[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 11755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05915]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Charter Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is renewing the charter for the Inland Waterways Users 
Board (``the Board'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board's charter is being renewed 
pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2251(a), and in accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C., App) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a). 
The Board's charter and contact information for the Board's Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) can be found at https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation.
    Pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2251(a), the Board shall be composed of 
eleven members appointed to serve as representative members. The 
members shall be selected so as to represent various regions of the 
country and a spectrum of the primary users and shippers utilizing the 
inland and intracoastal waterways for commercial purposes. Due 
consideration shall be given to assure a balance among the members 
based on the ton-mile shipments of the various categories of 
commodities shipped on inland waterways. In addition, the Secretary of 
the Army shall designate, and the Secretaries of Agriculture, 
Transportation, and Commerce may each designate, a representative to 
act as an observer of the Board.
    Consistent with 33 U.S.C. 2251(a), the Secretary of the Army, as 
the DoD Sponsor, shall designate one Board member to serve as the 
Board's Chairperson. The Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of 
Defense, or the Chief Management Officer for the DoD may approve the 
appointment of a Vice Chair in accordance with DoD policy. The Chair 
shall appoint a representative of the Board to serve as an advisor to 
the project development team for a qualifying project or the study or 
design of a commercial navigation feature or component of the inland 
waterways and inland harbors of the United States. The Chair and the 
project development team member appointed by the Chair may sign the 
project management plan for the qualifying project or the study or 
design of a commercial navigation feature or component of the inland 
waterways and inland harbors of the United States pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 
2251(b)(3) and (e).
    The Board, in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 2251(b)(2), shall provide 
advice and recommendations to: a. The Secretary regarding construction 
and rehabilitation priorities and spending levels prior to the 
development of the budget proposal of the President for a given fiscal 
year; b. Congress regarding any feasibility report for a project on the 
inland waterway system that has been submitted to Congress pursuant to 
33 U.S.C. 2282d; c. Congress regarding an increase in the authorized 
cost of those features and components; d. Congress regarding 
construction and rehabilitation priorities and spending levels no later 
than 60 days after the date of the submission of the budget proposal of 
the President to Congress; e. and the Secretary and Congress on the 
development of a long-term capital investment program in accordance 
with 33 U.S.C. 2251(d).
    The Secretary of Defense, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2251(c), shall: a. 
Communicate no less frequently than once each quarter to the Board the 
status of the study, design, or construction of all commercial 
navigation features or components of the inland waterways or inland 
harbors of the United States; and b. submit to the Board a courtesy 
copy of all completed feasibility reports relating to a commercial 
navigation feature or component of the inland waterways or inland 
harbors of the United States.
    The public or interested organizations may submit written 
statements to the Board's membership about the Board's mission and 
functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in 
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Board. All 
written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Board, and 
this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to 
the membership for their consideration.

    Dated: March 22, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2019-05915 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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