will be an optional 
field trip Tuesday afternoon, which is open to the public. It includes 
a bus tour to a beach nourishment project; inspection of integrated 
petrochemical facility, navigation, and structural flood risk 
management infrastructure; inspection of Port of Galveston facilities 
and cruise terminal with non-structural flood proofing; and a ferry 
ride across

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Bolivar Pass and return for inspection of potential surge gate location 
across Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel.
    On Wednesday morning, September 2, 2015, the Board will reconvene 
to discuss Coastal Engineering with Nature and Regional Sediment 
Management. Presentations will include Performance Trends of South 
Padre Island Onshore and Nearshore Placement of Navigation Channel 
Maintenance Dredging Materials, Brazos Island Harbor; Challenges and 
Opportunities of In-Bay Sediment Placement in Mobile Bay: Science, 
Technology and Research Needs; Use of USACE Enterprise Tools for Life 
Cycle Systems Management of Dredged Materials: Gulf Intracoastal 
Waterway Pilot Project; and The Future of Nearshore Processes Research: 
Implementing a Research Plan by the Nearshore Processes Community. 
Wednesday morning and afternoon session continues with the Integrated 
Coastal and Navigation Systems panel. Presentations include Dredging 
Equipment/Environmental Windows Optimization of Navigation Systems in 
the Gulf of Mexico; Coastal and Navigation Asset Management: System 
Optimization Based on Cargo Flows for the Houston-Galveston Navigation 
Channel; Informing Coastal Vulnerabilities with World Class Science: 
Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network; Research Needs on the Texas 
Coast for Resilient Regionally Integrated Multiple Lines of Defense for 
Coastal Storm Risk Management and Navigation Sustainability; Research 
Needs on a Hurricane Surge Barrier for the Houston-Galveston Bay 
Region; Research Needs of the Texas Protection and Restoration Project; 
and Navigation and Coastal Tools for the US. Gulf Coast: Capabilities 
and Research Needs.
    The Board will meet in Executive Session to discuss ongoing 
initiatives and future actions on Thursday morning, September 3, 2015.
    Meeting Accessibility: 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, the meeting is open to the public. Because seating capacity is 
limited, advance registration is required. Registration can be 
accomplished as set forth below. Because the meeting will be held in a 
Federal Government facility, security screening is required. A photo ID 
is required, and the name of each person seeking entry onto the 
facility will be checked against the list of names of those persons who 
have registered to attend the meeting. The guards reserve the right to 
inspect vehicles seeking to enter the facility. Individuals will be 
directed to the District Office building, where further security 
screening is required.
    Oral participation by the public is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. on 
Wednesday, September 2, 2015. The Galveston District is fully handicap 
accessible. For additional information about public access procedures, 
please contact Mr. S[aacute]nchez, the Board's ADFO, at the email 
address or telephone number listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.
    Registration: Individuals who wish to attend the meeting of the 
Board must register with the ADFO by email, the preferred method of 
contact, no later than August 28, using the electronic mail contact 
information found in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, 
above. The communication should include the registrant's full name, 
title, affiliation or employer, email address, and daytime phone 
number. If applicable, include written comments or statements with the 
registration email.
    Written Comments and Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.015(j) 
and 102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written comments or statements to 
the Board, in response to the stated agenda of the open meeting or in 
regard to the Board's mission in general. Written comments or 
statements should be submitted to Mr. Jos[eacute] E. S[aacute]nchez, 
ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, as the 
address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. 
Each page of the comment or statement must include the author's name, 
title or affiliation, address, and daytime phone number. The ADFO will 
review all submitted written comments or statements and provide them to 
members of the Board for their consideration. Written comments or 
statements being submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this 
notice must be received by the ADFO at least five business days prior 
to the meeting to be considered by the Board. The ADFO will review all 
timely submitted written comments or statements with the Board 
Chairperson and ensure the comments are provided to all members of the 
Board before the meeting. Written comments or statements received after 
this date may not be provided to the Board until its next meeting.
