SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The committee meetings are being held under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Chapter 10, 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 committee is chartered pursuant to Section 8158 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (33 U.S.C. 701b-17) to ensure that the Corps flood control projects in Western States, as described in section 8158(b), are operated consistent with congressional directives by identifying opportunities to avoid or minimize conflicts between the operation of the Corps projects and water rights and water laws in such States.

The meeting on Thursday, October 1, 2026, will present the slides from the Corps presentations given at the December 3, 2025, in-person meeting on the Corps water management and water supply authorities.

The meeting on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, will resume discussion on the Committee by-laws from the February 5, 2026, meeting and finalize the proposed by-laws for the Committee.

Agenda: At the meeting on October 1, 2026, the agenda will include the presentation of materials presented by the Corps at the December 3, 2025, meeting; at the meeting on October 6, 2026, the agenda will include discussion of the proposed by-laws.

Availability of Materials for the Meeting: A copy of the agendas or any updates to the agendas for both the October 1, 2026, and October 6, 2026, virtual meetings will be available on the website: www.usace.army.mil/​Missions/​Civil-Works/​Project-Planning/​Legislative-Links/​WRDA-2022/​Western-Water-Cooperative-Committee/​. All materials will be posted to the website after the meeting.

Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, these virtual meetings are open to the public. Any interested person may participate in the meetings, file written comments or statements with the committee, or make verbal comments during the virtual public meetings, at the times, and in the manner, permitted by the committee, as set forth below.

Special Accommodations: Individuals requiring any special accommodations related to the virtual public meeting or seeking additional information about the procedures, should contact Mr. Smith, the committee DFO, or Ms. Rynk, an 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 Committee about its mission and/or topics to be addressed in these virtual public meetings. Written comments or statements should be submitted to Mr. Smith, the Committee DFO, or Ms. Rynk, 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, daytime phone number, and reference to which meeting date the comment or statement is directed. 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 committee for its consideration prior to 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 committee 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 virtual public meetings 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 virtual meetings, that individual must submit a request, with a brief statement of the ( printed page 57579) subject matter to be addressed by the comment, at least five business (5) 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 committee's mission and/or the topics to be addressed in this public meeting. A 15-minute period near the end of each 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.

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