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)
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 210 (October 30, 2015)
| Page Range | 66887-66888 | |
| FR Document | 2015-27759 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 66887-66888] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-27759] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil. 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 Kenneth.E.Lichtman@usace.army.mil. 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 [[Page 66888]] 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. [FR Doc. 2015-27759 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720-58-P
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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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| 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 December 2, 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, 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] | |
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