[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5253-5254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02294]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Board on Coastal Engineering Research

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of 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 Board 
on Coastal Engineering Research. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Board on Coastal Engineering Research will meet from 8:00 
a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on March 14, 2018 and reconvene from 8:00 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m. on March 15, 2017.

ADDRESSES: All sessions will be held at the US Army Corp of Engineers 
Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) Field Research Facility (FRF), 1261 
Duck Road, Duck, NC 27949. All sessions are open to the public. For 
more information about the Board, please visit https://chl.erdc.dren.mil/usace-cerb/

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: COL Bryan S. Green Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 
Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 
39180- 6199, phone 601-634-2513, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 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. The Board on 
Coastal Engineering Research reviews plans for the conduct of research 
and the development of research projects in consonance with the needs 
of the coastal engineering field and the objectives of the U.S. Army 
Chief of Engineers.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The meeting is an Executive Session to 
review past action items, status reports, research and development (R & 
D) strategic directions, and coastal engineering research in the United 
States.
    Agenda: On Wednesday morning, March 14, 2018, past/current action 
items will be reviewed and discussed. There will be an update on the 
Nearshore Process Research Initiative and presentations on the 2017 
Hurricane Season CHL Support & Response Activities, The 2017 Storm, 
Surge Paradox and Workshop, and DuneX Experiment at FRF 2019-2020. 
After lunch presentations will be given on US Coastal Research Program, 
Dune Research including Wind Tunnel Tests. An overview of the CHL FRF 
is scheduled that afternoon, followed by the Report on the Coastal 
Working Group Annual Meeting with focus on R & D needs, and end with an 
update on Flood and Navigation Coastal Asset Management.
    On Thursday morning, March 15, 2018, the Board will reconvene to 
discuss comments from day one. Presentations will be given on Coastal 
Processes R&D Needs, Next Generation Coastal Guidance Document, 
Strategic Tech Transfer & Training, and an Update: Numerical Technology 
Modernization. The meeting will conclude with a discussion on future 
meetings and public comment.
    Meeting Accessibility: 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, the meeting is open to the public. Because seating capacity is 
limited, advance registration is required. For registration 
requirements please see below.
    Oral participation by the public is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on 
Thursday, March 15, 2018. For additional information about public 
access procedures, please contact COL Bryan S. Green, the Board's DFO, 
at the email address or telephone number listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Registration: It is encouraged for individuals who wish to attend 
the meeting of the Board to register with the DFO by email, the 
preferred method of contact, no later than March 1, 2018, using the 
electronic mail contact information found in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section. The communication should include the 
registrant's full name, title, affiliation or employer, email address, 
and daytime phone number. If applicable, include written comments or 
statements with the registration email.
    Written Comments and Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.015(j) 
and 102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written comments or statements to 
the Board, in response to the stated agenda of the open meeting or in 
regard to the Board's mission in general. Written comments or 
statements should be submitted to COL Bryan S. Green, DFO, via 
electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the address 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Each page of the comment or statement must include the author's 
name, title or affiliation, address, and daytime phone number. The DFO 
will review all submitted written comments or statements and provide 
them to members of the Board for their consideration. Written comments 
or statements being submitted in response to the agenda set forth in 
this notice must be received by the DFO at least five business days 
prior to the meeting to be considered by the Board. The DFO will review 
all timely submitted written comments or statements with the Board 
Chairperson and ensure the comments are provided to all members of the 
Board before the meeting. Written comments or statements received after 
this date may not be provided to the Board until its next meeting.
    Verbal Comments: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140d, the Board is not 
obligated to allow a member of the public to speak or otherwise address 
the Board during the meeting. Members of the public will be permitted 
to make verbal comments during the Board meeting only at the time and 
in the manner described below. 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 five business days in advance to the 
Board's DFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at 
the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The 
DFO will log each request, in the order received, and in consultation 
with the Board Chair, 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 30-minute period near the end of 
the 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 five minutes during this period, and will 
be invited to speak in

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the order in which their requests were received by the DFO.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-02294 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am]
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