[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13314-13315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03585]


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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 (BCER). This meeting is open to the 
public.

DATES: The BCER will meet from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on March 19, 2024, 
eastern standard time (EST). The Executive Session of the Board will 
convene from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 20, 2024. All sessions are open 
to the public and are held in EST.

ADDRESSES: The address of all sessions Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk 
Waterfront Hotel, 425 Water Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Julie Dean Rosati, the Board's 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), (202) 761-1850 (Voice), 
[email protected] (email). Mailing address is Board on 
Coastal Engineering Research, U.S. Army Engineer Research and 
Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal and 
Hydraulics Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. 
Website: https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/CHL/CERB/. The most 
up-to-date changes to the meeting agenda can be found on the website.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (title 5 United 
States Code (U.S.C), appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 
U.S.C. 552b), and title 41 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), sections 
102-3.140 and 102-3.150.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The Board's mission is to provide broad 
policy guidance and review and develop research plans and projects in 
consonance with the needs of the coastal engineering field and the 
objectives of the U.S. Army Chief of Engineers. The objective of this 
meeting is to identify coastal research needs and address Environmental 
Justice and Non-Structural Solutions.
    Agenda: Starting Tuesday morning March 19, 2024, at 8 a.m. the 
Board will be called to order and panel session one entitled, Norfolk 
District Coastal Processes & Challenges will begin. Presentations 
include: NAO Coastal Setting, Processes, Projects, and R&D Needs; 
Natural Based Solutions: Challenges in Norfolk Study Leveraging Miami 
Dade Back Bay NBS Pilot; NAO Virginia Beach Study; NAO City of Norfolk 
CSRM Project and R&D Needs; Overview of City of Hampton Coastal 
Resiliency Activities; and Sea Level Rise and Climate Resiliency at 
JBLE-Langley. The meeting will then adjourn for the day.
    The Board will reconvene on March 20, 2024, with a panel discussion 
entitled ``Coastal Research Needs and Plans'' presentations include: 
Non-Cohesive Sediment Transport R&D Needs and Plans; Advancing muddy 
(cohesive) sediment management through observation and prediction; AI 
applications to sediment transport; National USACE Sediment Transport 
Needs in Coastal Planning, Engineering, and O&M and Sediment transport 
research at USACE: How to motivate and focus a program. After Lunch the 
board will discuss ongoing initiatives, future actions, plans for the 
100th BCER give final comments.
    Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 
41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to space availability, 
the meeting is open to the public both in-person and virtually. Because 
seating capacity is limited, advance registration is required. For 
registration requirements please see below. Persons desiring to 
participate in the meeting online or by phone are required to submit 
their name, organization, email, and telephone contact information to 
Ms. Tanita Warren at [email protected] no later than 
Friday, March 8, 2024. Specific instructions for virtual meeting 
participation, will be provided by reply email.
    Oral participation by the public is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. on 
Wednesday, March 20, 2024. For additional information about public 
access procedures, please contact Dr. Julie Dean Rosati, 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 8, 2024, 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: In accordance with section 
10(a)(3) of the FACA and title 41 CFR 102-3.015(j) and 102-3.140, 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 Dr. Julie Dean Rosati, 
DFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the 
address listed in the FOR FURTHER

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

David B. Olson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Corps of Engineers.
[FR Doc. 2024-03585 Filed 2-21-24; 8:45 am]
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