[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8742-8743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03570]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

United States Geological Survey

[GX16CN00B9D1000]


Announcement of Public Review Period for a Report of the Advisory 
Committee on Water Information, Subcommittee on Hydrology

AGENCY: United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability for public review 
of the draft U.S. Geological Survey report, ``Guidelines for 
Determining Flood Flow Frequency'', commonly known as Bulletin 17B. 
This report was drafted under the auspices of the Hydrologic Frequency 
Analysis Work Group (HFAWG), which operates under the supervision of 
the Advisory Committee on Water Information's (ACWI) Subcommittee on 
Hydrology (SOH). Public review and comment is sought under the HFAWG 
Terms of Reference and the USGS peer review plan for the report (URL: 
http://www.usgs.gov/peer_review/docs/guidelines_for_determining_flood-flow_frequency.pdf).
    The ACWI was established under the authority of the Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum 92-01 and the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. The purpose of the ACWI is to provide a forum for water-
information users and professionals to advise the Federal Government 
about activities and plans which may improve the effectiveness of 
meeting the Nation's water information needs.
    It has been 33 years since the last revision of Bulletin 17B in 
March 1982. At that time, it was recognized that continued 
investigation and improvements of flood frequency analysis techniques 
were needed. In fact, Bulletin 17B included a list of areas where 
additional research was recommended by the Work Group in 1982. The 
SOH's HFAWG has done extensive work during the last few years to update 
the Bulletin.
    The draft report resulting from that process is now available for 
public review and comment. The report may be accessed at http://acwi.gov/hydrology/Frequency/b17c/index.html. A printed copy of the 
report may be obtained by contacting the U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, 417 National Center, Reston, Virginia 20192; 
(703) 648-6810.

DATES: Comments on the report should be provided no later than 45 days 
from the issuance of this notice. Comments can most effectively be 
provided

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through an electronic form (https://script.google.com/a/macros/usgs.gov/s/AKfycbwqQzlLmc0__KrlT6N5blVYMgNS-KQoVZ_ezZIGg6xm1s-7OXaV/exec) that is indexed to specific sections and page numbers in the 
report, or they may be sent to [email protected].

Wendy E. Norton,
Executive Secretary, ACWI.
[FR Doc. 2016-03570 Filed 2-19-16; 8:45 am]
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