    Verbal Comments: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140d, the Board is not 
obligated to allow a member of the public to speak or otherwise address 
the Board during the meeting. Members of the public will be permitted 
to make verbal comments during the Board meeting only at the time and 
in the manner described below. 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 five business days in advance to the 
Board's ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at 
the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The 
ADFO will log each request, in the order received, and in consultation 
with the Board Chair, 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 30-minute period near the end of 
the 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 five minutes during this period, and will 
be invited to speak in the order in which their requests were received 
by the ADFO.

Jos[eacute] E. S[aacute]nchez,
Director, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-19242 Filed 8-4-15; 8:45 am]
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www.regulations.gov as they are concentration) necessary for gainful Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
received without change, including any employment in high demand, high U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
personal identifiers or contact growth portable career fields and Government in the Sunshine Act of
information. occupations; to provide a record of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
Any associated forms for this educational endeavors and progress of 41 CFR 102–3.150. The Board on
collection may be located within this military spouses participating in Coastal Engineering Research provides
same electronic docket and downloaded education services; and to manage the broad policy guidance and reviews
for review/testing. Follow the tuition assistance scholarship, track plans for the conduct of research and
instructions at http:// enrollments and funding and to the development of research projects in
www.regulations.gov for submitting facilitate communication with consonance with the needs of the
comments. Please submit comments on participants via email. Records may also coastal engineering field and the
any given form identified by docket be used as a management tool for objectives of the U.S. Army Chief of
number, form number, and title. statistical analysis, tracking, reporting, Engineers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To evaluating program effectiveness and Purpose of the Meeting: The theme of
request more information on this conducting research. the meeting is Coastal Navigation—
proposed information collection or to Driving the U.S. Economy by Integrating
Dated: July 31, 2015.
obtain a copy of the proposal and Marine Transportation Infrastructure
Aaron Siegel, with Natural Coastal Systems. The
associated collection instruments, Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison purpose of the meeting is to identify the
please write to the Office of Family Officer, Department of Defense. U.S. Gulf region’s engineering
Readiness Policy, ATTN: Program [FR Doc. 2015–19199 Filed 8–4–15; 8:45 am] challenges with nature and nature-based
Manager, Spouse Education & Career BILLING CODE 5001–06–P systems to enhance the resilience of
Opportunities Program, 4800 Mark
coastal systems and marine
Center Drive, Suite 03G15, Alexandria,
transportation infrastructure and sustain
VA 22350–2300. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE the values they produce and to identify
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: research and development needs to
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Department of the Army; Corps of enable the U.S. Army Corps of
Number: Military Spouse Career Engineers Engineers and the Nation to deliver
Advancement Accounts Scholarship innovative solutions to meet these
(MyCAA); OMB Control Number 0704– Board on Coastal Engineering
Research challenges and opportunities.
XXXX. Agenda: On Tuesday morning,
Needs and Uses: This information AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. September 1, 2015, panel presentations
collection requirement is necessary to ACTION:Notice of Advisory Committee will deal with the Integrated Coastal and
allow eligible military spouses to submit meeting. Navigation Systems of the Texas Coast.
