[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11407-11408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03599]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to
announce the Federal advisory committee meeting of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board (Board). This meeting is
open to the public. For additional information about the Board, please
visit the committee's website at https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Inland-Waterways-Users-Board/.
DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will
conduct a meeting from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. CST on April 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways Users Board meeting will be conducted
at the Paducah-McCracken County Convention and Expo Center, Cumberland
Room, 415 Park St., Paducah, KY 42001. The online virtual portion of
the Inland Waterways Users Board meeting can be accessed at https://usace1.webex.com/meet/ndc.nav, Public Call-in: USA Toll-Free 844-800-
2712, USA Caller Paid/International Toll: 1-669-234-1177 Access Code:
199 117 3596, Security Code 1234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul D. Clouse, the Designated
Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at the Institute
for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-NDC,
7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building (Room H221), Alexandria, VA 22315-
3868; by telephone at 202-768-3157; or by email at
Paul.D.Clouse@usace.army.mil. Alternatively, contact Mr. Steven D.
Riley, an Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at
the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN:
CEIWR-NDC, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-
3868; by telephone at 703-659-3097; or by email at
Steven.D.Riley@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee meeting is being held under
the provisions of Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.)
(commonly known as the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act'' or ``FACA''),
section 552b of title 5, U.S.C. (commonly known as the ``Government in
the Sunshine Act''), and sections 102-3.140 and 102-3.150 of title 41,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
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
under 10 U.S.C. 2251(a). 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 an update on the
36th Annual Report to Congress; Status of the Inland Waterways Trust
Fund (IWTF); Inland waterways modernization project updates for
Chickamauga Lock and the Kentucky Lock Addition on the Tennessee River,
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) Three Rivers;
Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation and Ecosystem
Sustainability Program (NESP) Lock 25; Upper Ohio River Montgomery
Lock, and Lower Monongahela Locks 2, 3, & 4.
Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or
any updates to the agenda for the April 3, 2025, meeting will be
available. The final version will be available at the meeting. All
materials will be posted to the website prior to the meeting.
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: 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 participate in the meeting will
begin at 8:15 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Participation is on a
first-to-arrive basis. Any interested person may participate in the
meeting, file written comments or statements with the committee, or
make verbal comments during the public meeting, at the times, and in
the manner, permitted by the committee, as set forth below.
Special Accommodations: Individuals requiring any special
accommodations related to the public meeting or seeking additional
information about the procedures, should contact Mr. Paul Clouse, the
committee DFO, or Mr. Steven Riley, an 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 Comments or 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. Clouse, the committee DFO, or Mr. Riley, a
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
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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 public 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 business (3) 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 30-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.
Stephen L. Hill,
Director, Operations and Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2025-03599 Filed 3-5-25; 8:45 am]
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