80_FR_28705 80 FR 28609 - Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

80 FR 28609 - Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 96 (May 19, 2015)

Page Range28609-28610
FR Document2015-12098

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce an open meeting of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). This meeting will be open to the public.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12098]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, 
Scientific Advisory Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce an open meeting of the Strategic Environmental Research and 
Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). This meeting will 
be open to the public.

DATES: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:50 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel, 425 Water 
Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23704.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Anne Andrews, SERDP Office, 4800 
Mark Center Drive, Suite 17D08, Alexandria, VA 22350-3605; or by 
telephone at (571) 372-6565.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. 
Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 
U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150. This notice is 
published in accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, 
and the availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. 
Seating is on a first-come basis.
    The purpose of the June 16, 2015 meeting is to review research and 
development projects requesting Strategic Environmental Research and 
Development Program funds as required by the SERDP Statute, U.S. Code 
[hyphen] Title 10, Subtitle A, Part IV, Chapter 172, Sec.  2904. The 
full agenda follows:

8:00 a.m. Convene/Opening Remarks, Approval of October 2014 Minutes; 
Dr. Joseph Hughes, Chair.
8:05 a.m. Program Update; Dr. Anne Andrews, Acting Executive Director.
8:20 a.m. Munitions Response Overview; Dr. Herb Nelson, Munitions 
Response, Program Manager.
8:30 a.m. 15 MR01-039 (MR-2545): Sediment Volume Search Sonar 
Development, (FY15 New Start); Mr. Daniel Brown, Applied Research 
Laboratory, The

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Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
9:15 a.m. Break
9:30 a.m. Resource Conservation and Climate Change Overview; Dr. John 
Hall, Resource Conservation and Climate Change, Program Manager.
9:50 a.m. RC-2245: Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP) 
Overview, (FY16 Continuing); Dr. Patricia Cunningham, RTI 
International, Research Triangle Park, NC.
10:05 a.m. RC-2245: CB-4 Title: Predicting Sustainability of Coastal 
Military Training Environments; Dr. Jesse McNinch, ERDC Coastal 
Hydraulics Lab, Duck, NC.
10:35 a.m. RC-2245: CC-1 Title: Development of Uniform Historical and 
Projected Climate to Support Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Research; Dr. 
Ryan Boyles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
11:20 a.m. RC-2245: Development of Empirical Carbon Budget; Dr. Craig 
Tobias, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT.
12:05 p.m. Lunch
1:05 p.m. RC-2245: Translating Science into Practice; Dr. Mike Piehler, 
University of North Carolina, Morehead City, NC.
1:35 p.m. RC-2245: TAC Comments and Project Management; Dr. Patricia 
Cunningham, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC.
2:20 p.m. FY16 Statements of Need--Summaries in Preparation of New 
Start Projects to be Presented in September and October; SERDP Program 
Managers.
3:25 p.m. Break
3:40 p.m. FY17 SON--Board Input; All.
4:05 p.m. Scenarios for Sea Level Rise and Extreme Water Levels: 
Building on SERDP Research; Dr. John Hall, Resource Conservation and 
Climate Change, Program Manager.
4:50 p.m. Public Discussion/Adjourn

    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the public or interested organizations 
may submit written statements to the Strategic Environmental Research 
and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board. Written statements 
may be submitted to the committee at any time or in response to an 
approved meeting agenda.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development 
Program, Scientific Advisory Board. The DFO will ensure that the 
written statements are provided to the membership for their 
consideration. Contact information for the DFO can be obtained from the 
GSA's FACA Database at http://www.facadatabase.gov/. Time is allotted 
at the close of the meeting day for the public to make comments. Oral 
comments are limited to 5 minutes per person.

