82 FR 19359 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 80 (April 27, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-08455

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 17-10]


36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text 
of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to 
fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 
July 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Valadez, (703) 697-9217 or 
Pamela Young, (703) 697-9107; DSCA/DSA-RAN.
    The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, Transmittal 17-10 with attached Policy Justification.

    Dated: April 21, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 17-10
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as Amended
    (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Iraq
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

 
Major Defense Equipment *.............  $ 40.6 million
Other.................................  $255.0 million
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  Total...............................  $295.6 million
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services Under Consideration for Purchase:
    Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Four thousand four hundred (4,400) M16A4 Rifles
Forty-six (46) M2 50 Caliber Machine Guns
One hundred eighty-six (186) M240B Machine Guns

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Thirty-six (36) M1151 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles 
(HMMWVs)
Seventy-seven (77) M1151 up-armored HMMWVs
    Non-MDE: All necessary equipment and accessories to outfit two 
Peshmerga Regional Brigades and two support artillery battalions, to 
include twelve (12) 3 kilowatt tactical quiet generator sets, body 
armor, helmets, and other Organization Clothing and Individual 
Equipment (OCIE); small arms and associated accessories including 
tripods, cleaning kits, magazines, and mounts; mortar systems and 
associated equipment; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and 
Explosive (CBRNE) detection and protective equipment; dismounted and 
mounted radio systems; commercial navigation equipment including 
compasses, binoculars, and Geospatial Position System (GPS) limited to 
the Standard Positioning System (SPS); M1142 HMMWVs; medical equipment; 
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP); cargo and 
transportation equipment, including light tactical vehicles, medium 
tactical vehicles, water trucks, fuel trucks, and ambulances; thirty-
six (36) refurbished M119A2 105mm howitzers; RF-7800V Very High 
Frequency (VHF) dismounted radios; spare parts, training and associated 
equipment related to the mentioned vehicles and artillery systems.
    (iv) Military Department: Army (ADI, ADJ)
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
    (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be 
Paid: None
    (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article or 
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: None
    (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: April 18, 2017

    * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

Government of Iraq--Equipment for Two Peshmerga Infantry Brigades and 
Two Support Artillery Battalions

    The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of the 
equipment necessary to fully outfit two full Peshmerga Regional 
Brigades of light infantry, as well as the equipment necessary to 
outfit two artillery battalions that will ultimately provide support to 
those regional brigades. These artillery battalions and infantry 
brigades will operate under the Kurdistan Regional Governments Ministry 
of Peshmerga (KRG MOP) with the concurrence of the central government. 
Requested equipment includes the following: (4,400) M16A4 rifles; (46) 
M2 50 caliber machine guns; (186) M240B machine guns; (36) M1151 
HMMWVs; (77) M1151 up-armored HMMWVs; (12) 3 Kilowatt Tactical Quiet 
Generator sets; body armor, helmets, and other Organization Clothing 
and Individual Equipment (OCIE); small arms and associated accessories 
including tripods, cleaning kits, magazines, and mounts; mortar systems 
and associated equipment; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, 
and Explosive (CBRNE) detection and protective equipment; dismounted 
and mounted radio systems; commercial navigation equipment including 
compasses, binoculars, and Geospatial Position System (GPS) limited to 
the Standard Positioning System (SPS); M1142 HMMWVs; medical equipment; 
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP); cargo and 
transportation equipment, including light tactical vehicles, medium 
tactical vehicles, water trucks, fuel trucks, and ambulances; (36) 
refurbished M119A2 105mm howitzers; spare parts, training and 
associated equipment related to the mentioned vehicles and artillery 
systems.
    This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and 
national security objectives of the United States, by supporting Iraq's 
capacity to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 
(ISIL). Iraq will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its 
armed forces.
    The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the 
basic military balance in the region.
    There are a number of contractors involved in this effort, 
including but not limited to AM General, Oshkosh Defense, Navistar 
Defense, Harris Radio, and Colt Corporation. There are no known offset 
agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
    Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the 
deployment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor personnel to 
Iraq.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.

