Notice2025-13844
Inland Waterways Users Board Second Request for Nominations
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July 23, 2025
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The Department of the Army is publishing this second notice to request nominations to serve as representatives on the Inland Waterways Users Board ("Board"), sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Board provides independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Army and the Congress. The Secretary of the Army recommends its 11 (eleven) representative organizations to the Secretary of Defense for approval. This notice is to solicit nominations for eleven (11) appointments for terms that will begin by February 16, 2026. For additional information about the Board, please visit the committee's website at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ Missions/Navigation/Inland-Waterways-Users-Board/.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34645-34646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13844]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Inland Waterways Users Board Second Request for Nominations
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee second request for
nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this second notice to
request nominations to serve as representatives on the Inland Waterways
Users Board (``Board''), sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Board provides independent advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of the Army and the Congress. The Secretary of the Army
recommends its 11 (eleven) representative organizations to the
Secretary of Defense for approval. This notice is to solicit
nominations for eleven (11) appointments for terms that will begin by
February 16, 2026. For additional information about the Board, please
visit the committee's website at <a href="http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Inland-Waterways-Users-Board/">http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Inland-Waterways-Users-Board/</a>.
ADDRESSES: Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
ATTN: Mr. Paul D. Clouse, Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the
Inland Waterways Users Board, CEIWR-NDC, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey
Building (Room I-204), Alexandria, Virginia 22315-3868; by telephone at
202-768-3157; and by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98c8f9edf4b6dcb6dbf4f7edebfdd8edebf9fbfdb6f9eaf5e1b6f5f1f4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="471726322b690369042b283234220732342624226926352a3e692a2e2b">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alternatively, contact Mr. Steven D.
Riley, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at
the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN:
CEIWR-GW, 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#e9ba9d8c9f8c87c7adc7bb80858c90a99c9a888a8cc7889b8490c7848085"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1f4c6b7a697a71315b314d76737a665f6a6c7e7c7a317e6d726631727673">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The selection, service, and appointment of
representative organizations to the Board are covered by provisions of
section 302 of Public Law 99-662, as amended (33 U.S.C. 2251). The
substance of those provisions is as follows:
a. Selection. Representative organizations are to be selected from
the spectrum of commercial carriers and shippers using the inland and
intracoastal waterways, to represent geographical regions, and to be
representative of waterborne commerce as determined by commodity ton-
mile statistics.
b. Service. The Board is required to meet at least semi-annually to
develop and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Army on
waterways construction and major rehabilitation priorities and spending
levels for commercial navigation improvements; advise and make
recommendations to Congress regarding any feasibility report for a
project on the inland waterways that has been submitted to Congress;
advise and make recommendations to Congress regarding an increase in
the authorized cost of inland waterways features and components; advise
and make recommendations to Congress regarding construction,
rehabilitation, and spending levels after submission of the budget
proposal of the President to Congress; and report its recommendations
annually to the Secretary and Congress. Additionally, the Board
provides advice and recommendations on the development of a twenty (20)
year capital improvement program submitted to Congress every five (5)
years.
c. Appointment. The operation of the Board and appointment of
representative organizations are subject to chapter 10, 5 U.S.C.
(commonly known as the Federal Advisory Committee Act) and departmental
implementing regulations. Individuals invited or appointed to serve on
the Board, or its subcommittees must be U.S. citizens and are appointed
pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2251(f)(2). The members of the Board serve as
representative members and shall be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a), and in accordance with DoD policy and procedures.
Representative organizations serve without compensation but their
expenses due to Board activities are reimbursable pursuant to 33 U.S.C.
2251(f)(3). The
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considerations specified in 33 U.S.C. 2251 for the selection of
representative organizations to the Board, and certain terms used
therein, have been interpreted, supplemented, or otherwise clarified as
follows:
(1) Carriers and Shippers. 33 U.S.C. 2251 uses the terms ``primary
users and shippers.'' Primary users have been interpreted to mean the
providers of transportation services on inland waterways such as barge
or towboat operators. Shippers have been interpreted to mean the
purchasers of such services for the movement of commodities they own or
control. Representative companies are appointed to the Board, and they
must be either a carrier or shipper or both. For that purpose, a trade
or regional association is neither a shipper nor primary user.
(2) Geographical Representation. The law specifies ``various''
regions. For the purposes of the Board, the waterways subjected to fuel
taxes and described in Public Law 95-502, as amended, have been
aggregated into six regions. They are (1) the Upper Mississippi River
and its tributaries above the mouth of the Ohio; (2) the Lower
Mississippi River and its tributaries below the mouth of the Ohio and
above Baton Rouge; (3) the Ohio River and its tributaries; (4) the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway in Louisiana and Texas; (5) the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway east of New Orleans and associated fuel-taxed waterways
including the Tennessee-Tombigbee, plus the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway below Norfolk; and (6) the Columbia-Snake Rivers System and
Upper Willamette. The intent is that each region shall be represented
by at least one representative organization, with that representation
determined by the regional concentration of the firm's traffic on the
waterways.
(3) Commodity Representation. Waterway commerce has been aggregated
into six commodity categories based on ``inland'' ton-miles shown in
Waterborne Commerce of the United States. These categories are (1) Farm
and Food Products; (2) Coal and Coke; (3) Petroleum, Crude and
Products; (4) Minerals, Ores, and Primary Metals and Mineral Products;
(5) Chemicals and Allied Products; and (6) All Other. A consideration
in the selection of representative organizations to the Board will be
that the commodities carried or shipped by those firms will be
reasonably representative of the above commodity categories.
d. Nomination. Individuals, firms, or associations may nominate
representative organizations to serve on the Board. Nominations will:
(1) Include the commercial operations of the carrier and/or shipper
representative organization being nominated. This commercial operations
information will show the actual or estimated ton-miles of each
commodity carried or shipped on the inland waterways system in the most
recent year (or years), using the waterway regions and commodity
categories previously listed. Only ton-miles will be accepted.
(2) State the region(s) to be represented.
(3) State whether the nominated representative organization is a
carrier, shipper or both.
(4) Provide the name of an individual to be the principal person
representing the organization and information pertaining to their
personal qualifications, to include a current within six months
biography or resume.
Previous nominations received in response to the published document
2025-07787 (90 FR 18971) in the Federal Register filed on May 2, 2025,
will be retained for consideration. Previous nominations received prior
to May 2, 2025, will not be retained for consideration.
e. Deadline for Nominations. All nominations must be received at
the address shown above no later than August 3, 2025.
Stephen L. Hill,
Director, Operations and Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2025-13844 Filed 7-22-25; 8:45 am]
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