[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48659-48660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19296]
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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 meeting.
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SUMMARY: 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, the
Department of Defense announces that the following Federal advisory
committee meeting will take place:
Name of Committee: Board on Coastal Engineering Research.
Date of Meeting: September 4-6, 2013.
Place: Atlantic Ballroom, Ocean Place Resort and Spa, One Ocean
Boulevard, Long Branch, NJ 07740.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (September 4, 2013). 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. (September 5, 2013). 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (September 6, 2013).
Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of the meeting is to explore
impacts due to Hurricane Sandy on the water resources infrastructure
and coastlines of North Atlantic Division and discuss research needs
associated with sustaining resilient coastal communities and systems
through risk reduction, regional sediment management, and ecosystem
restoration activities.
Agenda: Presentations and panel presentations on Wednesday morning,
September 4, will include a Charge to the Board by the Chief of
Engineers and panel presentations dealing with Hurricane Sandy:
Response and Recovery. Presentations dealing with Response include
Forecasting Hurricane Sandy, State of New Jersey Response to Hurricane
Sandy, New York City Response to Hurricane Sandy, and National
Hurricane Program. Presentations dealing with Recovery (Part 1) include
Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force and Hurricane Sandy Coastal
Projects Performance Evaluation Study. There will be an optional field
trip Wednesday afternoon to visit Sea Bright, Union Beach, Mantoloking,
and Ortley Beach.
On Thursday, September 5, 2013, there will be panel presentations
dealing with Hurricane Sandy: Recovery (Part 2) and Hurricane Sandy:
Resilience. Presentations dealing with Hurricane Sandy: Recovery
include Coastal Breach Closures, Addressing Post-Storm Beach Repair
Challenges, The Port Authority of New York/New
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Jersey Recovery Operations, and Science and Technology Solutions that
Supported Response and Recovery. Presentations dealing with Hurricane
Sandy: Resilience include USACE North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive
Study; Innovative Approach to Coastal System Resilience; Recommendation
to Improve the Strength and Resilience of the Empire State's
Infrastructure; Making Coastal Communities Resilient; Coastal
Resilience, a Municipality Perspective; and A Framework for Quantifying
Resilient Coastal Systems. There will be a luncheon speaker to discuss
Improving Resilience to Coastal Storms for the City of New York.
The Board will meet in Executive Session to discuss ongoing
initiatives and ongoing and future actions on Friday morning, September
6, 2013.
Public Participation: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102-
3.140 through 102-3.165, and the availability of space, the Board on
Coastal Engineering Research meeting is open to the public.
Participation by the public is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Thursday,
September 5, 2013.
The entire meeting and field trip are open to the public, but since
seating capacity is limited, advance notice of attendance is required.
Oral participation by public attendees is encouraged during the time
scheduled on the agenda; written statements may be submitted to the
Federal Designated Officer for the Board on Coastal Engineering
Research prior to the meeting or up to 30 days after the meeting and
addressed to COL Jeffrey R. Eckstein, Designated Federal Officer and
Executive Secretary, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development
Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg,
MS 39180-6199, phone 601-634-2513, or
Jeffrey.R.Eckstein@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Board provides broad policy guidance and review of plans and
fund requirements for the conduct of research and development of
research projects in consonance with the needs of the coastal
engineering field and the objectives of the Chief of Engineers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: COL Jeffrey R. Eckstein, Designated
Federal Officer and Executive Secretary, U.S. Army Engineer Research
and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry
Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199, phone 601-634-2513, or
Jeffrey.R.Eckstein@usace.army.mil.
Jeffrey R. Eckstein,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-19296 Filed 8-8-13; 8:45 am]
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