information for approval of financial Presentations will include The Texas
scholarships to pursue portable careers. SUMMARY: The Department of the Army Coast: Shoring Up Our Future—
To Utilize MyCAA Scholarship is publishing this notice to announce Implementation Challenges and Coastal
the following Federal advisory Engineering Concerns; Storm Hazard
Affected Public: Military spouse users committee meeting of the Board on Resilience Requirements of the Texas
of MyCAA. Coastal Engineering Research. This Coastal Industry’s Energy Infrastructure
Annual Burden Hours: 63,752. meeting is open to the public. and Implications for Modernizing
Number of Respondents: 85,033. DATES AND LOCATION: The Board on Maritime Transportation Connections;
Responses per Respondent: 1. Coastal Engineering Research will meet Tackling the Most Challenging Built and
Annual Responses: 85,033. from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Natural Infrastructure Sustainability and
Average Burden per Response: 45 September 1, 2015, and reconvene from Resilience Problems of the Texas Coast;
minutes. 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on September 2, Leveraging Natural Systems and
Frequency: On occasion. 2015. The Executive Session of the Functions for Delivering a Spectrum of
To Apply for Participation in the Board will convene from 8:00 a.m. to Ecosystem Services, Restoration of Half
MyCAA Program 12:00 p.m. on September 3, 2015. All Moon Reef in Matagorda Bay; The
sessions will be held Rooms 175–185, Galveston Bay Plan—A Comprehensive
Affected Public: Schools. Jadwin Building, U.S. Army Engineer Conservation Management Plan for
Annual Burden Hours: 93. District, Galveston, 2000 Fort Point Galveston Bay, Galveston Bay Estuary
Number of Respondents: 370. Road, Galveston, TX 77550. All sessions Program: Regional Water and Sediment
Responses per Respondent: 1. are open to the public. For more Quality Monitoring and Research Action
Annual Responses: 370. information about the Board, please Plan; USACE Engineering with Nature
Average Burden per Response: 15 visit http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/ and Regional Sediment Management
minutes. cerb. ‘‘Proving Ground’’ Initiatives; and a
Frequency: Once. presentation from the Texas A&M
The Military Spouse Career FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. University Coastal Engineering
Advancement Accounts Scholarship José E. Sánchez, Alternate Designated Department. There will be an optional
(MyCAA) is a career development and Federal Officer (ADFO), U.S. Army field trip Tuesday afternoon, which is
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employment assistance program Engineer Research and Development open to the public. It includes a bus tour
sponsored by the Department of Defense Center, Waterways Experiment Station, to a beach nourishment project;
(DoD) to assist military spouses pursue 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS inspection of integrated petrochemical
licenses, certificates, certifications or 39180–6199, phone 601–634–2001, or facility, navigation, and structural flood
associate’s degrees (excluding Jose.E.Sanchez@usace.army.mil. risk management infrastructure;
associate’s degrees in general studies, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inspection of Port of Galveston facilities
liberal arts, and interdisciplinary meeting is being held under the and cruise terminal with non-structural
studies that do not have a provisions of the Federal Advisory flood proofing; and a ferry ride across

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Bolivar Pass and return for inspection of directed to the District Office building, during the Board meeting only at the
potential surge gate location across where further security screening is time and in the manner described
Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel. required. below. If a member of the public is
On Wednesday morning, September Oral participation by the public is interested in making a verbal comment
2, 2015, the Board will reconvene to scheduled for 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, at the open meeting, that individual
discuss Coastal Engineering with Nature September 2, 2015. The Galveston must submit a request, with a brief
and Regional Sediment Management. District is fully handicap accessible. For statement of the subject matter to be
Presentations will include Performance additional information about public addressed by the comment, at least five
Trends of South Padre Island Onshore access procedures, please contact Mr. business days in advance to the Board’s
and Nearshore Placement of Navigation Sánchez, the Board’s ADFO, at the email ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred
Channel Maintenance Dredging address or telephone number listed in mode of submission, at the address
Materials, Brazos Island Harbor; the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Challenges and Opportunities of In-Bay section. CONTACT section. The ADFO will log
Sediment Placement in Mobile Bay: Registration: Individuals who wish to each request, in the order received, and
Science, Technology and Research attend the meeting of the Board must in consultation with the Board Chair,
Needs; Use of USACE Enterprise Tools register with the ADFO by email, the determine whether the subject matter of
for Life Cycle Systems Management of preferred method of contact, no later each comment is relevant to the Board’s
Dredged Materials: Gulf Intracoastal than August 28, using the electronic mission and/or the topics to be
Waterway Pilot Project; and The Future mail contact information found in the addressed in this public meeting. A 30-
of Nearshore Processes Research: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT minute period near the end of the
Implementing a Research Plan by the section, above. The communication meeting will be available for verbal
Nearshore Processes Community. should include the registrant’s full public comments. Members of the
Wednesday morning and afternoon name, title, affiliation or employer, public who have requested to make a
session continues with the Integrated email address, and daytime phone verbal comment, and whose comments
Coastal and Navigation Systems panel. number. If applicable, include written have been deemed relevant under the
Presentations include Dredging comments or statements with the process described above, will be allotted
Equipment/Environmental Windows registration email. no more than five minutes during this
Optimization of Navigation Systems in Written Comments and Statements:
period, and will be invited to speak in
the Gulf of Mexico; Coastal and Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.015(j) and
the order in which their requests were
Navigation Asset Management: System 102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the
received by the ADFO.
