80 FR 53786 - Defense Personal Property Program (DP3)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 173 (September 8, 2015)

DoD has developed a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) to test expansion of the personal property volume move criteria to include select high-volume channel/traffic lanes. Under the pilot test, personal property shipments will be awarded both directions (to/from) by the responsible origin/destination Joint Personal Property Shipping Office (JPPSO) on the participating pilot lanes. The CONOPS was developed utilizing general traffic management principles in concert with the Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R), and Government household goods tariff (400NG) (as amended).

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53786-53787]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22524]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2015-OS-0090]


Defense Personal Property Program (DP3)

AGENCY: United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: DoD has developed a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) to test 
expansion of the personal property volume move criteria to include 
select high-volume channel/traffic lanes. Under the pilot test, 
personal property shipments will be awarded both directions (to/from) 
by the responsible origin/destination Joint Personal Property Shipping 
Office (JPPSO) on the participating pilot lanes. The CONOPS was 
developed utilizing general traffic management principles in concert 
with the Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R), 
and Government household goods tariff (400NG) (as amended).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Do not submit comments directly to the point of contact 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or mail your comments to any 
address other than what is shown in this section. Doing so will delay 
the posting of the submission. You may submit comments, identified by 
docket number and title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory 
and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
9010.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general 
policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is 
to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, 
including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Teague, United States 
Transportation Command, TCJ5/4-PI, 508 Scott Drive, Scott Air Force 
Base, IL 62225-5357; (618) 220-4803.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pilot test CONOPS is available for 
review and comment on the USTRANSCOM Web site at http://www.transcom.mil/dtr/coord/coordpartivfrn.cfm. Request comments be 
submitted using the downloadable comment-matrix-format posted with the 
CONOPS. In furtherance of DoD's goal to develop

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and implement an efficient personal property program to facilitate 
quality movements for our military members and civilian employees, all 
business rules are developed in concert with the Military Services and 
Surface Deployment and Distribution Command.
    Any subsequent modification(s) to the business rules will be 
published in the Federal Register and incorporated into the Defense 
Transportation Regulation (DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R). The Government 
shall comply with the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 644(a). These 
program requirements do not impose a legal requirement, obligation, 
sanction or penalty on the public sector, and will not have an economic 
impact of $100 million or more.

Additional Information

    A complete version of the DTR is available via the Internet on the 
USTRANSCOM homepage at http://www.transcom.mil/dtr/part-iv/.

    Dated: September 2, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-22524 Filed 9-4-15; 8:45 am]
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