    Dated: May 14, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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                                              accordance with the framework rule’s                    Application; DD Form 2947; OMB                        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                              § 600.1013(b). Section 600.1013(b)                      Control Number 0720–0049.
                                              directs NMFS to recalculate the fee to a                  Type of Request: Reinstatement.                     Office of the Secretary
                                              rate that will be reasonably necessary to
                                              ensure reduction loan repayment within                    Number of Respondents: 16,000.                      Strategic Environmental Research and
                                              the specified 40-year term.                               Responses per Respondent: 2.                        Development Program, Scientific
                                                 The initial fee applicable to the                                                                          Advisory Board; Notice of Federal
                                                                                                        Annual Responses: 32,000.                           Advisory Committee Meeting
                                              Southeast Alaska purse seine salmon
                                              program’s reduction fishery was 3.0% of                   Average Burden per Response: 15
                                                                                                      minutes.                                              AGENCY:   Department of Defense.
                                              landed value and any subsequent bonus
                                              payments, which was decreased in June                     Annual Burden Hours: 8,000.                         ACTION:   Notice.
                                              2013 to 1.5%. NMFS has determined                         Needs and Uses: The information                     SUMMARY:   The Department of Defense is
                                              this fee rate is more than is needed to                 collection requirement is necessary to                publishing this notice to announce an
                                              service the loan. Therefore, NMFS is                    evaluate eligibility and qualifications of            open meeting of the Strategic
                                              decreasing the fee rate to 1.0% of landed               former young adult dependents                         Environmental Research and
                                              value and any subsequent bonus                          applying for extended dependent                       Development Program, Scientific
                                              payments which NMFS has determined                      coverage under the TRICARE Young                      Advisory Board (SAB). This meeting
                                              is sufficient to ensure timely loan                     Adult program.                                        will be open to the public.
                                              repayment. Fish buyers may continue to
                                                                                                        Affected Public: Individuals or                     DATES: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, from
                                              use Pay.gov to disburse collected fee
                                                                                                      households.                                           8:00 a.m. to 4:50 p.m.
                                              deposits at: http://www.pay.gov/paygov/
                                              . Please visit the NMFS Web site for                      Frequency: On occasion.                             ADDRESSES: Renaissance Portsmouth-
                                              additional information at: http://                                                                            Norfolk Waterfront Hotel, 425 Water
                                                                                                        Respondent’s Obligation: Required to                Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23704.
                                              www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mb/financial_                         obtain or retain benefits.
                                              services/buyback.htm.                                                                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
                                                                                                        OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Meredith                      Anne Andrews, SERDP Office, 4800
                                              III. Notice                                             DeDona.                                               Mark Center Drive, Suite 17D08,
                                                 The new fee rate for the Southeast                     Written comments and                                Alexandria, VA 22350–3605; or by
                                              Alaska purse seine salmon fishery is                    recommendations on the proposed                       telephone at (571) 372–6565.
                                              effective June 1, 2015.                                 information collection should be sent to              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
                                                 Fish sellers and fish buyers must pay                Ms. Meredith DeDona at the Office of                  meeting is being held under the
                                              and collect the fee in the manner set out               Management and Budget, Desk Officer                   provisions of the Federal Advisory
                                              in 50 CFR 600.1107 and the framework                    for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive                    Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.
                                              rule. Consequently, all harvesters and                  Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.                Appendix, as amended), the
                                              fish buyers should read subpart L to 50                                                                       Government in the Sunshine Act of
                                                                                                        You may also submit comments,
                                              CFR 600.1013 to understand how fish                                                                           1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
                                                                                                      identified by docket number and title,
                                              harvesters must pay and fish buyers                                                                           41 CFR 102–3.150. This notice is
                                                                                                      by the following method:
                                              must collect the fee.                                                                                         published in accordance with Section
                                                                                                        • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                                Dated: May 14, 2015.                                                                                        10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
                                                                                                      www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                              Basil Brown,                                                                                                  Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463).
                                                                                                      instructions for submitting comments.
                                              Acting Director, Office of Management and                                                                        Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR
                                              Budget, National Marine Fisheries Service.                 Instructions: All submissions received             102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–12092 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                      must include the agency name, docket                  availability of space, this meeting is
                                                                                                      number and title for this Federal                     open to the public. Seating is on a first-
                                              BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                                                                      Register document. The general policy                 come basis.
                                                                                                      for comments and other submissions                       The purpose of the June 16, 2015
                                                                                                      from members of the public is to make                 meeting is to review research and
                                              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                   these submissions available for public                development projects requesting
                                              Office of the Secretary                                 viewing on the Internet at http://                    Strategic Environmental Research and
                                                                                                      www.regulations.gov as they are                       Development Program funds as required
                                              [Docket ID: DoD–2015–HA–0009]                           received without change, including any                by the SERDP Statute, U.S. Code - Title
                                                                                                      personal identifiers or contact                       10, Subtitle A, Part IV, Chapter 172,
                                              Submission for OMB Review;                              information.
                                              Comment Request                                                                                               § 2904. The full agenda follows:
                                                                                                        DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick                8:00 a.m. Convene/Opening Remarks,
                                              ACTION:   Notice.                                       Licari.                                                    Approval of October 2014 Minutes;
                                                                                                        Written requests for copies of the                       Dr. Joseph Hughes, Chair.
                                              SUMMARY:   The Department of Defense                                                                          8:05 a.m. Program Update; Dr. Anne
                                              has submitted to OMB for clearance, the                 information collection proposal should
                                                                                                      be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD                           Andrews, Acting Executive
                                              following proposal for collection of                                                                               Director.
                                              information under the provisions of the                 Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center
                                                                                                      Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09,                       8:20 a.m. Munitions Response
                                              Paperwork Reduction Act.                                                                                           Overview; Dr. Herb Nelson,
                                                                                                      Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.
                                              DATES: Consideration will be given to all
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                                                                                                                                                                 Munitions Response, Program
                                              comments received by June 18, 2015.                       Dated: May 14, 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                 Manager.
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred                   Aaron Siegel,                                         8:30 a.m. 15 MR01–039 (MR–2545):
                                              Licari, 571–372–0493.                                   Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison                     Sediment Volume Search Sonar
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Officer, Department of Defense.                            Development, (FY15 New Start);
                                                Title, Associated Form and OMB                        [FR Doc. 2015–12093 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am]                Mr. Daniel Brown, Applied
                                              Number: TRICARE Young Adult                             BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                     Research Laboratory, The


