[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 43 (Thursday, March 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11981-11983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05040]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: DoD.
ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that it is renewing the charter for the Board on Coastal
Engineering Research (``the Board'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being renewed
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pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 426-2 and in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102-3.50(a).
The Board is a non-discretionary Federal advisory committee that
shall provide the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, which includes the
Coastal Engineering Research Center, through the Chief of Engineers/
Commander (``the Chief of Engineers''), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(``the Corps of Engineers''), independent advice and recommendations on
coastal engineering research priorities and additional functions as
assigned by the Chief of Engineers. The Board shall report to the
Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers/Commander, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. The Chief of Engineers/Commander, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, may act upon the Board's advice and
recommendations.
The Board, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 426-2, shall be composed of seven
members who are appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
DoD, pursuant to the authorizing legislation, shall appoint four
officers of the Corps of Engineers to the Board as ex officio
appointments, with one position being occupied by the Deputy Commanding
General for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. The Chief of Engineers, in consultation with the Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), shall determine which three of the
eight coastal division commanders shall be nominated as the other ex
officio members of the Board. The Chief of Engineers, in determining
which of the coastal division commanders shall serve on the Board,
shall consider the individual's tenure as a division commander and his
or her expertise in the matters before the Board.
The three civilian Board members shall be civilian engineers
recommended by the Chief of Engineers for their expertise in the field
of beach erosion, shore protection, and coastal processes and
infrastructure.
The Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, shall serve as the President of the
Board.
Board members who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees shall be appointed as experts or consultants
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special government employee (SGE)
members. Board members who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees shall be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a) to serve as regular government employee (RGE) members.
The Secretary of Defense, or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may
approve the appointment of civilian Board members and the three coastal
division commanders for terms of service of one-to-four years with
annual renewals. However, no member, unless authorized by the Secretary
of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service.
Pursuant to section 105 of Public Law 91-611, Board members, who
are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees,
may be paid at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for
a GS-15, step 10, for each day of attendance at Board meetings, not to
exceed 30 days per year, in addition to travel and other necessary
expenses connected with their official duties on the Board, in
accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5703(b), (d), and 5707. RGE
members may be reimbursed for official Board-related travel and per
diem.
The DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Board's mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces,
or working groups to support the Board. Establishment of subcommittees
will be based upon a written determination, to include terms of
reference, by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, or the Secretary of the Army, as the DoD sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Board and
shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the
Board for full and open deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees,
task forces, or working groups have no authority to make decisions and
recommendations, verbally or in writing, on behalf of the Board. No
subcommittee or its members can update or report, verbally or in
writing, on behalf of the Board, directly to the DoD or to any Federal
officer or employee.
The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense will
appoint subcommittee members to a term of service of one-to-four years,
with annual renewals, even if the member in question is already a
member of the Board.
Subcommittee members, if not full-time or part-time Federal
officers or employees, shall be appointed as experts or consultants
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as SGE members. Subcommittee members
who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees
will serve as RGE members pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a).
Each subcommittee member is appointed to provide advice to the
government on the basis of his or her best judgment without
representing any particular point of view and in a manner that is free
from conflict of interest. Subcommittee members may be compensated, and
shall be allowed travel expenses, in the same manner as the Board
members.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and
established DoD policies and procedures.
The estimated number of Board meetings is two per year.
The Board's Designated Federal Officer (DFO), pursuant to DoD
policy, shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee
appointed in accordance with governing DoD policies and procedures.
The Board's DFO is required to be in attendance at all meetings of
the Board and any of its subcommittees for the entire duration of each
and every meeting. However, in the absence of the Board's DFO, a
properly approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Board according
to established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the entire
duration of the Board or any subcommittee meeting.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the Board
and its subcommittees; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; and
adjourn any meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines
adjournment to be in the public interest or required by governing
regulations or DoD policies and procedures.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Board on
Coastal Engineering Research membership about the Board's mission and
functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Board on
Coastal Engineering Research.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Board
on Coastal Engineering Research, and this individual will ensure that
the written statements are provided to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for the Board on Coastal Engineering
Research DFO can be obtained from the GSA's FACA Database--http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned
meetings
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of the Board on Coastal Engineering Research. The DFO, at that time,
may provide additional guidance on the submission of written statements
that are in response to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in
question.
Dated: March 2, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-05040 Filed 3-4-15; 8:45 am]
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