[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 60718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27585]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Meeting of the Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board

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 Chief 
of Engineers, Environmental Advisory Board (EAB). This meeting is open 
to the public. For additional information about the EAB, please visit 
the committee's website at http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental/EnvironmentalAdvisoryBoard.aspx.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on January 
10, 2018. Public registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The EAB meeting will be conducted at The DoubleTree by 
Hilton Jacksonville Riverfront; 1201 Riverplace Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 
32207. 904-398-8800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mindy M. Simmons, the Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, ATTN: CECW-P, 441 G St NW, Washington, DC 20314; by 
telephone at 202-761-4127; and by email at 
[email protected]. Alternatively, contact Ms. Anne Cann, 
the Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the 
Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: 
CEIWR-GW, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-
3868; by telephone at 703-428-7166; 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 EAB will advise the Chief of Engineers 
on environmental policy, identification and resolution of environmental 
issues and missions, and addressing challenges, problems, and 
opportunities in an environmentally responsible manner. The EAB is 
interested in written and verbal comments from the public relevant to 
these purposes.
    Proposed Agenda: At this meeting the agenda will include how the 
host USACE district is ``Living the Environmental Operating 
Principles''; discussions on ongoing EAB work efforts, such as invasive 
species, environmental metrics, strategic planning, and monitoring and 
adaptive management; and presentations and discussions about regional 
sediment management.
    Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or 
any updates to the agenda for the January 10, 2018 meeting will be 
available at the meeting. The final version will be provided at the 
meeting. All materials will be posted to the website after the meeting.
    Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 
amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, 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 Ms. Cann, 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 EAB 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 Ms. Cann, 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, 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 EAB 
for its consideration prior to the meeting. Written comments or 
statements received after this date may not be provided to the EAB 
until its next meeting. Please note that because the EAB 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 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 (3) business 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 EAB'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. 2017-27585 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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