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                                                   Pennsylvania State University, State               Development Program, Scientific                       Permit Program can be found in separate
                                                   College, PA.                                       Advisory Board. The DFO will ensure                   notices of proposed rulemaking in the
                                              9:15 a.m. Break                                         that the written statements are provided              Federal Register, the register
                                              9:30 a.m. Resource Conservation and                     to the membership for their                           publications of each of the
                                                   Climate Change Overview; Dr. John                  consideration. Contact information for                Commission’s member states, and at
                                                   Hall, Resource Conservation and                    the DFO can be obtained from the GSA’s                www.drbc.net.
                                                   Climate Change, Program Manager.                   FACA Database at http://                                 Written comments on draft dockets
                                              9:50 a.m. RC–2245: Defense Coastal/                     www.facadatabase.gov/. Time is allotted               and resolutions scheduled for hearing
                                                   Estuarine Research Program                         at the close of the meeting day for the               on June 9 will be accepted through the
                                                   (DCERP) Overview, (FY16                            public to make comments. Oral                         close of the hearing that day. After the
                                                   Continuing); Dr. Patricia                          comments are limited to 5 minutes per                 hearing on all scheduled matters has
                                                   Cunningham, RTI International,                     person.                                               been completed, and as time allows, an
                                                   Research Triangle Park, NC.                                                                              opportunity for public dialogue will
                                                                                                        Dated: May 14, 2015.
                                              10:05 a.m. RC–2245: CB–4 Title:                                                                               also be provided.
                                                                                                      Aaron Siegel,                                            The public is advised to check the
                                                   Predicting Sustainability of Coastal
                                                                                                      Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison                Commission’s Web site periodically
                                                   Military Training Environments; Dr.                Officer, Department of Defense.
                                                   Jesse McNinch, ERDC Coastal                                                                              prior to the hearing date, as items
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–12098 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am]           scheduled for hearing may be postponed
                                                   Hydraulics Lab, Duck, NC.
                                              10:35 a.m. RC–2245: CC–1 Title:                         BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                if additional time is deemed necessary
                                                   Development of Uniform Historical                                                                        to complete the Commission’s review,
                                                   and Projected Climate to Support                                                                         and items may be added up to ten days
                                                   Integrated Coastal Ecosystem                       DELAWARE RIVER BASIN                                  prior to the hearing date. In reviewing
                                                   Research; Dr. Ryan Boyles, North                   COMMISSION                                            docket descriptions, the public is also
                                                   Carolina State University, Raleigh,                                                                      asked to be aware that project details
                                                   NC.                                                Notice of Public Hearing and Business                 commonly change in the course of the
                                              11:20 a.m. RC–2245: Development of                      Meeting                                               Commission’s review, which is ongoing.
                                                   Empirical Carbon Budget; Dr. Craig                                                                          Public Meeting. The public business
                                                                                                      June 9–10, 2015.
                                                   Tobias, University of Connecticut,                                                                       meeting on June 10, 2015 will begin at
                                                                                                         Notice is hereby given that the                    1:30 p.m. and will include: Adoption of
                                                   Groton, CT.                                        Delaware River Basin Commission will
                                              12:05 p.m. Lunch                                                                                              the Minutes of the Commission’s March
                                                                                                      hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June                11, 2015 business meeting,
                                              1:05 p.m. RC–2245: Translating                          9, 2015. A business meeting will be held
                                                   Science into Practice; Dr. Mike                                                                          announcements of upcoming meetings
                                                                                                      the following day on Wednesday, June                  and events, a report on hydrologic
