March 8, 2021: Federal Register (full link below) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASA(CW)) is issuing this notice for a comment period for stakeholders and other interested parties to provide input and recommendations to the ASA(CW) on any provisions in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020. The Office of…

Dear Navigation Industry Representative:   In accordance with Secretary of Defense Memo dated 30 January 2021, Subject: DOD Advisory Committees – Zero-based Review, the virtual Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting No. 96 scheduled for February 9, 2021 is hereby canceled.   Thank you,   Mark R. Pointon DFO and Executive Secretary Inland Waterways Users Board

January 14, 2021: Federal Register (full link below) The Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will conduct an online virtual meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT on February 9, 2021. The online virtual 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…

January 13, 2021: Federal Register (full link below) The Surface Transportation Board hereby gives notice of vacancies on RSTAC for two small railroad representatives. The Board seeks suggestions for candidates to fill these vacancies. Nominations are due on February 12, 2021. The Board, created in 1996 to take over many of the functions previously performed…

January 13, 2021: Federal Register (full link below) The International Trade Administration has posted a notice of open meeting, schedule and proposed topics of discussion for the public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness. The meeting will be held on January 28, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.…

January 13, 2021: Federal Register (full link below) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are removing the inland population of the least tern (Interior least tern) (Sterna (now Sternula) antillarum), from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to recovery. This determination is based on a thorough review of the best available scientific and commercial…

January 13, 2021: Federal Register (full link below) Nationwide Permits (NWPs) authorize certain activities under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The NWPs help protect the aquatic environment and the public interest by providing incentives to reduce impacts on jurisdictional waters and wetlands…

Federal Register (full link below): Pursuant to authority delegated by the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to the Maritime Administrator (Administrator), the Maritime Administration (MARAD) requests nominations for membership on the U.S. Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee (MTSNAC). Applications must be received on or before 5:00 p.m. ET on February 8, 2021. After that date,…