[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-21044]
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[Federal Register: August 25, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Nominations to the Inland Waterways Users Board
AGENCY: Office, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), DOD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 302 of Public Law 99-662 established the Inland
Waterways Users Board. The Board is an independent Federal advisory
committee. Its eleven members are appointed by the Secretary of the
Army. This notice replaces the notice with the same subject published
in the Federal Register on 4 August 1994. That notice solicited
nominations for five appointments or reappointments to two year terms
that will begin January 1, 1995. Subsequent to the submission of the
August 4, 1994 notice, a member of the Inland Waterways Users Board
eligible for reappointment indicated he will decline reappointment.
This notice modifies the solicitation of nominations to reflect this
change and extends the date for submitting nominations until September
19, 1994.
DATES: The effective date of this notice is August 19, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works),
Department of the Army, Washington, DC 20310-0103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. John Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil
Works), (703) 697-4671.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The selection, service and appointment of
board members are covered by provisions of Section 302 of Public Law
99-662. The substance of these provisions is as follows:
Selection
Members are to be selected from the spectrum of commercial carriers
and shippers using the inland and intracoastal waterways, to represent
geographical regions and to be representative of waterway commerce as
determined by commodity ton-mile statistics.
Service
The Board is required to meet at least semi-annually to develop and
make recommendations to the Secretary of the Army on waterways
construction and rehabilitation priorities and spending levels for
commercial navigation improvements, and report its recommendations
annually to the Secretary and the Congress.
Appointment
The operation of the Board and the appointment of its members are
subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463 as
amended) and Departmental implementing regulations. Members serve
without compensation but their expenses due to board activities are
reimbursable.
The considerations specified in Section 302 for the selection of
the Board members, and certain terms used therein, have been
interpreted, supplemented, or otherwise clarified as follows:
Carriers and Shippers
The law uses the terms ``primary users and shippers.'' Primary
users has been interpreted to mean the providers of transportation
services on inland waterways such as barge or towboat operators.
Shippers has been interpreted to mean the purchasers of such services
for the movement of commodities they own or control. Individuals are
appointed to the Board, but they must be either a carrier or a shipper,
or represent a firm that is a carrier or shipper. For that purpose a
trade or regional association is neither a shipper or primary user.
Geographical Representation
The law specifies ``various'' regions. For the purpose of selecting
Board members, the waterways subjected to fuel taxes and described in
Public Law 94-502, as amended, have been aggregated into six regions.
These are: (1) The Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries above
the mouth of the Ohio; (2) the Lower Mississippi River and its
tributaries below the mouth of the Ohio and above Baton Rouge; (3) the
Ohio River and its tributaries; (4) the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in
Louisiana and Texas; (5) the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway east of New
Orleans and associated fuel-taxed waterways east of New Orleans and
associated fuel-taxed waterways including Tennessee-Tombigbee, plus the
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway below Norfolk; and (6) the Columbia-
Snake River System and Upper Willamette. The intent is that each region
shall be represented by at least one Board member, with that
representation determined by the regional concentration of the
individual's traffic on the waterways.
Commodity Representation
Waterway commerce has been aggregated into six commodity categories
based on ``inland'' ton-miles shown in Waterborne Commerce of the
United States. In rank order they are: (1) Farm and Food Products; (2)
Coal and Coke; (3) Petroleum, Crude and Products; (4) Minerals, Ores,
and Products; (5) Chemicals and Allied Products; and (6) All other.
A consideration in the selection of Board members will be, that the
commodities carried or shipped by those individuals or their firms will
be reasonably representative of the above commodity categories.
Reflecting preceding selection criteria, the present representation
by Board members is as follows:
The five members whose terms expire December 31, 1994, include one
shipper representative representing the Upper Mississippi River Region
(Region 1) and farm and food products, ethanol and coal; one shipper
representative representing the Lower Mississippi River Region (Region
2), and farm and food products; one carrier representative representing
the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Louisiana and Texas (Region 4), and
petroleum and petroleum products; one carrier representative
representing the Ohio River Region (Region 3), and coal and coke,
minerals, and metals, petroleum and petroleum products, farm and food
products and chemicals; and one carrier representative representing the
Columbia-Snake River System and Upper Willamette (Region 6), and farm
and food products, petroleum products, chemicals, containers, and
forest products. The members representing Regions 2, 3 and 6 area
eligible for reappointment. However, the member representing Region 6
has indicated that he will decline reappointment to the Board.
The six members whose terms expire December 31, 1995, include three
shipper representatives representing (1) the Lower Mississippi River
(Region 2), and farm and food products, (2) the Ohio River (Region 3),
and coal, and (3) the East Gulf region (Region 5), and coal; two
carrier representatives representing the Ohio River Region (Region 3),
and farm and food products, coal, petroleum, chemicals, minerals and
metals; and one shipper/carrier representative representing the Ohio
River Region (Region 3), and coal.
Nominations to replace members whose terms expire December 31,
1994, may be made by individuals, firms, or associations. Nominations
should state the region to be represented and whether the nominee is to
represent carriers or shippers. Information should be provided on the
nominee's personal qualifications and the commercial operations of the
carrier and/or shipper with whom the nominee associated. The latter
information should show the actual or estimated ton-miles of
commodities carried or shipped on inland waterways in a recent year (or
years) using the waterway regions and commodity categories previously
listed.
Nominations received in response to last year's Federal Register
notice published on August 9, 1993, have been retained for
consideration for reappointment along with nominations received in
response to this Federal Register notice. Renomination is not required
but may be desirable.
Deadline for Nominations
All nominations must be received at the address provided in this
notice not later than September 19, 1994.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-21044 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am]
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