[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32102-32103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14818]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Inland Waterways Users Board; Notice of Federal Advisory 
Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to 
announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the 
Inland Waterways Users Board will take place.

DATES: The Inland Waterways Users Board will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. on August 30, 2018. Public registration will begin at 7:15 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways Users Board meeting will be conducted 
at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center, 100 Kentucky Avenue, 
Paducah, Kentucky 42003, 270-443-9932.

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-GM, 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#3875594a5316685751564c5756784d4b595b5d16594a554116555154"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d499b5a6bffa84bbbdbaa0bbba94a1a7b5b7b1fab5a6b9adfab9bdb8">[email protected]</span></a>. 
Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E. Lichtman, 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 703-428-8083; and by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d79cb2b9b9b2a3bff992f99bbeb4bfa3bab6b997a2a4b6b4b2f9b6a5baaef9babebb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="105b757e7e7564783e553e5c797378647d717e5065637173753e71627d693e7d797c">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.140 and 102-3.150.
    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 
funding for inland Navigation in the FY 2018 Work Plan; status of the 
FY 2019 Budget for the Navigation Program; status of the Inland 
Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF) and project updates; Contingencies for the 
ongoing IWTF construction projects in the Ohio River Region; status of 
the construction activities for Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, the 
Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 on the Monongahela River Project, 
Chickamauga Lock Project and Kentucky Lock Project; operations briefing 
for Olmsted Locks and Dam; presentation for the LaGrange Lock and Dam 
Major Rehabilitation; and update of the Colorado River Locks and Brazos 
River Floodgates Study.
    Availability of Materials for the Meeting: A copy of the agenda or 
any updates to the agenda for the August 30, 2018 meeting. The final 
version will be provided at the meeting. All materials will be posted 
to the website after the meeting.
    Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 
41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to the availability of 
space, this meeting is open to the public. Registration of members of 
the public who wish to attend the meeting will begin at 7:15 a.m. on 
the day of the meeting. Seating is limited and is on a first-to-arrive 
basis. Attendees will be asked to provide their name, title, 
affiliation, and contact information to include email address and 
daytime telephone number at registration. Any interested person may 
attend the meeting, file written comments or statements with the 
committee, or make verbal comments from the floor during the public 
meeting, at the times, and in the manner, permitted by the committee, 
as set forth below.

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    Special Accommodations: The meeting venue is fully handicap 
accessible, with wheelchair access. Individuals requiring special 
accommodations to access the public meeting or seeking additional 
information about public access procedures, should contact Mr. Pointon, 
the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman, the 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 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. Lichtman, the 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 Board 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.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-14818 Filed 7-10-18; 8:45 am]
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