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section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 27, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Essential Fish Habitat 5-Year Review
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces the
availability of the Draft Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish
Habitat (EFH) 5-Year Review. The
purpose of Atlantic HMS EFH 5-Year
Review is to gather relevant new
information and determine whether
modifications to existing EFH
descriptions and designations are
warranted, in compliance with the
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act and implementing regulations. If
EFH modifications are warranted, an
amendment to the 2006 Consolidated
Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan
(FMP) may be initiated.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by April 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the
Draft Atlantic HMS EFH 5-Year Review
may also be obtained on the internet at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/
documents/2015_draft_efh_review.pdf.
You may submit comments on this
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2015–0037, by any of the following
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NOAA-NMFS-2015-0037, click the
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required fields, and enter or attach your
comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Peter Cooper, NMFS/SF1, 1315 EastWest Highway, National Marine
Fisheries Service, SSMC3, Silver Spring,
MD 20910.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
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individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
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viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Cooper by phone at (301) 427–
8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) includes
provisions concerning the identification
and conservation of essential fish
habitat (EFH) (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
EFH is defined in 50 CFR 600.10 as
‘‘those waters and substrate necessary to
fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or
growth to maturity.’’ NMFS must
identify and describe EFH, minimize to
the extent practicable the adverse effects
of fishing on EFH, and identify other
actions to encourage the conservation
and enhancement of EFH (§ 600.815(a).
EFH maps are presented online in the
NMFS EFH Mapper (https://www.
habitat.noaa.gov/protection/efh/habitat
mapper.html). Federal agencies that
authorize, fund, or undertake actions
that may adversely affect EFH must
consult with NMFS, and NMFS must
provide conservation recommendations
to Federal and state agencies regarding
any such actions (§ 600.815(a)(9)).
In addition to identifying and
describing EFH for managed fish
species, a review of EFH must be
completed every 5 years, and EFH
provisions must be revised or amended,
as warranted, based on the best
available scientific information. The
EFH 5-year review should evaluate
published scientific literature,
unpublished scientific reports,
information solicited from interested
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parties, and previously unavailable or
inaccessible data. NMFS announced the
initiation of this review and solicited
information for this review from the
public in a Federal Register notice on
March 24, 2014 (79 FR 15959). The
initial public review/submission period
ended on May 23, 2014.
This document is a draft 5-year
review of EFH for Atlantic HMS, which
include tunas (bluefin, bigeye, albacore,
yellowfin, and skipjack), oceanic sharks,
swordfish, and billfishes (blue marlin,
white marlin, sailfish, roundscale
spearfish, and longbill spearfish). The
HMS EFH 5-year review considers data
available regarding Atlantic HMS and
their habitats that have become
available since 2009 that were not
included in Final Amendment 1 to the
2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS (June
1, 2010, 75 FR 30484); Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
Amendment 3 to the 2006 Consolidated
HMS FMP (June 1, 2010, 75 FR 30484);
and the interpretive rule that described
EFH for roundscale spearfish
(September 22, 2010, 75 FR 57698),
which are the most recent documents
that described EFH for Atlantic HMS
species. Upon completion of the HMS
EFH 5-year Review, NMFS will analyze
the information gathered through the
EFH review process and determine if
subsequent revision or amendment of
EFH if warranted.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq., and 1801
et seq.
Dated: March 2, 2015.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense
Federal Advisory Committees
DoD.
Renewal of Federal Advisory
Committee.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Defense
(DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that it is renewing the charter
for the Board on Coastal Engineering
Research (‘‘the Board’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–692–5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
committee’s charter is being renewed
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pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 426–2 and in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102–3.50(a).
The Board is a non-discretionary
Federal advisory committee that shall
provide the Coastal and Hydraulics
Laboratory, which includes the Coastal
Engineering Research Center, through
the Chief of Engineers/Commander
(‘‘the Chief of Engineers’’), U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (‘‘the Corps of
Engineers’’), independent advice and
recommendations on coastal
engineering research priorities and
additional functions as assigned by the
Chief of Engineers. The Board shall
report to the Secretary of the Army,
through the Chief of Engineers/
Commander, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. The Chief of Engineers/
Commander, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, may act upon the Board’s
advice and recommendations.
The Board, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 426–
2, shall be composed of seven members
who are appointed by the Secretary of
Defense or the Deputy Secretary of
Defense.
DoD, pursuant to the authorizing
legislation, shall appoint four officers of
the Corps of Engineers to the Board as
ex officio appointments, with one
position being occupied by the Deputy
Commanding General for Civil and
Emergency Operations, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. The Chief of
Engineers, in consultation with the
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil
Works), shall determine which three of
the eight coastal division commanders
shall be nominated as the other ex
officio members of the Board. The Chief
of Engineers, in determining which of
the coastal division commanders shall
serve on the Board, shall consider the
individual’s tenure as a division
commander and his or her expertise in
the matters before the Board.
