Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice, 40230-40231 [2023-13094]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 40230 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 21, 2023 / Notices and complexity of the urbanization in the community and identify any existing infrastructure in the community that is related to the purpose of the proposed project. 3. Description of the non-Federal interest for the proposed project. The description must include sufficient information to validate the non-Federal interest’s eligibility as an applicant for the pilot program. 4. A letter of intent to partner with USACE in conducting a study, completing a design, constructing the project, and the long-term operation and maintenance of the constructed project. The letter of intent must include information demonstrating the nonFederal interest ability to be a partner in the study and project. 5. Description of the need for the proposed project and what the project would provide to the disadvantaged community. 6. For a project for flood risk management or coastal storm risk management (CSRM) purposes, the proposal must include a description of the history of flooding and the population at risk in the economically disadvantaged community. The narrative should include the dates of flood events and describe the property damages and life loss attributable to each event. It should also include a qualitative description or range of how deep the water was and how fast it was flowing. The description should identify any characteristics of the population that have a bearing on risk, such as the total number of people subject to flooding or a coastal storm, low per capita income, or unemployment rate above the national average. 7. A proposal for a project for CSRM purposes must include assurance of local willingness and capability to establish conditions of public use and access to beaches and shores. The proposal must identify whether the proposed project may result in a CSRM project that benefits beaches or shores the majority of which are private. In such cases, the applicant must provide assurance in the proposal that it is capable and willing to establish sufficient conditions of public use and access as a condition of Federal financial participation in a project. 8. For a project for ecosystem restoration, the proposal must describe the degraded habitat targeted for restoration and the causes of the degradation. Regionally and nationally significant habitat or natural resources should be identified. 9. For a project under section 14, the proposal must describe the ownership and function of the facility to be VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Jun 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 protected and the nature of the damage caused by flooding adjacent to the facility. 10. For a project under section 111, the proposal must describe the shoreline damage and identify the Federal navigation project responsible for the damage. 11. For a project for commercial navigation under Section 107, the proposal must describe existing facilities, vessel traffic, and the navigation problem the proposed project will address. Michael L. Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). [FR Doc. 2023–13144 Filed 6–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720–58–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, DoD. ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting. AGENCY: 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-WaterwaysUsers-Board/. DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will conduct a meeting from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT on July 20, 2023. ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways Users Board meeting will be conducted at the Paducah-McCracken County Convention and Expo Center, 415 Park Street, Paducah, Kentucky 42001, 270– 408–1346. 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. 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–GN, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by telephone at 703–428–6438; and by email at Mark.Pointon@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; and by email at Steven.D.Riley@usace.army.mil. 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. 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 the status of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF); Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget funding for Navigation; status of Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock and Bayou Sorrel Lock activities; updates of inland waterways projects for the Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) Three Rivers, Arkansas, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) Brazos River Floodgates and Colorado River Locks; status of the ongoing construction activities for the Upper Ohio River Montgomery Lock, Monongahela River Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4, Chickamauga Lock and Kentucky Lock projects. Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any updates to the agenda for the July 20, 2023, meeting will be available. The final version will be available at the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\21JNN1.SGM 21JNN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 21, 2023 / Notices meeting. All materials will be posted to the website for the meeting. Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.1 65, 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 8:30 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. Mark Pointon, 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. Pointon, 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 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Jun 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 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 15-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. Thomas P. Smith, Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, Directorate of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. [FR Doc. 2023–13094 Filed 6–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720–58–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0060] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel 2023–24 Data Collection National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR). DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 21, 2023. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of publication of this notice. Click on this SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 40231 link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request (ICR) by selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this information collection request. Information collection forms and instructions may be found by clicking on the ‘‘View Information Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting statements and other supporting documentation may be found by clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting Statement and Other Documents’’ link. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202–245–6347. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Please note that written comments received in response to this notice will be considered public records. Title of Collection: School Pulse Panel 2023–24 Data Collection. OMB Control Number: 1850–0975. Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR. Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 53,955. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,175. Abstract: The School Pulse Panel (SPP) is a data collection originally designed to collect voluntary responses from a nationally representative sample of public schools to better understand how schools, students, and educators are responding to the ongoing stressors of the coronavirus pandemic. It is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), within the United States Department of Education, in cooperation with the U.S. Census Bureau. Due to the immediate need to collect information from schools during the pandemic to satisfy the requirement of Executive Order 14000, an emergency clearance was issued to E:\FR\FM\21JNN1.SGM 21JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40230-40231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13094]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army


Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, 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 2 p.m. CDT on July 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways Users Board meeting will be conducted 
at the Paducah-McCracken County Convention and Expo Center, 415 Park 
Street, Paducah, Kentucky 42001, 270-408-1346. 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. 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-GN, 7701 
Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone 
at 703-428-6438; and by email at [email protected]. 
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; and by email at [email protected].

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. 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 the status of the 
Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF); Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget 
funding for Navigation; status of Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) 
Lock and Bayou Sorrel Lock activities; updates of inland waterways 
projects for the Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation and 
Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River 
Navigation System (MKARNS) Three Rivers, Arkansas, and the Gulf 
Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) Brazos River Floodgates and Colorado River 
Locks; status of the ongoing construction activities for the Upper Ohio 
River Montgomery Lock, Monongahela River Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4, 
Chickamauga Lock and Kentucky Lock projects.
    Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or 
any updates to the agenda for the July 20, 2023, meeting will be 
available. The final version will be available at the

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meeting. All materials will be posted to the website for the meeting.
    Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 
amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.1 65, 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 8:30 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. Mark Pointon, 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. Pointon, 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 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 15-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.

Thomas P. Smith,
Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, Directorate of Civil Works, 
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
[FR Doc. 2023-13094 Filed 6-20-23; 8:45 am]
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