[Federal Register: May 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 88)]
[Notices]
[Page 21666]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Board on Coastal Engineering Research
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following
committee meeting:
Name of Committee: Board on Coastal Engineering Research.
Date of Meeting: June 3-4, 2009.
Place: Douglas Pavilion A Ballroom, Manchester Grand Hyatt San
Diego, One Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101.
Time: 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. (June 3, 2009); 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (June 4,
2009).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries and notice of intent to
attend the meeting may be addressed to COL Gary E. Johnston, Executive
Secretary, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center,
Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS
39180-6199.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Board provides broad policy guidance and review of plans and
fund requirements for the conduct of research and development of
research projects in consonance with the needs of the coastal
engineering field and the objectives of the Chief of Engineers.
Proposed Agenda: The goal of the meeting is to examine data needs
to enable systems-scale decision making for coastal projects and
management. Presentations on Wednesday morning, June 3, will consist of
Coastal Working Group Meeting Report; Introduction--Overall Vision of
Corps as Data Developers and Users; Flood and Coastal--Data
Requirements for Coastal Project Planning, Engineering, Construction,
and Operations; Emergency Management--Forecasting Hurricane Gustav,
from Numerical Models to -time Data; Navigation--Data Requirements for
Coastal Navigation Project Planning, Engineering, Construction, and
Operations; Coastal, Navigation, and Emergency Response Data Use; Gulf
of Mexico Alliance (GOMA)--Multi-state Data Requirements; and National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Digital Coast. The
afternoon presentations will include Data to Support Climate Change
Studies; Impact of Data on Marine Transportation System Including
Management of Threatened and Endangered Species; National Plan on Ocean
and Coastal Mapping (OCM)--Long-term Plans/Direction for OCM; Future of
Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)--Long-term Plans/Directions
for IOOS; Future Coast--Organized and Sustainable or Chaotic and
Dying?--Data Needed to Quantify Conditions and Monitor Change; and
Challenges in Future Requirements and Directions: The Way Ahead.
The presentations on Thursday, June 4, 2009, include National
Perspective on Gaps in Coastal Data; California Sediment Management--
Goals, Relationships, Data Needs; Technical Tools for Regional Sediment
Management; Regional Sediment Management Plan Development throughout
California, Highlighting the San Diego Region; USGS Data Collection
Activities in California; San Francisco District Costal Activities and
Coastal Watershed Demonstration at Santa Cruz Harbor; and Los Angeles
District Activities and Data Utilization.
Thursday afternoon, June 4, is devoted to a bus field trip for
general attendees and the Board Executive Session to discuss ongoing
initiatives and actions.
These meetings are open to the public. Participation by the public
is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Thursday, June 4.
The entire meeting and field trip are open to the public, but since
seating capacity is limited, advance notice of attendance is required.
Oral participation by public attendees is encouraged during the time
scheduled on the agenda; written statements may be submitted prior to
the meeting or up to 30 days after the meeting.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-10736 Filed 5-7-09; 8:45 am]
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