Notice2024-15287
Board on Coastal Engineering Research
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Published
July 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Defense DepartmentEngineers Corps
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 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57135-57136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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),
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90dae5fcf9f5bed4bec2ffe3f1e4f9d0e5e3f1f3f5bef1e2fde9befdf9fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a201f06030f442e443805190b1e032a1f190b090f440b18071344070306">[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
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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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d37181313141b180f530f530f1c0911141b1b3d080e1c1e18531c0f100453101411"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8cc6e9e2e2e5eae9fea2fea2feedf8e0e5eaeaccf9ffedefe9a2edfee1f5a2e1e5e0">[email protected]</span></a> 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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