82_FR_9753 82 FR 9728 - Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice

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)

Page Range9728-9729
FR Document2017-02572

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.

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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 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;

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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.
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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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CollectionFederal Register
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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 February 24, 2017. 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, 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]
FR Citation82 FR 9728 

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