Optimization Based on Cargo Flows for FACA, the public or interested
the Houston-Galveston Navigation organizations may submit written José E. Sánchez,
Channel; Informing Coastal comments or statements to the Board, in Director, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory,
Vulnerabilities with World Class response to the stated agenda of the Alternate Designated Federal Officer.
Science: Texas Coastal Ocean open meeting or in regard to the Board’s [FR Doc. 2015–19242 Filed 8–4–15; 8:45 am]
Observation Network; Research Needs mission in general. Written comments BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
on the Texas Coast for Resilient or statements should be submitted to
Regionally Integrated Multiple Lines of Mr. José E. Sánchez, ADFO, via
Defense for Coastal Storm Risk electronic mail, the preferred mode of
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Management and Navigation submission, as the address listed in the
Sustainability; Research Needs on a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT [Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0064]
Hurricane Surge Barrier for the section above. Each page of the
Houston-Galveston Bay Region; comment or statement must include the Agency Information Collection
Research Needs of the Texas Protection author’s name, title or affiliation, Activities; Submission to the Office of
and Restoration Project; and Navigation address, and daytime phone number. Management and Budget for Review
and Coastal Tools for the US. Gulf The ADFO will review all submitted and Approval; Comment Request;
Coast: Capabilities and Research Needs. written comments or statements and Health Education Assistance Loan
The Board will meet in Executive provide them to members of the Board (HEAL) Program: Forms
Session to discuss ongoing initiatives for their consideration. Written
comments or statements being AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA),
and future actions on Thursday
submitted in response to the agenda set Department of Education (ED).
morning, September 3, 2015.
Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 forth in this notice must be received by ACTION: Notice.
U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR the ADFO at least five business days
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and prior to the meeting to be considered by
subject to the availability of space, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
the Board. The ADFO will review all
meeting is open to the public. Because U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
timely submitted written comments or
seating capacity is limited, advance proposing a revision of an existing
statements with the Board Chairperson
registration is required. Registration can information collection.
and ensure the comments are provided
be accomplished as set forth below. to all members of the Board before the DATES: Interested persons are invited to
Because the meeting will be held in a meeting. Written comments or submit comments on or before
Federal Government facility, security statements received after this date may September 4, 2015.
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screening is required. A photo ID is not be provided to the Board until its ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
required, and the name of each person next meeting. documents related to the information
seeking entry onto the facility will be Verbal Comments: Pursuant to 41 CFR collection listed in this notice, please
checked against the list of names of 102–3.140d, the Board is not obligated use http://wwww.regulations.gov by
those persons who have registered to to allow a member of the public to speak searching the Docket ID number ED–
attend the meeting. The guards reserve or otherwise address the Board during 2015–ICCD–0064. Comments submitted
the right to inspect vehicles seeking to the meeting. Members of the public will in response to this notice should be
enter the facility. Individuals will be be permitted to make verbal comments submitted electronically through the

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Contact		Mr. Jos[eacute] E. S[aacute]nchez, Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199, phone 601-634-2001, or [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 46568

80 FR 46568 - Board on Coastal Engineering Research

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEDepartment of the Army; Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 150 (August 5, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers