BILLING CODE: 3720-58
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting.
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 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. CDT on August 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways Users Board meeting will be conducted at the St.
Charles Convention Center, Grand Ballroom D, One Convention Center Plaza, St.
Charles, MO, 63303. 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. Paul D. Clouse, the Designated
Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at the Institute for Water Resources,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-NDC, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey
Building (Room H221), Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone at 202-768-3157; or
by e-mail at Paul.D.Clouse@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; or by email at Steven.D.Riley@usace.army.mil.
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 1023.150 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 an update on the status of the
Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF); Fiscal Year 2024 funding for Navigation and the
2025 President’s Budget for Navigation; Major Rehabilitation Reports; 2025 Capital
Investment Strategy; Lock Modernization; Demopolis Lock Engineering Investigation;
Bayou Sorrel Lock and Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock studies; Inland waterways
modernization projects for Chickamauga Lock and the Kentucky Lock Addition on the
Tennessee River, McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) Three
Rivers, Arkansas, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) Brazos River Floodgates and
Colorado River Locks, Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation and Ecosystem
Sustainability Program (NESP) Lock 25 and LaGrange Lock, Monongahela River Locks
and Dams 2, 3 and 4 Replacements, and the Upper Ohio River Montgomery Lock.

Availability of Materials for the Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any updates to
the agenda for the August 1, 2024, meeting will be available. The final version will be
available at the 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. Paul Clouse, 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 1023.140 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. Clouse, 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 30-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. 2024-14413 Filed: 6/28/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/1/2024]