[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28593-28594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12225]
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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 22-24, 2010.
Place: Hudson Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson, 2
Exchange Place, Jersey City, NJ 07302.
Time:
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (June 22, 2010).
8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. (June 23, 2010).
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (June 24, 2010).
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 explore and provide
recommendations regarding the implications of projected Climate Change
scenarios to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) mission, assets, and
responsibilities in the coastal and estuarine system. Panel
presentations
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dealing with the Science of Climate Change on Tuesday morning, June 22,
will include Is Sea Level Accelerating along U.S. Coastlines?, Past and
Present Sea-Level Changes along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, Atlantic
Region Coastal Storms, Overview of Climatic Variation Effects on
Extratropical and Tropical Storms, Evidence for a Changing North
Pacific Wave Climate as a Result of Global Climate Change, Coastal
Change and Vulnerability: Sea-Level Rise and other Climate Change
Effects, Declining Arctic Ice Cover and Its Impacts, and Coastal
Wetlands Ecological Impacts. The afternoon session begins with a
Keynote address from the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works entitled ``New Initiatives within the Current Administration.''
Panel presentations follow from the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National
Climate Service, and the Department of Transportation Committee on
Marine Transportation System dealing with the Impacts of Climate
Change. Panel presentations also include Marine and Coastal Ecosystems:
Adaptation in the Age of Climate Change, Developing the Corps
Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change, Science and Technology
Implications of Climate Change to USACE, and a presentation on the
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program.
The presentations on Wednesday morning, June 23, 2010, include an
Overview of State Climate Change Policies and Actions, and panel
presentations pertaining to Regional Government Perspectives from the
States of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and
Massachusetts, and panel presentations pertaining to Regional Specific
Studies that include the Delaware Bay Region, Climate Change and the
Chesapeake Bay, and Adapting to Climate Change Challenges--Learning
from the New York City Experience. Wednesday afternoon presentations
include Division Climate Change Research Needs from the South Pacific,
Northwestern, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Great Lakes and Ohio
River Divisions. A Harbor Inspection will conclude the day.
The Board will meet in Executive Session to discuss ongoing
initiatives and actions on Thursday morning, June 24.
These meetings are open to the public. Participation by the public
is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23.
The entire meeting and harbor inspection 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.
Gary E. Johnston,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-12225 Filed 5-20-10; 8:45 am]
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