80_FR_67097 80 FR 66887 - Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice

80 FR 66887 - Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 210 (October 30, 2015)

Page Range66887-66888
FR Document2015-27759

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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-27759]


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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.

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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 December 2, 2015. Public 
registration will begin at 8:15 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be conducted at the Embassy Suites by 
Hilton St. Louis--St. Charles Hotel, Two Convention Center Plaza, St. 
Charles, Missouri 63303 at 636-946-5544.

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, Virginia 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, Virginia 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 of the Olmsted Locks and 
Dam Project, the Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 Monongahela River Project, 
efficient funding for Inland Waterways Trust Fund projects, status of 
the Inland Marine Transportation System (IMTS) Capital Investment 
Strategy (CIS), the Lock Performance Monitoring System (LPMS) Reporting 
modifications and reporting navigation notices to maritime interests, 
overview of the economic analysis and preparing traffic projections, 
and preliminary discussion of the Board's 2015 Annual Report.
    Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or 
any updates to the agenda for the December 2, 2015 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 102-3.1 65, 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

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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 business (3) 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 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 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.

    Dated: October 27, 2015.
David B. Olson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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                                              question is already a Committee                         provided to the membership for their                  Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army
                                              member. Subcommittee members shall                      consideration. Contact information for                Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GW,
                                              not serve more than two consecutive                     the Committee’s DFO can be obtained                   7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
                                              terms of service, without approval by                   from the GSA’s FACA Database—http://                  Alexandria, Virginia 22315–3868; by
                                              the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy                  www.facadatabase.gov/.                                telephone at 703–428–8083; and by
                                              Secretary of Defense. Subcommittee                        The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102–                    email at Kenneth.E.Lichtman@
                                              members are appointed to provide                        3.150, will announce planned meetings                 usace.army.mil.
                                              advice on the basis of their best                       of the Committee. The DFO, at that time,              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      The
                                              judgment without representing a                         may provide additional guidance on the                committee meeting is being held under
                                              particular point of view and in a manner                submission of written statements that                 the provisions of the Federal Advisory
                                              that is free from conflict of interest.                 are in response to the stated agenda for              Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.,
                                                Subcommittee members, if not full-                    the planned meeting in question.                      Appendix, as amended), the
                                              time or part-time government
                                                                                                        Dated: October 27, 2015.                            Government in the Sunshine Act of
                                              employees, shall be appointed to serve
                                              as experts or consultants, pursuant to 5                Aaron Siegel,                                         1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
                                              U.S.C. 3109, to serve as SGE members.                   Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison                41 CFR 102–3.150.
                                                                                                      Officer, Department of Defense.                          Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is
                                              Those individuals who are full-time or
                                              permanent part-time Federal officers or                 [FR Doc. 2015–27710 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]          chartered to provide independent
                                              employees shall be appointed, pursuant                  BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                advice and recommendations to the
                                              to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a), to serve as RGE                                                                       Secretary of the Army on construction
                                              members. With the exception of                                                                                and rehabilitation project investments
                                              reimbursement for official Committee-                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 on the commercial navigation features
                                              related travel and per diem,                                                                                  of the inland waterways system of the
                                                                                                      Department of the Army, Corps of                      United States. At this meeting, the
                                              subcommittee members shall serve
                                                                                                      Engineers                                             Board will receive briefings and
                                              without compensation.
                                                All subcommittees operate under the                                                                         presentations regarding the investments,
                                                                                                      Inland Waterways Users Board                          projects and status of the inland
                                              provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act,                   Meeting Notice
                                              governing Federal statutes and                                                                                waterways system of the United States
                                              regulations, and established DoD                        AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.                  and conduct discussions and
                                              policies and procedures.                                Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.                         deliberations on those matters. The
