Document ID: USCG-2014-0013-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2014-04-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19107-19108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07602]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0013]

Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee; 
Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee 
will meet on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 in New Orleans to discuss topics 
relating to navigational safety on the Lower Mississippi River. This 
meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, from 9:00 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This meeting may close early if all business is 
finished. All submitted written materials, comments, and requests to 
make oral presentations at the meeting should reach Lieutenant Junior 
Grade Colin Marquis, Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO) for 
LMRWSAC, no later than April 16, 2014. For contact information, please 
see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below. Any written 
material submitted by the public will be distributed to the Committee 
and become part of the public record.

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at the Sector New Orleans Building, 
200 Hendee Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114, First Floor, Training 
Room ``A.'' Please be advised all attendees will be required to provide 
identification in the form of a government-issued picture 
identification card in order to gain admittance to the building.
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance, contact the individual 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, as soon as 
possible.
    To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment 
on the issues to be considered by the committee as listed in the 
``Meeting Agenda'' section below. Written comments must be submitted on 
or before April 16, 2014, must be identified by Docket No. USCG-2014-
0013 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments (this is the preferred 
method to avoid delays in processing).
     Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department 
of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, D.C. 20590-0001. We encourage use of 
electronic submissions because security screening may delay the 
delivery of mail.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Hand Delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9:00 
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except during Federal 
holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
     To avoid duplication, please use only one of these 
methods.
    Instruction: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department Of Homeland Security'' and the docket number of this 
notice. All comments submitted will be posted without alteration at 
http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. 
You may review a Privacy Act notice regarding our public dockets in the 
January 17, 2008 issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
    Docket: For access to the docket or to read documents or comments 
related to this notice, go to http://www/regulations.gov, insert USCG-
2014-0013 in the Search box, press Enter, and then click on the item 
you wish to view.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Junior Grade Colin Marquis, 
ADFO for Lower Mississippi River

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Waterway Safety Advisory Committee, telephone: 504-365-2284, fax: 504-
365-2287 or email: Colin.L.Marquis@uscg.mil. If you have any questions 
on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, 
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone: 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 (Pub. L. 92-
463). The LMRWSAC is an advisory committee authorized in Section 19 of 
the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991, (Pub. L. 102-241), as 
amended by section 621(d) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, 
(Pub. L. 111-281) and chartered under the provisions of FACA. LMRWSAC 
provides advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS) on matters relating to communications, surveillance, 
traffic management, anchorages, development and operation of the New 
Orleans Vessel Traffic Service, and other related topics dealing with 
navigation safety on the Lower Mississippi River as required by the 
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).

Meeting Agenda

    The agenda for the April 23, 2014 Committee meeting is as follows:
    (1) Opening Remarks.
    (2) Introduction of committee members and guests.
    (3) Approval of the March, 2011 minutes.
    (4) Agency Updates:
    (a) Coast Guard
    i. Discussion and update on status of Regulated Navigation Area 
(RNA); Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, 
Harvey Canal, Algiers Canal, New Orleans, LA published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 75, page 32279 (75 FR 32279), on June 8, 2010, Docket 
No. USCG-2009-0139.
    ii. Discussion and update on District Eight Aids to Navigation 
initiatives and Navigation 2025, a program aimed toward modernizing 
visual aids to navigation systems by taking into account the 
technological advances made in electronic navigation.
    iii. Discussion and update on status of sensors at 81 Mile Point.
    iv. Discussion and update on status of Belmont and Bayou Goula 
Anchorages. These anchorages were proposed to increase available 
anchorage areas in the River to help accommodate increased vessel 
volume and improve navigational safety for vessels.
    v. Discussion and update on status of Legislative Change Proposal 
to extend and align the LMRWSAC membership terms and charter.
    (b) Army Corps of Engineers
    i. Discussion and update on New Orleans area locks and Gulf 
Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) operations as related to the Regulated 
Navigation Area (RNA); to include discussion of GIWW, Inner Harbor 
Navigation Canal (IHNC), Harvey Canal, Algiers Canal.
    ii. Discussion and update on planned 2015 closure and dewatering of 
the IHNC Lock for installation of new replacement miter gates and gate 
operating machinery.
    (c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
    i. Discussion and update on Mississippi River charts including 
revetments, anchorages, levees, and pipelines.
    ii. Discussion and updates on Office of Coast Survey charting 
resources, movement to retire litho charts, and electronic chart 
resources.
    iii. Discussion and update to the Lower Mississippi River Physical 
Oceanographic Real Time System (PORTS) and the post-construction 
clearance of the Huey Long Bridge.
    iv. Review of navigation response resources and location and 
removal efforts for sunken vessel recovery in the Lower Mississippi 
River.
    1. July 2013 sinking of tugboat C-PEC.
    2. November 2013 sunken barge below Baton Rouge.
    v. Hurricane Planning and Resources and Coordination.
    1. Review of Tropical Storm Karen event.
    (d) Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection
    Authority--East and West
    i. East
    1. Update on operating procedures for Hurricane Storm Risk 
Reduction System gate closures in advance of storms.
    2. Discussion of the procedures that will be used by Southeast 
Louisiana Flood Protection Authority--East to communicate and 
coordinate activities associated with navigational flood gate closures 
for both routine exercises and in response to tropical events.
    ii. West
    1. Discussion of the procedures that will be used by Southeast 
Louisiana Flood Protection Authority--West to communicate and 
coordinate activities associated with navigational flood gate closure 
for both routine exercises and in response to tropical events.
    (5) New Business, to include discussion of:
    (a) Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals and waterway 
impacts.
    (6) Old Business:
    (a) Debrief of Huey P. Long Bridge expansion project.
    (7) Public Comment period.
    (8) Adjournment.
    There will be a comment period for LMRWSAC and a comment period for 
the public after each deliberation and voting, but before each 
recommendation is formulated. The Committee will review the information 
presented on each issue, deliberate on any recommendations presented, 
and formulate recommendations for the Department's consideration. An 
opportunity for oral comments by the public will be provided during the 
meeting on April 23, 2014. Speakers are requested to limit their 
comments to three minutes. Please note that the public oral comment 
period may end before the end of the stated meeting time if the 
Committee has finished its business. Please contact Lieutenant Junior 
Grade Colin L. Marquis, listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section, to register as a speaker.

    Dated: March 18, 2014.
Kevin S. Cook,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
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