[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10025-10026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02610]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
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Notice of an Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Water
Information
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of the Advisory Committee on Water
Information (ACWI).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the ACWI. This meeting
is to discuss broad policy-related topics relating to national water
initiatives, and the development and dissemination of water
information, through reports from ACWI subgroups. The agenda will
include updates from ACWI's various subcommittees, unveiling of the
strategic plan for the Water Quality Portal for 2017-2021, a proposal
for a new Terms of Reference document for the Subcommittee on Ground
Water, a proposal to establish a new Risk Management Workgroup within
the Subcommittee on Hydrology, an update on activities and
accomplishments related to the Open Water Data Initiative, and a report
on the Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group's progress on Bulletin
17C, Guidelines For Determining Flood Flow Frequency.
The ACWI was established under the authority of the Office of
Management and Budget Memorandum M-92-01 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The purpose of the ACWI is to provide a forum for water
information users and professionals to advise the Federal Government on
activities and plans that may improve the effectiveness of meeting the
Nation's water information needs. Member organizations help to foster
communications between the Federal and non-Federal sectors on sharing
water information.
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Membership, limited to 35 organizations, represents a wide range of
water resources interests and functions. Representation on the ACWI
includes all levels of government, academia, private industry, and
professional and technical societies. For more information on the ACWI,
its membership, subgroups, meetings and activities, please see the Web
site at: http://ACWI.gov.
DATES: The meeting will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on
February 22, 2017, and from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on February 23,
2017 (times are Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via teleconference and webinar,
with the following call-in and log-in information:
When it is time to attend the meeting, please visit this link:
https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/j.php?MTID=mcbd33e16e2036dbbc7d27d3a10a43174.
Audio is available via teleconference:
Call-in number: 1-855-547-8255.
Access code: 53700#.
Additional information on the teleconference and WebEx is also
available on the ACWI Web site: http://acwi.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy E. Norton, ACWI Executive
Secretary and Chief, Water Information Coordination Program, U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 417, Reston, VA
20192; email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. Up to a
half hour will be set aside for public comment. Persons wishing to make
a brief presentation (up to 5 minutes) are asked to provide a written
request with a description of the general subject to Ms. Norton at the
above address no later than February 17, 2017. Any member of the public
may submit written information and (or) comments to Ms. Norton for
distribution at the ACWI meeting.
Wendy E. Norton,
Chief, Water Information Coordination Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-02610 Filed 2-8-17; 8:45 am]
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