82 FR 9728 - Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 25 (February 8, 2017)
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 25 (February 8, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-02572 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 9728-9729] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-02572] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 February 24, 2017. Public registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be conducted at the Port of Lake Charles in the Port Boardroom, 1611 W. Sallier Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601, 337-439-3661, or http://www.portlc.com. 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, VA 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, VA 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. Agenda: At this meeting the agenda will include the status of FY 2017 funding for the Navigation Program; [[Page 9729]] status of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and project updates; additional modifications to the web viewer of the Lock Performance Monitoring System (LPMS); the status of the Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, and the Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 on the Monongahela River Project; updates of Kentucky Lock and Chickamauga Lock; and disposition of the Users Board Annual Report for 2016. Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any updates to the agenda for the February 24, 2017 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 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. Brenda S. Bowen, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-02572 Filed 2-7-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720-58-P
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deliberation by the Committee under the seven business days prior to the meeting Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways
open-meeting rules. to be considered by the subcommittee. Users Board (Board). This meeting is
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Written comments or statements open to the public. For additional
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, received after this date may not be information about the Board, please
and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102– provided to the subcommittee until its visit the committee’s Web site at http://
3.165, and subject to the availability of next meeting. www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/
space, this meeting is open to the Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140d, the Navigation/
public. Seating is on a first to arrive Committee is not obligated to allow a InlandWaterwaysUsersBoard.aspx.
basis. Attendees are requested to submit member of the public to speak or
DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers,
their, name, affiliation, and daytime otherwise address the Committee during
Inland Waterways Users Board will
phone number seven business days the meeting. Members of the public will
meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on
prior to the meeting to Dr. David be permitted to make verbal comments
February 24, 2017. Public registration
Dworak, via electronic mail, the during the Committee meeting only at
preferred mode of submission, at the will begin at 8:15 a.m.
the time and in the manner described
address listed in the FOR FURTHER below. If a member of the public is ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be
INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members interested in making a verbal comment conducted at the Port of Lake Charles in
of the public attending the at the open meeting, that individual the Port Boardroom, 1611 W. Sallier
subcommittee meetings will not be must submit a request, with a brief Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601,
permitted to present questions from the statement of the subject matter to be 337–439–3661, or http://
floor or speak to any issue under addressed by the comment, at least www.portlc.com.
consideration by the subcommittee. seven business days in advance to the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Because the meeting of the subcommittee’s Alternate Designated Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal
subcommittee will be held in a Federal Federal Official, via electronic mail, the Officer (DFO) for the committee, in
Government facility on a military base, preferred mode of submission, at the writing at the Institute for Water
security screening is required. A photo address listed in the FOR FURTHER Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
ID is required to enter base. Please note INFORMATION CONTACT section. The Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GM, 7701
that security and gate guards have the Alternate Designated Federal Officer Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
right to inspect vehicles and persons will log each request, in the order Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by
seeking to enter and exit the received, and in consultation with the telephone at 703–428–6438; and by
installation. Root Hall is fully handicap Subcommittee Chair, determine whether email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil.
accessible. Wheelchair access is the subject matter of each comment is Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E.
available in front at the main entrance relevant to the Subcommittee’s mission Lichtman, the Alternate Designated
of the building. For additional and/or the topics to be addressed in this Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the
information about public access public meeting. A 15-minute period Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army
procedures, contact Dr. David Dworak, near the end of the meeting will be Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GW,
the subcommittee’s Alternate available for verbal public comments. 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
Designated Federal Officer, at the email Members of the public who have Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by
address or telephone number listed in requested to make a verbal comment telephone at 703–428–8083; and by
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and whose comments have been email at
section. deemed relevant under the process Kenneth.E.Lichtman@usace.army.mil.
Written Comments or Statements: described above, will be allotted no
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
more than three minutes during the committee meeting is being held under
102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the period, and will be invited to speak in
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the the provisions of the Federal Advisory
the order in which their requests were Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.,
public or interested organizations may
received by the Alternate Designated Appendix, as amended), the
submit written comments or statements
Federal Officer. Government in the Sunshine Act of
to the subcommittee, in response to the
stated agenda of the open meeting or in Brenda S. Bowen, 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
regard to the subcommittee’s mission in Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 41 CFR 102–3.150.
general. Written comments or [FR Doc. 2017–02571 Filed 2–7–17; 8:45 am] Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is
statements should be submitted to Dr. BILLING CODE 5001–03–P
chartered to provide independent
David Dworak, the subcommittee advice and recommendations to the
Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Secretary of the Army on construction
via electronic mail, the preferred mode DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE and rehabilitation project investments
of submission, at the address listed in on the commercial navigation features
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Department of the Army, Corps of of the inland waterways system of the
section. Each page of the comment or Engineers United States. At this meeting, the
statement must include the author’s Board will receive briefings and
name, title or affiliation, address, and Inland Waterways Users Board presentations regarding the investments,
daytime phone number. The Alternate Meeting Notice projects and status of the inland
Designated Federal Official will review waterways system of the United States
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AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.
all submitted written comments or Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. and conduct discussions and
statements and provide them to ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory deliberations on those matters. The
members of the subcommittee for their committee meeting. Board is interested in written and verbal
consideration. Written comments or comments from the public relevant to
statements being submitted in response SUMMARY: The Department of the Army these purposes.
