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Public Meeting and Oral Comments: 

A public meeting will be held in Biloxi, 

Mississippi. For the specific location, 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Written Comments: Please direct 

written comments to Dr. Maria 

Honeycutt, Program Evaluator, NOAA 

Office for Coastal Management, 1305 

East-West Highway N/OCM1, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910, or via email to 

Maria.Honeycutt@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Honeycutt, Ph.D., CFM, NOAA 

Office for Coastal Management, 1305 

East-West Highway N/OCM1, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910, by phone at 

(240) 533–0726, or via email to 

Maria.Honeycutt@noaa.gov. Copies of 

the previous evaluation findings and 

2016–2020 Assessment and Strategy 

may be viewed and downloaded on the 

internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/ 

evaluations. A copy of the evaluation 

notification letter and most recent 

progress report may be obtained upon 

request by contacting the person 

identified under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

312 of the Coastal Zone Management 

Act (CZMA) requires NOAA to conduct 

periodic evaluations of federally 

approved state and territorial coastal 

programs. The process includes one or 

more public meetings, consideration of 

written public comments, and 

consultations with interested Federal, 

state, and local agencies and members of 

the public. During the evaluation, 

NOAA will consider the extent to which 

the state has met the national objectives, 

adhered to the management program 

approved by the Secretary of Commerce, 

and adhered to the terms of financial 

assistance under the CZMA. When the 

evaluation is completed, NOAA’s Office 

for Coastal Management will place a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the Final 

Evaluation Findings. 

You may participate or submit oral 

comments at the public meeting 

scheduled as follows: 

Date: September 25, 2018 

Time: 6:00 p.m., local time 

Location: Bolton State Building, 

Public Meeting Room, 1141 

Bayview Avenue, Biloxi, 

Mississippi 39530 

Written public comments must be 

received on or before October 5, 2018. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419. 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration.) 

Dated: July 17, 2018. 

Keelin Kuipers, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Hydrographic Services 

Review Panel (HSRP) will hold a 

meeting that will be open to the public 

and public comments are requested in 

advance and/or during the meeting. 

Information about the HSRP meeting, 

agenda, presentations, webinar 

registration, and other background 

documents will be posted online at: 

https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ 

hsrp/hsrp.htm. 

DATES: The meeting is planned for two 

and a half days during August 28–30, 

2018. The dates, agenda, and times are 

subject to change. For updates, please 

check online at: https://www.nautical

charts.noaa.gov/hsrp/hsrp.htm. 

Location: Juneau, Alaska. The meeting 

venue will be announced online at: 

https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ 

hsrp/hsrp.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynne Mersfelder-Lewis, HSRP program 

manager, National Ocean Service, Office 

of Coast Survey, NOAA (N/NSD), 1315 

East-West Highway, SSMC3 #6305, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910; 

telephone: 301–533–0064; email: 

Lynne.Mersfelder@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public, seating 

will be available on a first-come, firstserved basis, and public comment is 

encouraged. There are public comment 

periods scheduled each day and noted 

in the agenda. Each individual or group 

making verbal comments will be limited 

to a total time of five (5) minutes and 

will be recorded. For those not onsite, 

comments can be submitted via the 

webinar chat function or via email in 

writing. Individuals who would like to 

submit written statements in advance, 

during or after the meeting should email 

their comments to Lynne.Mersfelder@

noaa.gov. The HSRP will provide 

webinar capability. Pre-registration is 

required to access the webinar: https:// 

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

3898703691780313857. 

The Hydrographic Services Review 

Panel (HSRP) is a Federal Advisory 

Committee established to advise the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere, the NOAA 

Administrator, on matters related to the 

responsibilities and authorities set forth 

in section 303 of the Hydrographic 

Services Improvement Act of 1998, as 

amended, and such other appropriate 

matters that the Under Secretary refers 

to the Panel for review and advice. The 

charter and other information are 

located online at: https://www.nautical

charts.noaa.gov/hsrp/CharterBylaws

HSIAStatute.htm. 

Past recommendations and issue 

papers are at: https://www.nautical

charts.noaa.gov/hsrp/ 

recommendations.htm. 

Past HSRP public meeting summary 

reports, agendas, presentations, 

transcripts, webinars, and other 

information is available online at: 

https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ 

hsrp/meetings.htm. 

Matters To Be Considered: The panel 

is convening to hear federal, state, 

regional and local partners and 

stakeholders on issues relevant to 

NOAA’s navigation services, focusing 

on Alaska and the U.S. Arctic region as 

well as national issues. The HSRP will 

have a joint session with NOAA’s 

Integrated Ocean Observation System 

Advisory Committee on water level 

partnerships. Navigation services 

include the data, products, and services 

provided by the NOAA programs and 

activities that undertake geodetic 

observations, gravity modeling, 

shoreline mapping, bathymetric 

mapping, hydrographic surveying, 

nautical charting, tide and water level 

observations, current observations, and 

marine modeling. This suite of NOAA 

products and services support safe and 

efficient navigation, resilient coasts and 

communities, and the nationwide 

positioning information infrastructure to 

support America’s commerce. The Panel 

will hear from state and federal 

agencies, non-federal organizations, 

stakeholders and partners about their 

missions and use of NOAA’s navigation 

services, the value these services bring, 

and what improvements could be made. 

Other administrative matters may be 

considered. The agenda and speakers 

are subject to change. 

Special Accommodations: This 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Please direct 

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or other auxiliary aids to 

Lynne.Mersfelder@noaa.gov by August 

8, 2018. 

Dated: July 13, 2018. 

Kathryn Ries, 

Deputy Director, Office of Coast Survey, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Inland Waterways Users Board; 

Request for Nominations 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to request 

nominations to serve as representatives 

on the Inland Waterways Users Board, 

sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers. Section 302 of Public Law 

99–662 established the Inland 

Waterways Users Board. The Board is an 

independent Federal advisory 

committee. The Secretary of the Army 

appoints its 11 (eleven) representative 

organizations. This notice is to solicit 

nominations for seven (7) appointments 

for terms that will begin by May 28, 

2019. For additional information about 

the Board, please visit the committee’s 

website at http://

www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/ 

Navigation/InlandWaterways

UsersBoard.aspx. 

ADDRESSES: Institute for Water 

Resources, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, ATTN: Mr. Mark R. Pointon, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the 

Inland Waterways Users Board, CEIWR– 

GM, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey 

Building, Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; 

by telephone at 703–428–6438; and by 

email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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 Kenneth.E.Lichtman@

usace.army.mil. 

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. 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-miles 

and tonnage 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, 

and report its recommendations 

annually to the Secretary and Congress. 

c. Appointment. The operation of the 

Board and appointment of 

representative organizations are subject 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as 

amended) and departmental 

implementing regulations. 

Representative organizations serve 

without compensation but their 

expenses due to Board activities are 

reimbursable. The considerations 

specified in Section 302 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. The law 

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 ColumbiaSnake 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. Reflecting preceding 

selection criteria, the current 

representation by the seven (7) 

organizations whose terms expire 

includes Regions 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, five 

carrier and two shipper representation 

and all commodity representation. 

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 a recent year (or 

years), using the waterway regions and 

commodity categories previously listed. 

(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 principle person representing 

the organization and information 

pertaining to their personal 

qualifications, to include a current 

biography or resume. 

Previous nominations received in 

response to notices published in the 

Federal Register in prior years will not 

be retained for consideration. 

Renomination of representative 

organizations is required. 

e. Deadline for Nominations. All 

nominations must be received at the 


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