4910 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 19 / Thursday, January 29, 2015 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Termination of Response Systems to 

Adult Sexual Assault Crimes Panel 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Termination of Federal 

Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

it is terminating the Response Systems 

to Adult Sexual Assault Crimes Panel, 

effective July 27, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee is being terminated under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

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

Appendix), 41 CFR 102–3.55, and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), effective 

September 30, 2014. 

Dated: January 26, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01659 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Inland Waterways Users Board; 

Request for Nominations 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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 1 appointment to a twoyear term that will begin after May 28, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Institute for Water 

Resources, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Attention: Inland Waterways 

Users Board Nominations Committee, 

Mr. Mark R. Pointon, 7701 Telegraph 

Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 

22315–3868. 

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 Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil. 

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 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 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 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 firms 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 one organization 

for the vacant position includes the 

Upper Mississippi River (Region 1), 

shipper or carrier/shipper 

representation and commodity 

representation of Farm and Food 

Products, Minerals, Ores, and Primary 

Metals and Mineral Products, and All 

Other. Consideration of qualified 

candidates will be consistent with the 

current composition of the Board to 

remain well-balanced, and consistent 

with the Board’s balance plan. 

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 

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