[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38526-38527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15825]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice

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

ACTION: Notice of open Federal 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 U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board (Board). This 
meeting is open to the public. For additional information about the 
Board, please visit the committee's Web site at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/InlandWaterwaysUsersBoard.aspx.

DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will 
meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on August 14, 2014. Public 
registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be conducted at the Marcus Whitman 
Hotel, 6 West Rose Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362, at 509-525-2200 and 
866-826-9422, or http://www.marcuswhitmanhotel.com/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mindy M. Simmons, the Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at Headquarters, 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CECW-IP, 441 G Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20314-1000; by telephone at 202-761-1934; and by email 
at [email protected]. In the alternative, contact Mr. Mark 
R. Pointon, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing 
at the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
ATTN: CEIWR-GM, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, 
Virginia 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-6438; and by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee meeting is being held under 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 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.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is chartered to provide 
independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Army on 
construction and rehabilitation project investments on the commercial 
navigation features of the inland waterways system of the United 
States. At this meeting, the Board will receive briefings and 
presentations regarding the investments, projects and status of the 
inland waterways system of the United States and conduct discussions 
and deliberations on those matters. The Board is interested in written 
and verbal comments from the public relevant to these purposes.
    Proposed Agenda: At this meeting the agenda will include the status 
of funding for inland navigation projects and studies, the status of 
the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, the USACE Navigation Budget, 
Implications of the Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014, 
status of the Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, status and path forward 
for the Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 Monongahela River Project, an update 
on the Inland Marine Transportation System (IMTS) Investment Program 
(Capital Projects Business Model) Revisions, Total Risk Exposure 
Approach to Infrastructure Management, and a discussion of the Board's 
2014 Annual Report.
    Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or 
any updates to the agenda for the August 14, 2014, meeting. The final 
version will be provided at the meeting. All materials will be posted 
to the Web site after the meeting.
    Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 
amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.1 65, and subject to the 
availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. Registration 
of members of the public who wish to attend the meeting will begin at 
8:30 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Seating is limited and is on a 
first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be asked to provide their name, 
title, affiliation, and contact information to include email address 
and daytime telephone number at registration. Any interested person may 
attend the meeting, file written comments or statements with the 
committee, or make verbal comments from the floor during the public 
meeting, at the times, and in the manner, permitted by the committee, 
as set forth below.
    Special Accommodations: The meeting venue is fully handicap 
accessible, with wheelchair access. Individuals requiring special 
accommodations to access the public meeting or seeking additional 
information about public access procedures, should contact Ms. Simmons, 
the committee DFO, or Mr. Pointon, the ADFO, at the email addresses or 
telephone numbers listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section, at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting so that 
appropriate arrangements can be made.
    Written Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 
102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or 
statements to the Board about its mission and/or the topics to be 
addressed in this public meeting. Written comments or statements should 
be submitted to Ms. Simmons, the committee DFO, or Mr. Pointon, the 
committee ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, 
at the addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
in the following formats: Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The comment 
or statement must include the author's name, title, affiliation, 
address,

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and daytime telephone number. Written comments or statements being 
submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be 
received by the committee DFO or ADFO at least five (5) business days 
prior to the meeting so that they may be made available to the Board 
for its consideration prior to the meeting. Written comments or 
statements received after this date may not be provided to the Board 
until its next meeting. Please note that because the Board operates 
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 
all written comments will be treated as public documents and will be 
made available for public inspection.
    Verbal Comments: Members of the public will be permitted to make 
verbal comments during the Board meeting only at the time and in the 
manner allowed herein. 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 three business (3) days in advance 
to the committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode 
of submission, at the addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section. The committee DFO and ADFO will log each request to 
make a comment, in the order received, and 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 15-minute 
period near the end of 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 three (3) minutes during 
this period, and will be invited to speak in the order in which their 
requests were received by the DFO and ADFO.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-15825 Filed 7-7-14; 8:45 am]
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