The three civilian Board members
shall be civilian engineers
recommended by the Chief of Engineers
for their expertise in the field of beach
erosion, shore protection, and coastal
processes and infrastructure.
The Deputy Commanding General for
Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, shall serve as
the President of the Board.
Board members who are not full-time
or permanent part-time Federal officers
or employees shall be appointed as
experts or consultants pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special
government employee (SGE) members.
Board members who are full-time or
permanent part-time Federal officers or
employees shall be appointed pursuant
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to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a) to serve as
regular government employee (RGE)
members.
The Secretary of Defense, or the
Deputy Secretary of Defense, may
approve the appointment of civilian
Board members and the three coastal
division commanders for terms of
service of one-to-four years with annual
renewals. However, no member, unless
authorized by the Secretary of Defense
or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may
serve more than two consecutive terms
of service.
Pursuant to section 105 of Public Law
91–611, Board members, who are not
full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees, may be paid at
rates not to exceed the daily equivalent
of the rate for a GS–15, step 10, for each
day of attendance at Board meetings, not
to exceed 30 days per year, in addition
to travel and other necessary expenses
connected with their official duties on
the Board, in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5703(b), (d), and
5707. RGE members may be reimbursed
for official Board-related travel and per
diem.
The DoD, when necessary and
consistent with the Board’s mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may
establish subcommittees, task forces, or
working groups to support the Board.
Establishment of subcommittees will be
based upon a written determination, to
include terms of reference, by the
Secretary of Defense, the Deputy
Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of
the Army, as the DoD sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work
independently of the Board and shall
report all of their recommendations and
advice solely to the Board for full and
open deliberation and discussion.
Subcommittees, task forces, or working
groups have no authority to make
decisions and recommendations,
verbally or in writing, on behalf of the
Board. No subcommittee or its members
can update or report, verbally or in
writing, on behalf of the Board, directly
to the DoD or to any Federal officer or
employee.
The Secretary of Defense or the
Deputy Secretary of Defense will
appoint subcommittee members to a
term of service of one-to-four years, with
annual renewals, even if the member in
question is already a member of the
Board.
Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or part-time Federal officers or
employees, shall be appointed as
experts or consultants pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109 to serve as SGE members.
Subcommittee members who are fulltime or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees will serve as RGE
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members pursuant to 41 CFR 102–
3.130(a).
Each subcommittee member is
appointed to provide advice to the
government on the basis of his or her
best judgment without representing any
particular point of view and in a manner
that is free from conflict of interest.
Subcommittee members may be
compensated, and shall be allowed
travel expenses, in the same manner as
the Board members.
All subcommittees operate under the
provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act,
governing Federal statutes and
regulations, and established DoD
policies and procedures.
The estimated number of Board
meetings is two per year.
The Board’s Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), pursuant to DoD policy,
shall be a full-time or permanent parttime DoD employee appointed in
accordance with governing DoD policies
and procedures.
The Board’s DFO is required to be in
attendance at all meetings of the Board
and any of its subcommittees for the
entire duration of each and every
meeting. However, in the absence of the
Board’s DFO, a properly approved
Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the
Board according to established DoD
policies and procedures, shall attend the
entire duration of the Board or any
subcommittee meeting.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall
call all meetings of the Board and its
subcommittees; prepare and approve all
meeting agendas; and adjourn any
meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate
DFO, determines adjournment to be in
the public interest or required by
governing regulations or DoD policies
and procedures.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
statements to Board on Coastal
Engineering Research membership
about the Board’s mission and
functions. Written statements may be
submitted at any time or in response to
the stated agenda of planned meeting of
the Board on Coastal Engineering
Research.
All written statements shall be
submitted to the DFO for the Board on
Coastal Engineering Research, and this
individual will ensure that the written
statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration.
Contact information for the Board on
Coastal Engineering Research DFO can
be obtained from the GSA’s FACA
Database—https://
www.facadatabase.gov/.
The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102–
3.150, will announce planned meetings
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of the Board on Coastal Engineering
Research. The DFO, at that time, may
provide additional guidance on the
submission of written statements that
are in response to the stated agenda for
the planned meeting in question.
Dated: March 2, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Modernization and Repair of
Piers 2 and 3, Military Ocean Terminal
Concord, CA
Department of the Army, DOD.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of the Army
(Army) announces the availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Modernization and Repair
of Piers 2 and 3 at Military Ocean
Terminal Concord, California (MOTCO).
