[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 61844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24237]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is requesting peer 
reviewed information that would be useful in the preparation of the 
North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (Hurricane Sandy). The USACE 
is preparing a report that will be submitted to Congress in 2015. The 
goals of the North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study authorized under 
the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, Public Law 113-2 are to (1) 
provide risk reduction strategies to reduce risk to which vulnerable 
coastal populations are subject, and (2) promote coastal resilient 
communities to ensure a sustainable and robust coastal landscape 
system, considering future sea level rise and climate change scenarios, 
to reduce risk to vulnerable population, property, infrastructure and 
ecosystems.

DATES: The USACE will accept data and literature in response to this 
request until December 31, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Methods for submission include: Email: Send information by 
electronic mail to: [email protected]. Please include your name and 
contact information in the body of your email. Fax: Fax information to: 
(410-962-4698), ATTN: Mr. David Robbins. Mail: Send information by mail 
to: Mr. David Robbins, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 10 South Howard 
Street Baltimore Maryland 21201, ATTN: North Atlantic Coast 
Comprehensive Study.
    Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any 
form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. Information 
on a CD ROM should be formatted as a MS Word, Rich Text, or Adobe 
Acrobat PDF file.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact: Mr. David Robbins, Project Manager, at 
[email protected], or by telephone at (410) 962-0685.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Congressional response to the 
devastation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy included a mandate to 
address as a regional system the vulnerability of populations at risk 
in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) North Atlantic Division. 
The draft analyses of the Comprehensive Study will be coordinated 
amongst interagency stakeholders in early 2014 and a report will be 
submitted to Congress in 2015.
    The USACE would appreciate receiving information from the public to 
facilitate the preparation of the Study. The USACE prefers information 
which has been peer reviewed. Interested persons may provide scientific 
analyses, studies, and other pertinent scientific information, 
preferably information which has undergone scientific peer review. The 
USACE will consider all submissions but will give preference to all 
peer reviewed data and literature sources. Please understand that not 
all data and sources provided may be reflected in the draft analyses 
socialized in early 2014, but the resources will be incorporated into 
the final report.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-24237 Filed 10-3-13; 8:45 am]
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