[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9446-9447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03621]
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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 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 Board
on Coastal Engineering Research. This meeting is open to the public.
DATES: Dates and Location: The Board on Coastal Engineering Research
will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 3, 2015, and reconvene
from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on March 4, 2015. Both sessions of the
meeting will be held in the Conference Facility, Coastal and Hydraulics
Laboratory (CHL), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center,
3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. All sessions are open
to the public. For more information about the Board, please visit
http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/cerb.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colonel Jeffrey R. Eckstein,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) and Executive Secretary, U.S. Army
Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station,
3909 Halls Ferry
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Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199, phone 601-634-2513, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is being held under the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 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 Board on
Coastal Engineering Research provides broad policy guidance and reviews
plans for the conduct of research and the development of research
projects in consonance with the needs of the coastal engineering field
and the objectives of the U.S. Army Chief of Engineers.
Purpose of the Meeting: The meeting is an Executive Session to
review past action items, status reports, research and development
strategic directions, and coastal engineering research in the United
States.
Agenda: On Tuesday morning, March 3, 2015, meeting logistics,
review and status of action items, CHL coastal research and development
strategic direction, existing coastal engineering statements of need,
and a status report on the Coastal Working Group will be discussed.
On Tuesday afternoon, there will be technology demonstrations of
the Ship-Tow Simulator and the CHL Sediment Lab and presentations and
discussions on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Resilience and
Harmonization, next steps for Civil Works and Military initiatives, and
USACE resilience research and development plans.
On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, the Board will reconvene to discuss a
Regional Sediment Management Regional Technical Center of Expertise and
coastal engineering research in the United States. A discussion on the
September meeting will also be hosted by the U.S. Army Engineer
Division, Southwestern.
Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and
41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to the availability of
space, the meeting is open to the public. Because seating capacity is
limited, advance registration is required. Registration can be
accomplished as set forth below. Because the meeting of the Board will
be held in a Federal Government facility, security screening is
required. A photo ID is required to enter the facility. The name of
each person seeking entry will be checked against the list of names of
those persons who have registered to attend the meeting. Individuals
will be directed to the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory. Please note
that the guards have a right to inspect vehicles seeking to enter the
facility. The Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory is fully handicap
accessible. For additional information about public access procedures,
please contact Colonel Eckstein, the Board's Designated Federal
Officer, at the email address or telephone number listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Registration: Individuals who wish to attend the meeting of the
Board must register with the DFO by email, the preferred method of
contact, no later than February 27, using the electronic mail contact
information found in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section,
above. The communication should include the registrant's full name,
title, affiliation or employer, email address, and daytime phone
number. If applicable, include written comments or statements with the
registration email.
Written Comments and Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.015(j)
and 102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, the public or
interested organizations may submit written comments or statements to
the Board, in response to the stated agenda of the open meeting or in
regard to the Board's mission in general. Written comments or
statements should be submitted to Colonel Jeffrey R. Eckstein, DFO, via
electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, as the address
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. Each page
of the comment or statement must include the author's name, title or
affiliation, address, and daytime phone number. The DFO will review all
submitted written comments or statements and provide them to members of
the Board for their consideration. Written comments or statements being
submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be
received by the DFO at least five business days prior to the meeting to
be considered by the Board. The DFO will review all timely submitted
written comments or statements with the Board Chairperson and ensure
the comments are provided to all members of the Board before the
meeting. Written comments or statements received after this date may
not be provided to the Board until its next meeting.
Verbal Comments: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140d, the Board is not
obligated to allow a member of the public to speak or otherwise address
the Board during the meeting. Members of the public will be permitted
to make verbal comments during the Board 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 five business days in advance to the
Board's DFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at
the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The
DFO will log each request, in the order received, and in consultation
with the Board Chair, 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 30-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 five minutes during this period, and will
be invited to speak in the order in which their requests were received
by the DFO.
David B. Olson,
Federal Register Liaison, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
[FR Doc. 2015-03621 Filed 2-20-15; 8:45 am]
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