The Final EIS evaluates the potential
environmental and socioeconomic
effects that could result from demolition
and reconstruction of structural
elements, replacement of infrastructure,
upgrades to shore-side roads and
electrical infrastructure, repair of piles
at Pier 3, and maintenance dredging.
Environmental consequences were
evaluated for noise; air quality; geology,
topography, and soils; water resources;
biological resources; land use and
coastal zone management;
transportation; infrastructure; visual
resources; recreational resources;
socioeconomics; environmental justice
and protection of children; cultural
resources; and hazardous materials,
hazardous waste, toxic substances, and
contaminated sites. Based on the
analysis described in the EIS, all
impacts are anticipated to be less than
significant. The potential for
environmental impacts is greatest for
the following resource areas: water
resources; biological resources;
transportation; infrastructure; and
cultural resources.
DATES: The Army will make a final
decision no sooner than 30 days after
the publication of a Notice of
Availability for the Final EIS in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Please send requests for a
copy of the Final EIS or written
comments on the Final EIS to Mr.
Malcolm Charles, Director of Public
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Works, Attention: SDAT–CCA–MI
(Charles), 410 Norman Avenue,
Concord, CA 94520; email comments to
usarmy.motco.sddc.mbx.list-eis@
mail.mil; or fax comments to (925) 246–
4171 (Attention: SDAT–CCA–MI
[Charles]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sarah Garner, Public Affairs Office,
Surface Deployment and Distribution
Command; telephone: (618) 220–6284;
email:
usarmy.scott.sddc.mbx.commandaffairs@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the proposed action is to
modernize and repair Pier 2 and repair
Pier 3 so the Army can maintain its
ability to meet Department of Defense
(DOD) mission requirements in support
of wartime and contingency operations.
Piers 2 and 3 were built in the mid1940s and are past their structural and
design life and lack modern operational
efficiencies. Based on Net Explosive
Weight handling capability, Pier 2 is the
optimum pier for mission capability, but
it cannot be used due to its degraded
and nonoperational condition. Pier 3,
currently the primary operational pier at
MOTCO, requires some level of repair to
maintain even its limited operational
capability through 2019.
Alternative 1 fully implements repairs
to Piers 2 and 3 with Pier 2 re-oriented
to align the west end with the existing
shipping channel to create a more
modernized configuration. Alternative 2
would be similar to Alternative 1, but
the Pier 2 footprint would not change.
Alternative 3 would fully implement
repairs to Piers 2 and 3, reorienting Pier
2 to create a more modernized
configuration but with a larger deck
surface and heavier load-carrying
capacity than that proposed under
Alternative 1. Under the No Action
Alternative, the modernization and
repair of Pier 2 and the repair of Pier 3
at MOTCO would not occur, and Pier 3
would continue to be used with loading
restrictions for the remainder of its
service life. The No Action Alternative
provides the environmental baseline
conditions for comparing the impacts
associated with the other alternatives.
Alternative 1 is the preferred
alternative.
The Army consulted with regulatory
agencies, to include the State Historic
Preservation Officer, the National Park
Service, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, the San Francisco Bay
Regional Water Quality Control Board,
the National Marine Fisheries Service,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission.
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Several of the comments received
during the Draft EIS review period
resulted in revisions to the Final EIS.
These revisions included minor
clarifications and the inclusion of
updated information. The Final EIS
includes responses to all comments.
Copies of the Final EIS are available
for public review at the following two
Contra Costa County libraries: (1)
Concord Library, 2900 Salvio Street,
Concord, CA 94519 and (2) Bay Point
Library, 205 Pacifica Avenue, Bay Point,
CA 94565. The Final EIS may also be
reviewed electronically at https://www.
sddc.army.mil/MOTCO/default.aspx.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
United States Air Force F–35a
Operational Basing—Pacific
AGENCY:
Department of the Air Force,
DOD.
ACTION:
Notice of Intent (NOI).
The Air Force is issuing this
notice of intent (NOI) (40 CFR 1508.22)
to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to assess the proposed
action to base two (2) F–35A squadrons
(48 Primary Assigned Aircraft (PAA)) at
Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska.
The proposed action will also include
the use of related airspace and ranges,
particularly the Joint Pacific Alaska
Range Complex (JPARC). The F–35A is
the conventional take-off and landing
version of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
It is a multiple-role fighter with an
emphasis on air-to-ground missions.
A No-Action Alternative will be
included in the EIS, whereby no F–35A
squadrons would be based at Eielson
AFB. The analysis of the no-action
alternative will provide a benchmark to
enable Air Force decision-makers to
compare the magnitude of the
environmental effects of the proposed
action. No-action means the proposed
action would not take place, and the
resulting environmental effects from
taking no-action will be compared with
the effects of allowing the proposed
activity to go forward.
