[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19038]
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[Federal Register: August 4, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Request for Nominations to the Inland Waterways Users Board
AGENCY: Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), DOD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 302 of Public Law 99-862 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-is to solicit nominations for five appointments or
reappointments to two-year terms that will begin January 1, 1995.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works),
Department of the Army, ATTN: Inland Waterways Users Board Nominations
Committee, Washington, DC 20310-0103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Mr. 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 those 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
appointment of its members are subject to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Public Law 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 the must be either a
carrier or a shipper, or represent a firm that is a carrier or shipper.
For that purposes 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 95-502,
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 the 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 considerable 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 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 are eligible for
reappointment.
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 (Region3),
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 is 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.
Nomations received in response to last year's Federal Register
notice published August 9, 1993, have been retained for consideration
for appointment 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 shown above no later than August 29, 1994.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-19038 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]
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