Notice2024-03585
Board on Coastal Engineering Research
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Published
February 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
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Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13314-13315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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),
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aee4dbc2c7cb80ea80fcc1ddcfdac7eedbddcfcdcb80cfdcc3d780c3c7c2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82c8f7eeebe7acc6acd0edf1e3f6ebc2f7f1e3e1e7ace3f0effbacefebee">[email protected]</span></a> (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: <a href="https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/CHL/CERB/">https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/CHL/CERB/</a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0155606f6875602f522f56607373646f4174726062642f60736c782f6c686d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bcffaf5f2effab5c8b5ccfae9e9fef5dbeee8faf8feb5fae9f6e2b5f6f2f7">[email protected]</span></a> 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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