81 FR 81746 - Lake Eufaula Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 223 (November 18, 2016)

The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Lake Eufaula Advisory Committee (LEAC). The meeting is open to the public.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 223 (Friday, November 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81746-81747]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27783]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Lake Eufaula Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open 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 Lake 
Eufaula Advisory Committee (LEAC). The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on Monday, 
December 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Three Forks Harbor, 5201 Three 
Forks Road, Fort Gibson, OK 74434.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeff Knack; Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) for the Committee, in writing at Eufaula Lake Office, 102 
E. BK 200 Rd, Stigler, OK 74462-1829, or by email at 
[email protected], or by phone at 1-918-484-5135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., 
Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 
(U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR 
102-3.150).
    Purpose of the Meeting: The Lake Eufaula Advisory Committee is an 
independent Federal advisory committee established as directed by 
Section 3133(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA 
2007) (Pub. L. 110-114). The committee is advisory in nature only with 
duties to include providing information and recommendations to the 
Corps of Engineers regarding operations of Eufaula Lake, Oklahoma for 
project purposes. In accordance with Sections 3133(c)(2) and 3133(d)(1) 
of WRDA 2007, the committee will also provide recommendations on a 
reallocation study concerning current and future use of the Lake 
Eufaula storage capacity for authorized project purposes as well as a 
subsequent pool management plan.
    Agenda: This will be the second meeting of the LEAC. The committee 
will nominate a new committee member to replace the chair currently 
authorized for the Muscogee Creek Nation, have a question and answer 
session with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives about Eufaula 
Lake's development and management, discuss white papers generated from 
first

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meeting about what each member hopes to see this committee accomplish, 
and discuss future direction.
    Public's Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b 
and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and the availability of space, 
this meeting is open to the public. Seating is on a first-come basis. 
The Three Forks Harbor is readily accessible to and usable by persons 
with disabilities. For additional information about public access 
procedures, contact Mr. Jeff Knack, the Committee's Designated Federal 
Officer, at the email address or telephone number listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Written Comments and 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 Committee, in response to the stated agenda of the 
open meeting or in regard to the Committee's mission in general. 
Written comments or statements should be submitted to Mr. Knack, the 
Committee's Designated Federal Officer, via electronic mail, the 
preferred mode of submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section. Each page of the comment or statement must 
include the author's name, title or affiliation, address, and daytime 
phone number. Written comments or statements being submitted in 
response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the 
Designated Federal Officer at least seven business days prior to the 
meeting to be considered by the Committee. The Designated Federal 
Officer and the Committee Chair will review all timely submitted 
written comments or statements and ensure the comments are provided to 
all members of the Committee before the meeting. Written comments or 
statements received after this date may not be provided to the 
Committee until its next meeting. Please note that because the LEAC 
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.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140d, the Committee is not obligated to 
allow a member of the public to speak or otherwise address the 
Committee during the meeting. Members of the public will be permitted 
to make verbal comments during the Committee 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 three (3) days in 
advance to the Committee's Designated Federal Officer, via electronic 
mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the addresses listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The Designated Federal Officer 
will log each request, in the order received, and in consultation with 
the Committee Chair determine whether the subject matter of each 
comment is relevant to the Committee's mission and/or the topics to be 
addressed in this public meeting. A 15-minute period near the end of 
meeting will be available for verbal public comments. Members of the 
public who have requested to make a verbal comment and whose comments 
have been deemed relevant under the process described above, will be 
allotted no more than three (3) minutes during this period, and will be 
invited to speak in the order in which their requests were received by 
the Designated Federal Officer.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-27783 Filed 11-17-16; 8:45 am]
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