[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 47928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22550]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Estuary Habitat Restoration Council; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 105(h) of the Estuary Restoration 
Act of 2000, as amended (Title I, Pub. L. 106-457), announcement is 
made of the forthcoming meeting of the Estuary Habitat Restoration 
Council. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held October 6, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in room 3M60/70 in the GAO building 
located at 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ellen Cummings, Headquarters, U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC 20314-1000, (202) 761-4750.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Estuary Habitat Restoration Council 
consists of representatives of five agencies. These agencies are the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental 
Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
Agriculture, and Army. The duties of the Council include, among others, 
soliciting, reviewing, and evaluating estuarine habitat restoration 
project proposals, and submitting to the Secretary of the Army a 
prioritized list of projects recommended for construction funding.
    Agenda items will include an overview of the goals and requirements 
of the Act for the new Council members, election of the Council 
chairperson, decisions on recommending habitat restoration proposals to 
the Secretary of the Army for funding, discussion of revising the 
strategy published in 2002 and a brief review of monitoring 
requirements and the National Estuaries Restoration Inventory.
    Security measures require that persons interested in attending the 
meeting must pre-register prior to 2 p.m. October 2, 2009. We cannot 
guarantee access for requests received after that time. To pre-register 
please contact Ellen Cummings by telephone or send an e-mail to 
[email protected]. When leaving a voice mail message 
or sending an e-mail please provide the name of the individual 
attending, the company or agency represented, and a telephone number, 
in case there are any questions. Visitors to the building must enter on 
the ``G'' Street side of the GAO building. All attendees are required 
to show photo identification and must be escorted to the meeting room 
by Corps personnel. Attendee's bags and other possessions are subject 
to being searched. All attendees arriving between one-half hour before 
and one-half hour after 9 a.m. will be escorted to the meeting. Those 
who are not pre-registered and/or arriving later than the allotted time 
will be unable to attend the public meeting.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-22550 Filed 9-17-09; 8:45 am]
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