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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Inland Waterways Users Board;
Request for Nominations
Department of the Army, DOD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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
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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.
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
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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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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 bio or a
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 (see
ADDRESSES) no later than February 20,
2015.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
(Supplement 2) for the Mississippi
River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf of
Mexico, Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet,
Louisiana, New Industrial Canal Lock
and Connecting Channels Project, New
Orleans, LA
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps), New Orleans District
intends to prepare a Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
integrated with a General Reevaluation
Report, for the Mississippi River, Baton
Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico Mississippi
River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana New
Industrial Canal Lock and Connecting
Channels Project, hereinafter referred to
as ‘‘the Project’’. This project is
sometimes referred to as the Inner
Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock
Replacement Project. This will be the
second supplemental EIS prepared for
this project.
DATES: A public scoping meeting is
scheduled for Wednesday, February 4,
2015. An open house will be held at
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6:00 p.m. followed by the scoping
meeting at 6:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting will be
held at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Charter School for Science and
Technology, 1617 Caffin Avenue, New
Orleans, LA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the Project and the
supplemental EIS should be addressed
to: Mr. Richard Boe or Mr. Mark Lahare,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Environmental Compliance Branch, P.O.
Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160–
0267, by email to Richard.e.boe@
usace.army.mil or Mark.h.lahare@
usace.army.mil, or by telephone at (504)
862–1505 or (504) 862–1344.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Background and
Authorization. The existing Industrial
Canal Lock, hereinafter referred to as the
‘‘existing lock’’, located in Orleans
Parish, Louisiana, connects the
Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain,
the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW),
and the remaining authorized six miles
of the Mississippi River—Gulf Outlet
(MRGO) between the Industrial Canal
and the Michoud Slip. The existing
lock, located between the St. Claude and
Claiborne Avenue (Judge Seeber)
Bridges in New Orleans, was
commissioned and constructed by nonfederal interests in 1923 to allow vessel
traffic from the Mississippi River to
Lake Pontchartrain and to permit
industrial development away from the
river. The federal government
purchased the existing lock at a later
date.
The Project was authorized by an act
of Congress entitled ‘‘AN ACT to
authorize construction of the
Mississippi River-Gulf outlet [sic]’’,
approved on March 29, 1956, as Chapter
112 of Public Law 455, of the 84th
Congress as an amendment to the
existing Mississippi River, Baton Rouge
to the Gulf of Mexico to provide for the
construction of the Mississippi RiverGulf Outlet substantially in accordance
with the report and recommendation of
the Chief of Engineers in House
Document No. 245 of the 82nd
Congress, and to authorize the Chief of
Engineers, when economically justified
by the obsolescence of the existing
industrial canal lock or by increased
traffic, to replace the existing lock or an
additional lock in the vicinity of
Meraux, Louisiana, together with
suitable connecting channels, said
replacement lock and connecting
channels to be constructed in
accordance with the type, dimensions,
and cost estimates approved by the
Chief of Engineers. The 1956
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authorization was later amended by
Section 844 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1986, Public Law
99–662, and Section 326 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1996,
Public Law 104–303.
The original EIS and project
evaluation report for the Project was
finalized in March 1998. A Record of
Decision was signed on December 18,
1998, selecting a construction method
and location for a replacement lock
north of the Claiborne Avenue Bridge,
replacement of the St. Claude Avenue
Bridge, modification of the Claiborne
Avenue Bridge, extension of the
Mississippi River flood protection
levees and floodwalls, a community
impact mitigation plan, and a fish and
wildlife mitigation plan.
In 2003, the Corps’ decision to
construct a new lock was challenged in
United States District Court, Eastern
District of Louisiana (Case No. 2:03–cv–
00370). In October 2006, the Court
enjoined the Corps from continuing
with the Project until additional
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was
completed.
In accordance with the provisions of
Section 7013 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 2007, Public Law
110–114, that portion of the MRGO from
Mile 60 on the southern bank of the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway to the Gulf of
Mexico was deauthorized effective upon
the June 5, 2008 submittal by the
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil
Works) to Congress of the Report of the
Chief of Engineers dated January 29,
2008 recommending partial
deauthorization of the MRGO. In July
2009, in accordance with the 2008
MRGO Chief’s Report, the Corps
completed construction of a rock
closure structure on the MRGO at Bayou
LaLoutre. Aids to navigation have been
removed.
In 2007, the Corps initiated
preparation of a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
for the Project to address changes in the
existing conditions after Hurricane
Katrina, further analyze anticipated
impacts associated with construction of
the new lock and determine if any
significant changes to the previouslyrecommended plan were necessary. The
final SEIS considered three deep-draft
lock alternatives and the no-action
alternative (i.e., continued operation
and maintenance of the existing lock),
two dredging alternatives for the
excavation that would be necessary for
the construction of a new deep-draft
lock, and three disposal alternatives for
the dredged sediment. On May 20, 2009,
a Record of Decision was signed,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Inland Waterways Users Board; Request for Nominations
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 two-year 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 Columbia-Snake 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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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 bio or a 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
(see ADDRESSES) no later than February 20, 2015.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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