Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 58 / Friday, March 25, 2011 / Notices 16737 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 33 

U.S.C. 2251 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix), the Government in the 

Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), 

and 41 CFR 102–3.50(a), the Department 

of Defense gives notice that it is 

renewing the charter for the Inland 

Waterways Users Board (hereafter 

referred to as the Board). 

The Board is a non-discretionary 

federal advisory committee that shall 

provide the Secretary of Defense 

through the Secretary of the Army and 

the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

Civil Works, independent advice and 

recommendations on matters relating to 

construction and rehabilitation 

priorities and spending levels on the 

commercial navigation features and 

components of the U.S. inland 

waterways and inland harbors as 

defined in Public Law 95–502 and 

amended by Public Law 99–662. 

The Board shall annually file their 

recommendations with the Secretary of 

the Army and with the Congress. 

The Secretary of the Army may act 

upon the Board’s advice and 

recommendations. 

Pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2251(a), the 

Board shall be composed of eleven 

members appointed by the Secretary of 

Defense. The members shall be selected 

so as to represent various regions of the 

country and a spectrum of the primary 

users and shippers utilizing the inland 

and intra-coastal waterways for 

commercial purposes. Due 

considerations shall be given to assure 

a balance among the members based on 

the ton-mile shipment of the various 

categories of commodities shipped on 

inland waterways. 

Board members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense, who are not fulltime federal officers or employees, shall 

be appointed as experts and consultants 

under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

and these individuals shall serve as 

Special Government Employees. Board 

members shall, with the exception of 

travel and per diem for official travel, 

serve without compensation. 

Board members shall serve two-year 

terms, with their appointments renewed 

on an annual basis by the Secretary of 

Defense. No member, unless otherwise 

selected by the Secretary of the Army 

and approved by the Secretary of 

Defense, shall serve more than four 

consecutive years on the Board. 

Appointments vacated prior to the 

expiration of the term of appointment 

shall be filled only for the remainder of 

the term. 

The Secretary of the Army shall select 

the Board’s Chairperson and ViceChairperson from the total membership, 

and these individuals shall serve at the 

discretion of the Secretary of the Army. 

The Vice Chairperson will act as 

Chairperson in the absence or 

incapacity of the Chairperson, or in the 

event of a vacancy in the office of the 

Chairperson. 

The Secretary of the Army shall 

designate, and the Secretaries of 

Agriculture, Transportation and 

Commerce may designate, 

representatives to act as non-voting 

observers of the Board. In addition, the 

Secretary of the Army through the 

Secretary of Defense may appoint 

consultants with special expertise to 

assist the Board on an ad hoc basis. 

With DoD approval, the Board is 

authorized to establish subcommittees, 

as necessary and consistent with its 

mission and these subcommittees shall 

operate under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the Government in the Sunshine 

Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and other 

appropriate federal regulations. 

Such subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Board, 

and shall report all their 

recommendations and advice to the 

Board for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions on behalf of 

the chartered Board; nor can they report 

directly to the Department of Defense or 

any Federal officers or employees who 

are not Board members. 

Subcommittee members, who are not 

Commission members, shall be 

appointed in the same manner as the 

Board members. Such individuals, if not 

full-time or part-time government 

employees, shall be appointed to serve 

as experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3019, and serve as 

special government employees, whose 

appointments must be renewed by the 

Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

shall meet at the call of the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Chairperson. 

Pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2251(B), the Board 

shall meet at least semi-annually. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a fulltime or permanent part-time DoD 

employee, and shall be appointed in 

accordance with established DoD 

policies and procedures. In addition, the 

Designated Federal Officer is required to 

be in attendance at all meetings, 

however, in the absence of the 

Designated Federal Officer, the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer 

shall attend the meeting. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Inland Waterways 

Users Board membership about the 

Board’s mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of Inland Waterways 

Users Board. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Inland Waterways Users 

Board, and this individual will ensure 

that the written statements are provided 

to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the Inland Waterways Users Board 

Designated Federal Officer can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will 

announce planned meetings of the 

Inland Waterways Users Board. The 

Designated Federal Officer, at that time, 

may provide additional guidance on the 

submission of written statements that 

are in response to the stated agenda for 

the planned meeting in question. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Jim Freeman, Deputy Advisory 

Committee Management Officer for the 

Department of Defense, 703–601–6128. 

Dated: March 22, 2011. 

Morgan F. Park, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7050 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed South Coast Rail Project, 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 

Department of the Army Permit 

Application Number NAE–2007–00698 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 


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