[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57135-57136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15287]


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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 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on August 13-14, 
2024, and from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on August 15, 2024 Pacific 
Standard Time (PST). All sessions are open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The address of all sessions is The Westin St. Francis San 
Francisco on Union Square, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Julie Dean Rosati, the Board's 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), (251) 635-9519 (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

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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) (5 U.S.C. 10), 
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 celebrating accomplishments of the BCER in 100 meetings and 
setting the stage for the BCER's future.
    Agenda: Starting Tuesday morning August 13, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. the 
Board will be called to order and panel session one entitled, 
Celebrating BCER Accomplishments. Presentations include: History of 
BCER and Top Accomplishments; San Francisco Bay Modeling Regional 
Dredge Material Management Plan; San Francisco Bay Engineering With 
Nature Proving Grounds; Dam Removal on the West Coast; US Coastal 
Research Program: Outcomes of Decadal Workshop. Panel session two is 
titled Coastal System Focus: San Francisco Bay with presentations to 
include History of San Francisco Bay from an Environmental Context and 
an Introduction to the San Francisco Waterfront. The meeting will then 
adjourn for the day.
    The Board will reconvene on August 14, 2024, with a panel 
discussion entitled Partnerships and Challenges in the Pacific. 
Presentations include Northeast Pacific Basin; Climate, Sea Level 
Change and Pacific Islands; Pacific Island Modeling and Kwajalein 
Flooding; Multi-jurisdictional and Community- Focused Sea Level Rise 
Adaptation Planning, Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee; Progress and 
Challenges of the Tidal Marsh Restoration Effort in San Francisco Bay 
south Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project; and Innovations in Beneficial 
Use for Ecosystem Resilience. After Lunch the board will discuss 
ongoing initiatives, future actions, and give final comments. The oral 
public comment period will be 3:45-4:15 p.m. PT (see Meeting 
Accessibility for more details).
    On August 15, 2024, the Board will conclude with a business 
discussion of the status of ongoing action items and next meeting 
timing, venue and focus.
    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. Jennifer Ratliff at [email protected] no later than 
August 5, 2024. Specific instructions for virtual meeting 
participation, will be provided by reply email.
    Oral participation by the public is scheduled for 3:45-4:15 p.m. PT 
on August 14, 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 July 30, 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, Sections 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 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.

Ty V. Wamsley,
Director, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 2024-15287 Filed 7-11-24; 8:45 am]
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