Scoping: The public scoping process
will be used to identify community
concerns and local issues to be
considered during the draft EIS
development process. Federal, state, and
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: DoD.
ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that it is renewing the charter for the Board on Coastal
Engineering Research (``the Board'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being renewed
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pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 426-2 and in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102-3.50(a).
The Board is a non-discretionary Federal advisory committee that
shall provide the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, which includes the
Coastal Engineering Research Center, through the Chief of Engineers/
Commander (``the Chief of Engineers''), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(``the Corps of Engineers''), independent advice and recommendations on
coastal engineering research priorities and additional functions as
assigned by the Chief of Engineers. The Board shall report to the
Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers/Commander, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. The Chief of Engineers/Commander, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, may act upon the Board's advice and
recommendations.
The Board, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 426-2, shall be composed of seven
members who are appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
DoD, pursuant to the authorizing legislation, shall appoint four
officers of the Corps of Engineers to the Board as ex officio
appointments, with one position being occupied by the Deputy Commanding
General for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. The Chief of Engineers, in consultation with the Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), shall determine which three of the
eight coastal division commanders shall be nominated as the other ex
officio members of the Board. The Chief of Engineers, in determining
which of the coastal division commanders shall serve on the Board,
shall consider the individual's tenure as a division commander and his
or her expertise in the matters before the Board.
The three civilian Board members shall be civilian engineers
recommended by the Chief of Engineers for their expertise in the field
of beach erosion, shore protection, and coastal processes and
infrastructure.
The Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, shall serve as the President of the
Board.
Board members who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees shall be appointed as experts or consultants
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special government employee (SGE)
members. Board members who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees shall be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a) to serve as regular government employee (RGE) members.
The Secretary of Defense, or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may
approve the appointment of civilian Board members and the three coastal
division commanders for terms of service of one-to-four years with
annual renewals. However, no member, unless authorized by the Secretary
of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service.
Pursuant to section 105 of Public Law 91-611, Board members, who
are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees,
may be paid at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for
a GS-15, step 10, for each day of attendance at Board meetings, not to
exceed 30 days per year, in addition to travel and other necessary
expenses connected with their official duties on the Board, in
accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5703(b), (d), and 5707. RGE
members may be reimbursed for official Board-related travel and per
diem.
The DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Board's mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces,
or working groups to support the Board. Establishment of subcommittees
will be based upon a written determination, to include terms of
reference, by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, or the Secretary of the Army, as the DoD sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Board and
shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the
Board for full and open deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees,
task forces, or working groups have no authority to make decisions and
recommendations, verbally or in writing, on behalf of the Board. No
subcommittee or its members can update or report, verbally or in
writing, on behalf of the Board, directly to the DoD or to any Federal
officer or employee.
The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense will
appoint subcommittee members to a term of service of one-to-four years,
with annual renewals, even if the member in question is already a
member of the Board.
Subcommittee members, if not full-time or part-time Federal
officers or employees, shall be appointed as experts or consultants
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as SGE members. Subcommittee members
who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees
will serve as RGE members pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a).
Each subcommittee member is appointed to provide advice to the
government on the basis of his or her best judgment without
representing any particular point of view and in a manner that is free
from conflict of interest. Subcommittee members may be compensated, and
shall be allowed travel expenses, in the same manner as the Board
members.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and
established DoD policies and procedures.
The estimated number of Board meetings is two per year.
The Board's Designated Federal Officer (DFO), pursuant to DoD
policy, shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee
appointed in accordance with governing DoD policies and procedures.
The Board's DFO is required to be in attendance at all meetings of
the Board and any of its subcommittees for the entire duration of each
and every meeting. However, in the absence of the Board's DFO, a
properly approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Board according
to established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the entire
duration of the Board or any subcommittee meeting.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the Board
and its subcommittees; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; and
adjourn any meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines
adjournment to be in the public interest or required by governing
regulations or DoD policies and procedures.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Board on
Coastal Engineering Research membership about the Board's mission and
functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Board on
Coastal Engineering Research.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Board
on Coastal Engineering Research, and this individual will ensure that
the written statements are provided to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for the Board on Coastal Engineering
Research DFO can be obtained from the GSA's FACA Database--https://www.facadatabase.gov/.
The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned
meetings
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of the Board on Coastal Engineering Research. The DFO, at that time,
may provide additional guidance on the submission of written statements
that are in response to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in
question.
Dated: March 2, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-05040 Filed 3-4-15; 8:45 am]
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