                                                   Piehler, University of North                       10, 2015. The hearing and business                    conditions, reports by the Executive
                                                   Carolina, Morehead City, NC.                       meeting are open to the public and will               Director and the Commission’s General
                                              1:35 p.m. RC–2245: TAC Comments                         be held at the Washington Crossing                    Counsel, and consideration of any items
                                                   and Project Management; Dr.                        Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River              for which a hearing has been completed
                                                   Patricia Cunningham, RTI                           Road, Washington Crossing,                            or is not required.
                                                   International, Research Triangle                   Pennsylvania.                                            There will be no opportunity for
                                                   Park, NC.                                             Public Hearing. The public hearing on              additional public comment at the June
                                              2:20 p.m. FY16 Statements of Need—                      June 9, 2015 will begin at 1:30 p.m.                  10 business meeting on items for which
                                                   Summaries in Preparation of New                    Hearing items will include: Draft                     a hearing was completed on June 9 or
                                                   Start Projects to be Presented in                  dockets for the withdrawals, discharges               a previous date. Commission
                                                   September and October; SERDP                       and other water-related projects subject              consideration on June 10 of items for
                                                   Program Managers.                                  to the Commission’s review; a                         which the public hearing is closed may
                                              3:25 p.m. Break                                         resolution apportioning among the                     result in either approval of the item (by
                                              3:40 p.m. FY17 SON—Board Input;                         signatory parties the amounts required                docket or resolution) as proposed,
                                                   All.                                               for support of the current expense and                approval with changes, denial, or
                                              4:05 p.m. Scenarios for Sea Level Rise                  capital budgets for the fiscal year ending            deferral. When the Commissioners defer
                                                   and Extreme Water Levels: Building                 June 30, 2016; a resolution approving                 an action, they may announce an
                                                   on SERDP Research; Dr. John Hall,                  the annual current expense and capital                additional period for written comment
                                                   Resource Conservation and Climate                  budgets for the fiscal year ending June               on the item, with or without an
                                                   Change, Program Manager.                           30, 2016; and a proposed rule,                        additional hearing date, or they may
                                              4:50 p.m. Public Discussion/Adjourn                     published elsewhere in this issue of the              take additional time to consider the
                                                Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140, and                     Federal Register, amending DRBC’s                     input they have already received
                                              section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory                Administrative Manual Part III—Rules                  without requesting further public input.
                                              Committee Act of 1972, the public or                    of Practice and Procedure to provide for              Any deferred items will be considered
                                              interested organizations may submit                     the One Process/One Permit Program.                   for action at a public meeting of the
                                              written statements to the Strategic                        The list of projects scheduled for                 Commission on a future date. Items
                                              Environmental Research and                              hearing, including project descriptions,              heard during the March 10, 2015 Public
                                              Development Program, Scientific                         will be posted on the Commission’s                    Hearing on which the Commission has
                                              Advisory Board. Written statements may                  Web site, www.drbc.net, in a long form                not yet acted include draft dockets D–
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                                              be submitted to the committee at any                    of this notice at least ten days before the           2014–008–1 for the Columbia Gas
                                              time or in response to an approved                      hearing date. Draft resolutions                       Transmission Corporation, and D–2014–
                                              meeting agenda.                                         scheduled for hearing also will be                    022–1 for the Trancontinental Pipeline
                                                All written statements shall be                       posted at www.drbc.net ten or more                    Company, LLC.
                                              submitted to the Designated Federal                     days prior to the hearing. Additional                    Advance Sign-Up for Oral Comment.
                                              Officer (DFO) for the Strategic                         information related to the proposed rule              Individuals who wish to comment for
                                              Environmental Research and                              to provide for the One Process/One                    the record at the public hearing on June


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesTuesday, June 16, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:50 p.m.
ContactDr. Anne Andrews, SERDP Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 17D08, Alexandria, VA 22350-3605; or by telephone at (571) 372-6565.
FR Citation80 FR 28609 

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