                                                The Designated Federal Officer (DFO),                 ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory
                                                                                                                                                            Board is interested in written and verbal
                                              pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a full-                committee meeting.                                    comments from the public relevant to
                                              time or permanent part-time DoD                                                                               these purposes.
                                              employee, and shall be appointed in                     SUMMARY:   The Department of the Army                    Proposed Agenda: At this meeting the
                                              accordance with established DoD                         is publishing this notice to announce                 agenda will include the status of
                                              policies and procedures.                                the following Federal advisory                        funding for inland navigation projects
                                                In addition, the Committee’s DFO is                   committee meeting of the U.S. Army                    and studies, the status of the Inland
                                              required to be in attendance at all                     Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways                  Waterways Trust Fund, the status of the
                                              committee and subcommittee meetings                     Users Board (Board). This meeting is                  Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, the
                                              for the entire duration of each and every               open to the public. For additional                    Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4
                                              meeting. However, in the absence of the                 information about the Board, please                   Monongahela River Project, efficient
                                              Committee’s DFO, an Alternate DFO,                      visit the committee’s Web site at http://             funding for Inland Waterways Trust
                                              duly appointed to the Committee,                        www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/                      Fund projects, status of the Inland
                                              according to the DoD policies and                       Navigation/                                           Marine Transportation System (IMTS)
                                              procedures, shall attend the entire                     InlandWaterwaysUsersBoard.aspx.                       Capital Investment Strategy (CIS), the
                                              duration of the Committee or                                                                                  Lock Performance Monitoring System
                                                                                                      DATES:  The Army Corps of Engineers,                  (LPMS) Reporting modifications and
                                              subcommittee meeting.                                   Inland Waterways Users Board will
                                                The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall                                                                        reporting navigation notices to maritime
                                                                                                      meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on                   interests, overview of the economic
                                              call all of the Committee’s and
                                                                                                      December 2, 2015. Public registration                 analysis and preparing traffic
                                              subcommittee’s meetings; prepare and
                                                                                                      will begin at 8:15 a.m.                               projections, and preliminary discussion
                                              approve all meeting agendas; and
                                              adjourn any meeting when the DFO, or                    ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be                  of the Board’s 2015 Annual Report.
                                              the Alternate DFO, determines                           conducted at the Embassy Suites by                       Availability of Materials for the
                                              adjournment to be in the public interest                Hilton St. Louis—St. Charles Hotel, Two               Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any
                                              or required by governing regulations or                 Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles,                 updates to the agenda for the December
                                              DoD policies and procedures.                            Missouri 63303 at 636–946–5544.                       2, 2015 meeting. The final version will
                                                Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.                  be provided at the meeting. All
                                              102–3.140, the public or interested                     Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal               materials will be posted to the Web site
                                              organizations may submit written                        Officer (DFO) for the committee, in                   after the meeting.
                                              statements to Committee membership                      writing at the Institute for Water                       Public Accessibility to the Meeting:
                                              about the Committee’s mission and                       Resources, U.S. Army Corps of                         Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended,
                                              functions. Written statements may be                    Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GM, 7701                       and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.1
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                                              submitted at any time or in response to                 Telegraph Road, Casey Building,                       65, and subject to the availability of
                                              the stated agenda of planned meeting of                 Alexandria, Virginia 22315–3868; by                   space, this meeting is open to the
                                              the Committee.                                          telephone at 703–428–6438; and by                     public. Registration of members of the
                                                All written statements shall be                       email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil.                 public who wish to attend the meeting
                                              submitted to the DFO for the                            Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E.                 will begin at 8:15 a.m. on the day of the
                                              Committee, and this individual will                     Lichtman, the Alternate Designated                    meeting. Seating is limited and is on a
                                              ensure that the written statements are                  Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the             first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be


