[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29763-29764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13668]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Board on Coastal Engineering Research; Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the
Board on Coastal Engineering Research will take place.
DATES: The Board on Coastal Engineering Research will meet from 8:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on August 7, 2018 and reconvene from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. on August 8, 2018. The Executive Session of the Board will
convene from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on August 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: All sessions will be held at the Marriott Providence
Downtown Hotel Marquis Ballroom, 1 Orms St. Providence, RI 02904. All
sessions, including the Executive Session 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, US Army, (601)
634-2513 (Voice), (601) 634-2818 (Facsimile),
[email protected] (Email). Mailing address is U.S. Army
Engineer, Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment
Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. Website:
https://chl.erdc.dren.mil/usace-cerb/. The most up-to-date changes to
the meeting agenda can be found on the website.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 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 102-3.140 and 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 theme of the meeting is ``Coupling
Coastal Engineering Solutions with Social & Ecological Predications.''
The purpose of the meeting is to identify Corps coastal research
priorities related to the physical, biological, and chemical processes
impacting human and ecosystem health as identified in the Future of
Nearshore Processes Research paper.
Agenda: On Tuesday morning, August 7, 2018, panel presentations
will address Challenges and Successes Managing Northeast Regional
Coastal Systems. Presentations will include: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Social & Ecological Predictions; Important
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Characteristics of the Northeast Region; Northeast Regional Ocean Plan:
Ocean & Coastal Ecosystem Health; and Coastal Resources Management
Council's New Scenario based Permitting for Coastal Structures. The day
will end with a presentation on; The Natures Conservancy (TNC)
Applications of Living Shorelines and Natural and Nature-Based Features
in the Northeast for Coastal Resilience.
On Wednesday morning, August 8, 2018, the Board will reconvene to
discuss Coastal Research Supporting Social & Ecological Needs.
Presentations will include: Research on Long-Term Natural
Geomorphologic Evolution of Barrier Islands & Estuaries in Absence of
Humans; Ecological Metrics; Predicting the Transport, Transformation
and Fate of Sediment and Particle-Bound Nutrients and Contaminates;
Research on Coastal Water Quality Addressing the Sources,
Transformation, Transport, and Ecology of Biocolloid; Reducing Risk and
Improving Resiliency to the Impacts of Climate Variability; Northeast
Sediment Sources and Needs; and Conveyance of Risk from Storms and
Social Implications of Impacts. The Wednesday afternoon session
continues with the State of Knowledge and Research Direction's panel.
Presentations include: Triggers in Rising Seas and Community Flooding;
Research Roadmap on Natural and Nature-Based Features; Ecological
Modeling and Prediction Uncertainty; Climate Change and Adaptation
Planning for Ports; and Urban Flood Prediction: Current Capabilities
and Challenges. The Board will meet in Executive Session to discuss
ongoing initiatives and future actions on Thursday morning, August 9,
2018.
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 4:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, August 8, 2018. The Marriott Providence Downtown Hotel is
fully handicap accessible. 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 July 23, 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 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 the order in which their requests were received
by the DFO.
Brenda Bowen,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of the Army.
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