[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5253-5254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02294]
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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: The Board on Coastal Engineering Research will meet from 8:00
a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on March 14, 2018 and reconvene from 8:00 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. on March 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: All sessions will be held at the US Army Corp of Engineers
Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) Field Research Facility (FRF), 1261
Duck Road, Duck, NC 27949. All sessions are open to the public. For
more information about the Board, please visit https://chl.erdc.dren.mil/usace-cerb/
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: COL Bryan S. Green Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center,
Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry 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 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 (R &
D) strategic directions, and coastal engineering research in the United
States.
Agenda: On Wednesday morning, March 14, 2018, past/current action
items will be reviewed and discussed. There will be an update on the
Nearshore Process Research Initiative and presentations on the 2017
Hurricane Season CHL Support & Response Activities, The 2017 Storm,
Surge Paradox and Workshop, and DuneX Experiment at FRF 2019-2020.
After lunch presentations will be given on US Coastal Research Program,
Dune Research including Wind Tunnel Tests. An overview of the CHL FRF
is scheduled that afternoon, followed by the Report on the Coastal
Working Group Annual Meeting with focus on R & D needs, and end with an
update on Flood and Navigation Coastal Asset Management.
On Thursday morning, March 15, 2018, the Board will reconvene to
discuss comments from day one. Presentations will be given on Coastal
Processes R&D Needs, Next Generation Coastal Guidance Document,
Strategic Tech Transfer & Training, and an Update: Numerical Technology
Modernization. The meeting will conclude with a discussion on future
meetings and public comment.
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. For registration
requirements please see below.
Oral participation by the public is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on
Thursday, March 15, 2018. For additional information about public
access procedures, please contact COL Bryan S. Green, the Board's DFO,
at the email address or telephone number listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Registration: It is encouraged for individuals who wish to attend
the meeting of the Board to register with the DFO by email, the
preferred method of contact, no later than March 1, 2018, using the
electronic mail contact information found in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section. 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 COL Bryan S. Green, DFO, via
electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the address
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
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
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the order in which their requests were received by the DFO.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-02294 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am]
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