Notice2023-19937
Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice
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Published
September 15, 2023
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Abstract
The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the Federal advisory committee meeting of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board (Board). This meeting is open to the public. For additional information about the Board, please visit the committee's website at https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ Missions/Navigation/Inland-Waterways-Users-Board/.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63556-63557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19937]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice
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 Federal advisory committee meeting of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board (Board). This meeting is
open to the public. For additional information about the Board, please
visit the committee's website at <a href="https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Inland-Waterways-Users-Board/">https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Inland-Waterways-Users-Board/</a>.
DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will
conduct a meeting from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT on October 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways Users Board meeting will be conducted
at the Hilton Springfield Hotel, 6550 Loisdale Road, Springfield,
Virginia 22150, 703-971-8900. The online virtual portion of the Inland
Waterways Users Board meeting can be accessed at <a href="https://usace1.webex.com/meet/ndc.nav">https://usace1.webex.com/meet/ndc.nav</a>, Public Call-in: USA Toll-Free 844-800-
2712, USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 1-669-234-1177 Access Code:
199 117 3596, Security Code 1234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark R. Pointon, the Designated
Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at the Institute
for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GN, 7701
Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone
at 703-428-6438; and by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c984a8bba2e799a6a0a7bda6a789bcbaa8aaace7a8bba4b0e7a4a0a5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6ab87948dc8b6898f88928988a69395878583c887948b9fc88b8f8a">[email protected]</span></a>.
Alternatively, contact Mr. Steven D. Riley, an Alternate Designated
Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the Institute for Water
Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-NDC, 7701
Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone
at 703-659-3097; and by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adfed9c8dbc8c383e983ffc4c1c8d4edd8decccec883ccdfc0d483c0c4c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ad9feeffcefe4a4cea4d8e3e6eff3cafff9ebe9efa4ebf8e7f3a4e7e3e6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee meeting is being held under
the provisions of Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.)
(commonly known as the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act'' or ``FACA''),
section 552b of title 5, U.S.C. (commonly known as the ``Government in
the Sunshine Act''), and sections 102-3.140 and 102-3.150 of title 41,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is chartered to provide
independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Army on
construction and rehabilitation project investments on the commercial
navigation features of the inland waterways system of the United
States. At this meeting, the Board will receive briefings and
presentations regarding the investments, projects, and status of the
inland waterways system of the United States and conduct discussions
and deliberations on those matters. The Board is interested in written
and verbal comments from the public relevant to these purposes.
Agenda: At this meeting the agenda will include the status of the
Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF); Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget
funding for Navigation; Low Water Actions for 2023; status of the
Illinois Waterway Consolidated Closure for 2023; updates of inland
waterways projects for the Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway
Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), McClellan-Kerr
Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) Three Rivers, Arkansas, and
the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) Brazos River Floodgates and
Colorado River Locks; status of the ongoing construction activities for
the Monongahela River Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 Replacements, the
Upper Ohio River Montgomery Lock, Chickamauga
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Lock and Kentucky Lock Addition projects.
Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or
any updates to the agenda for the October 19, 2023, meeting will be
available. The final version will be available at the meeting. All
materials will be posted to the website for the meeting.
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as
amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.1 65, and subject to the
availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. Registration
of members of the public who wish to participate in the meeting will
begin at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Participation is on a
first-to-arrive basis. Any interested person may participate in the
meeting, file written comments or statements with the committee, or
make verbal comments during the public meeting, at the times, and in
the manner, permitted by the committee, as set forth below.
Special Accommodations: Individuals requiring any special
accommodations related to the public meeting or seeking additional
information about the procedures, should contact Mr. Mark Pointon, the
committee DFO, or Mr. Steven Riley, an 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 Board about its mission and/or the topics to be
addressed in this public meeting. Written comments or statements should
be submitted to Mr. Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. Riley, a
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
Board for its consideration prior to the meeting. Written comments or
statements received after this date may not be provided to the Board
until its next meeting. Please note that because the Board 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 public 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 Board's mission and/
or the topics to be addressed in this public meeting. A 15-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 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.
Thomas P. Smith,
Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, Directorate of Civil Works,
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
[FR Doc. 2023-19937 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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