to the agenda set forth in this notice is publishing this notice to announce Agenda: At this meeting the agenda
must be received by the Alternate the following Federal advisory will include the status of FY 2017
Designated Federal Official at least committee meeting of the U.S. Army funding for the Navigation Program;
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status of the Inland Waterways Trust section in the following formats: Adobe ACTION:Notice of Advisory Committee
Fund and project updates; additional Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The meeting.
modifications to the web viewer of the comment or statement must include the
Lock Performance Monitoring System author’s name, title, affiliation, address, SUMMARY: The Department of the Army
(LPMS); the status of the Olmsted Locks and daytime telephone number. Written is publishing this notice to announce
and Dam Project, and the Locks and comments or statements being the following Federal advisory
Dams 2, 3, and 4 on the Monongahela submitted in response to the agenda set committee meeting of the Board on
River Project; updates of Kentucky Lock forth in this notice must be received by Coastal Engineering Research. This
and Chickamauga Lock; and disposition the committee DFO or ADFO at least meeting is open to the public.
of the Users Board Annual Report for five (5) business days prior to the DATES: The Board on Coastal
2016. meeting so that they may be made Engineering Research will meet from
Availability of Materials for the available to the Board for its 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on March 16,
Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any consideration prior to the meeting. 2017 and reconvene from 8:00 a.m. to
updates to the agenda for the February Written comments or statements 12:00 p.m. on March 17, 2017.
24, 2017 meeting. The final version will received after this date may not be ADDRESSES: All sessions will be held at
be provided at the meeting. All provided to the Board until its next the Ted’s Scripps Conference Room,
materials will be posted to the Web site meeting. Please note that because the Robert Scripps Forum for Science,
after the meeting. Board operates under the provisions of Society, and the Environment, Scripps
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as Institution of Oceanography, 8610
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, amended, all written comments will be Kennel Way, La Jolla, CA 92037. All
and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.1 treated as public documents and will be sessions are open to the public. For
65, and subject to the availability of made available for public inspection. more information about the Board,
space, this meeting is open to the Verbal Comments: Members of the please visit https://chl.erdc.dren.mil/
public. Registration of members of the public will be permitted to make verbal usace-cerb/.
public who wish to attend the meeting comments during the Board meeting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: COL
will begin at 8:15 a.m. on the day of the only at the time and in the manner
Bryan S. Green Designated Federal
meeting. Seating is limited and is on a allowed herein. If a member of the
Officer (DFO), U.S. Army Engineer
first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be public is interested in making a verbal
asked to provide their name, title, Research and Development Center,
comment at the open meeting, that
affiliation, and contact information to Waterways Experiment Station, 3909
individual must submit a request, with
include email address and daytime Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180–
a brief statement of the subject matter to
telephone number at registration. Any 6199, phone 601–634–2513, or
be addressed by the comment, at least
interested person may attend the Bryan.S.Green@usace.army.mil.
three business (3) days in advance to the
meeting, file written comments or committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
statements with the committee, or make mail, the preferred mode of submission, meeting is being held under the
verbal comments from the floor during at the addresses listed in the FOR provisions of the Federal Advisory
the public meeting, at the times, and in FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
the manner, permitted by the The committee DFO and ADFO will log U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
committee, as set forth below. each request to make a comment, in the Government in the Sunshine Act of
Special Accommodations: The order received, and determine whether 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
meeting venue is fully handicap the subject matter of each comment is 41 CFR 102–3.150. The Board on
accessible, with wheelchair access. relevant to the Board’s mission and/or Coastal Engineering Research provides
Individuals requiring special the topics to be addressed in this public broad policy guidance and reviews
accommodations to access the public meeting. A 15-minute period near the plans for the conduct of research and
meeting or seeking additional end of the meeting will be available for the development of research projects in
information about public access verbal public comments. Members of consonance with the needs of the
procedures, should contact Mr. Pointon, the public who have requested to make coastal engineering field and the
the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman, a verbal comment and whose comments objectives of the U.S. Army Chief of
the ADFO, at the email addresses or have been deemed relevant under the Engineers.
telephone numbers listed in the FOR process described above, will be allotted Purpose of the Meeting: The meeting
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, no more than three (3) minutes during is an Executive Session to review past
at least five (5) business days prior to this period, and will be invited to speak action items, status reports, research
the meeting so that appropriate in the order in which their requests and development (R & D) strategic
arrangements can be made. were received by the DFO and ADFO. directions, and coastal engineering
Written Comments or Statements: research in the United States.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and Brenda S. Bowen, Agenda: On Thursday morning,
102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. March 16, 2017, action items to be
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the [FR Doc. 2017–02572 Filed 2–7–17; 8:45 am] discussed will be: (1) Review Action
public or interested organizations may BILLING CODE 3720–58–P Item List; (2) Talking Points and
submit written comments or statements Vignettes; (3) Coastal System Operations
to the Board about its mission and/or & Management Tool Concept; and (4)
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the topics to be addressed in this public DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Roadmap for Future Meeting Themes,
meeting. Written comments or Issues, and Locations. There will be
statements should be submitted to Mr. Department of the Army; Corps of presentation on University
Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. Engineers Collaborations and Digital Technology
Lichtman, the committee ADFO, via Modernization. A field trip to tour the
Board on Coastal Engineering
electronic mail, the preferred mode of Scripps Institution of Oceanography is
Research
submission, at the addresses listed in scheduled that afternoon. Following the
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. tour, the meeting reconvenes at the Ted
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| 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 February 24, 2017. 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, VA 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, VA 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-8083; and by email at [email protected] | |
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