80 FR 9446 - Board on Coastal Engineering Research

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 35 (February 23, 2015)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9446-9447]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03621]


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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:  Dates and Location: The Board on Coastal Engineering Research 
will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 3, 2015, and reconvene 
from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on March 4, 2015. Both sessions of the 
meeting will be held in the Conference Facility, Coastal and Hydraulics 
Laboratory (CHL), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 
3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. 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: Colonel Jeffrey R. Eckstein, 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) and Executive Secretary, U.S. Army 
Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 
3909 Halls Ferry

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Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199, phone 601-634-2513, 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 meeting is an Executive Session to 
review past action items, status reports, research and development 
strategic directions, and coastal engineering research in the United 
States.
    Agenda: On Tuesday morning, March 3, 2015, meeting logistics, 
review and status of action items, CHL coastal research and development 
strategic direction, existing coastal engineering statements of need, 
and a status report on the Coastal Working Group will be discussed.
    On Tuesday afternoon, there will be technology demonstrations of 
the Ship-Tow Simulator and the CHL Sediment Lab and presentations and 
discussions on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Resilience and 
Harmonization, next steps for Civil Works and Military initiatives, and 
USACE resilience research and development plans.
    On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, the Board will reconvene to discuss a 
Regional Sediment Management Regional Technical Center of Expertise and 
coastal engineering research in the United States. A discussion on the 
September meeting will also be hosted by the U.S. Army Engineer 
Division, Southwestern.
    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 of the Board will 
be held in a Federal Government facility, security screening is 
required. A photo ID is required to enter the facility. The name of 
each person seeking entry will be checked against the list of names of 
those persons who have registered to attend the meeting. Individuals 
will be directed to the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory. Please note 
that the guards have a right to inspect vehicles seeking to enter the 
facility. The Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory is fully handicap 
accessible. For additional information about public access procedures, 
please contact Colonel Eckstein, the Board's Designated Federal 
Officer, 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 DFO by email, the preferred method of 
contact, no later than February 27, 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 Colonel Jeffrey R. Eckstein, DFO, 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 DFO 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 DFO at least five business days prior to the meeting to 
be considered by the Board. The DFO 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 DFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at 
the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The 
DFO 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 DFO.

David B. Olson,
Federal Register Liaison, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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