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                                              asked to provide their name, title,                     comment at the open meeting, that                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              affiliation, and contact information to                 individual must submit a request, with                Richard Morgan, Project Manager, at
                                              include email address and daytime                       a brief statement of the subject matter to            (912) 652–5139, or at
                                              telephone number at registration. Any                   be addressed by the comment, at least                 Richard.M.Morgan@usace.army.mil.
                                              interested person may attend the                        three business (3) days in advance to the             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                              meeting, file written comments or                       committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic                    1. National Environmental Policy Act.
                                              statements with the committee, or make                  mail, the preferred mode of submission,               The Corps prepared this DEIS to meet
                                              verbal comments from the floor during                   at the addresses listed in the FOR                    its National Environmental Policy Act
                                              the public meeting, at the times, and in                FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.                  (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 to 4370f)
                                              the manner, permitted by the                            The committee DFO and ADFO will log                   obligation in its evaluation of an
                                              committee, as set forth below.                          each request to make a comment, in the                application for a Department of the
                                                 Special Accommodations: The                          order received, and determine whether                 Army Permit pursuant to Section 404 of
                                              meeting venue is fully handicap                         the subject matter of each comment is                 the Clean Water Act (CWA) (33 U.S.C.
                                              accessible, with wheelchair access.                     relevant to the Board’s mission and/or                1344) for the Proposed Project. This
                                              Individuals requiring special                           the topics to be addressed in this public             DEIS presents the direct, indirect, and
                                              accommodations to access the public                     meeting. A 15-minute period near the                  cumulative impacts of the Proposed
                                              meeting or seeking additional                           end of the meeting will be available for              Project on the human and natural
                                              information about public access                         verbal public comments. Members of                    environment.
                                              procedures, should contact Mr. Pointon,                 the public who have requested to make                    2. Project Description. The Hall
                                              the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman,                     a verbal comment and whose comments                   County Board of Commissioners
                                              the ADFO, at the email addresses or                     have been deemed relevant under the                   submitted an application for a permit to
                                              telephone numbers listed in the FOR                     process described above, will be allotted             construct an 850-acre pump-storage
                                              FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section,                    no more than three (3) minutes during                 reservoir on Flat Creek, a tributary to the
                                              at least five (5) business days prior to                this period, and will be invited to speak             Chattahoochee River located
                                              the meeting so that appropriate                         in the order in which their requests                  approximately 35 miles northeast of
                                              arrangements can be made.                               were received by the DFO and ADFO.
                                                 Written Comments or Statements:                                                                            Atlanta, near the upstream end of Lake
                                              Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and                       Dated: October 27, 2015.                            Sidney Lanier, in Hall County, Georgia.
                                              102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the                   David B. Olson,                                       The proposed dam would have a height
                                              Federal Advisory Committee Act, the                     Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Army           of 140 feet, with a normal pool surface
                                              public or interested organizations may                  Corps of Engineers.                                   elevation of 1,180 feet above mean sea
                                              submit written comments or statements                   [FR Doc. 2015–27759 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]          level. Dam and reservoir construction
                                              to the Board about its mission and/or                   BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
                                                                                                                                                            would result in the filling and
                                              the topics to be addressed in this public                                                                     inundation of 39.2 acres of wetland and
                                              meeting. Written comments or                                                                                  95,000 linear feet of stream. A 37
                                              statements should be submitted to Mr.                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 million gallon per day (mgd) intake and
                                              Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr.                                                                            pump station would be constructed on
                                              Lichtman, the committee ADFO, via                       Department of the Army, Corps of                      the Chattahoochee River, and would
                                              electronic mail, the preferred mode of                  Engineers                                             transfer water from the river to the
                                              submission, at the addresses listed in                                                                        reservoir via a 48-inch diameter, 4-mile
                                              the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT                     Notice of Availability of the Draft                   transmission pipeline. Water would be
                                              section in the following formats: Adobe                 Environmental Impact Statement for                    pumped from the Chattahoochee River
                                              Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The                          the Proposed Glades Reservoir Water                   to fill or refill the reservoir only when
                                              comment or statement must include the                   Supply Project, Permit Application                    river flows are above the instream flow
                                              author’s name, title, affiliation, address,             SAS–2007–00388 and the                                protection thresholds (IFPT), and only
                                              and daytime telephone number. Written                   Announcement of a Public Hearing                      when the IFPT can be maintained in the
                                              comments or statements being                            AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.                  river below the pump station. Water
                                              submitted in response to the agenda set                 Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.                         stored in the reservoir would be
                                              forth in this notice must be received by                                                                      released into Flat Creek, flow
                                                                                                      ACTION: Notice of availability.                       downstream into Lake Lanier, and be
                                              the committee DFO or ADFO at least
                                              five (5) business days prior to the                     SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that                withdrawn at an existing raw water
                                              meeting so that they may be made                        the Corps has released a Draft                        intake operated by the City of
                                              available to the Board for its                          Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)                 Gainesville. The Proposed Project
                                              consideration prior to the meeting.                     for the proposed Glades Reservoir water               would provide a total storage volume of
                                              Written comments or statements                          supply project (Proposed Project), and                11.7 billion gallons and an annual
                                              received after this date may not be                     will conduct a Public Hearing for this                average water supply of 50 mgd, to meet
                                              provided to the Board until its next                    DEIS.                                                 Hall County’s projected water demand
                                              meeting. Please note that because the                                                                         through the year 2060.
                                              Board operates under the provisions of                  DATES:  Comments will be received until                  2. Alternatives. This DEIS evaluated
                                              the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as                  5:00 p.m., December 29, 2015; or by                   13 alternatives for the Proposed Project
                                              amended, all written comments will be                   letter postmarked no later than                       based on a range of Lake Lanier
                                              treated as public documents and will be                 December 29, 2015. The public hearing                 allocations, reservoir sites, reservoir
                                                                                                      will be held on December 8, 2015.
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                                              made available for public inspection.                                                                         yield, and transmission and treatment
                                                 Verbal Comments: Members of the                      ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the                     strategies. A wide range of water supply
                                              public will be permitted to make verbal                 DEIS may be submitted to: U.S. Army                   sources such as water conservation,
                                              comments during the Board meeting                       Corps of Engineers, Savannah District,                additional Lake Lanier water supply
                                              only at the time and in the manner                      Regulatory Division, Attention: SAS–                  allocation, purchase from adjacent
                                              allowed herein. If a member of the                      2007–00388, 100 West Oglethorpe                       counties, and additional groundwater
                                              public is interested in making a verbal                 Avenue, Savannah, Georgia 31401–3640                  develop.m.ent were identified prior to


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open Federal advisory committee meeting.
DatesThe Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on December 2, 2015. Public registration will begin at 8:15 a.m.
ContactMr. 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, Virginia 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, Virginia 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-8083; and by email at [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 66887 

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