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major modification and retrofit, software objectives of the United States by contractor representatives to Canada.
support, aircraft maintenance and sustaining the military capabilities of There is an on-going foreign military
technical support, support equipment, Canada, a NATO ally that has been, and sales case providing C–17 sustainment
personnel training and training continues to be, an important force for services. There are currently 13
equipment, additional spare and repair ensuring political stability and contractors from Boeing in-country
parts, publications and technical economic progress in the world, providing contractor technical services
documentation, and other U.S. including through its involvement in support on a continuing basis.
Government and contractor engineering, military, peacekeeping, and There will be no adverse impact to
logistics and program support. humanitarian operations. The U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
(iv) Military Department: Air Force sustainment of Canada’s C–17s will proposed sale.
(QCR) ensure the country’s continued
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: CN–D– [FR Doc. 2017–08495 Filed 4–26–17; 8:45 am]
capability to rapidly deploy its forces, as
QZZ—$1.3B—15 Nov 06 well as the continued interoperability BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, between the U.S. and Canadian Air
Offered. or Agreed to be Paid: None Forces’ C–17s.
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The proposed sale of defense articles
Contained in the Defense Article or and services is required to maintain the
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: Office of the Secretary
operational readiness of the Royal
None Canadian Air Force C–17 aircraft.
(viii) Date Report Delivered to [Transmittal No. 17–10]
Canada’s current contract supporting its
Congress: April 19, 2017
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the five (5) C–17s will expire on 20 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
Arms Export Control Act. September 2017. The Royal Canadian
Air Force will have no difficulty AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation
POLICY JUSTIFICATION absorbing this support. Agency, Department of Defense.
Government of Canada—Sustainment The proposed sale of this equipment
Support for C–17 Aircraft and support will not alter the basic ACTION: Notice.
military balance in the region.
The Government of Canada has Sources of supply will award SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
requested a possible sale of follow-on contracts when necessary to provide the publishing the unclassified text of a
support for five (5) CC177 aircraft defense articles ordered if items ordered section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
(Canada’s designator for the C–17), are not available from U.S. stock or are This is published to fulfill the
including contractor logistics support considered lead-time away. requirements of section 155 of Public
(CLS) provided through the Globemaster The prime contractor will involve the Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
III Integrated Sustainment Program
following contractors:
(GISP), in-country field services FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
support, aircraft maintenance and Boeing Company, Long Beach, Kathy Valadez, (703) 697–9217 or
technical support, support equipment, California Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107; DSCA/
alternate mission equipment, software Boeing Company Training Systems, St. DSA–RAN.
support, spares, personnel training and Louis, Missouri
Lockheed Martin Corporation/MFC, The following is a copy of a letter to
training equipment, U.S. Government the Speaker of the House of
and contractor engineering and logistics Lexington, Kentucky
Representatives, Transmittal 17–10 with
support services, publications and There are no known offsets. Any attached Policy Justification.
technical documentation, and major offset agreements will be defined in
modification and retrofit kits support. negotiations between the purchaser and Dated: April 21, 2017.
The total estimated program cost is $195 the contractor. Aaron Siegel,
million. Implementation of this proposed sale Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
This proposed sale will contribute to will not require the assignment of any Officer, Department of Defense.
the foreign policy and national security additional U.S. Government or BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
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Thirty-six (36) M1151 High Mobility the concurrence of the central DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles government. Requested equipment
(HMMWVs) includes the following: (4,400) M16A4 Department of the Army, Corps of
Seventy-seven (77) M1151 up-armored rifles; (46) M2 50 caliber machine guns; Engineers
HMMWVs (186) M240B machine guns; (36) M1151
Non-MDE: All necessary equipment Supplemental Notice of Intent To
HMMWVs; (77) M1151 up-armored
and accessories to outfit two Peshmerga Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
HMMWVs; (12) 3 Kilowatt Tactical
Regional Brigades and two support Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed
Quiet Generator sets; body armor, Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, in
artillery battalions, to include twelve helmets, and other Organization
(12) 3 kilowatt tactical quiet generator Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Clothing and Individual Equipment
sets, body armor, helmets, and other AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.
(OCIE); small arms and associated
Organization Clothing and Individual Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
accessories including tripods, cleaning
Equipment (OCIE); small arms and
kits, magazines, and mounts; mortar ACTION: Notice of intent.
associated accessories including tripods,
cleaning kits, magazines, and mounts; systems and associated equipment;
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, SUMMARY: The Coastal Protection and
mortar systems and associated Restoration Authority of Louisiana
equipment; Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE)
detection and protective equipment; (CPRA) has requested approval from the
Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New
(CBRNE) detection and protective dismounted and mounted radio
Orleans District (USACE–MVN) to
equipment; dismounted and mounted systems; commercial navigation
construct, maintain, and operate a
radio systems; commercial navigation equipment including compasses, sediment diversion structure off the
equipment including compasses, binoculars, and Geospatial Position right descending bank of the Mississippi
binoculars, and Geospatial Position System (GPS) limited to the Standard River, at approximately 60.7 miles
System (GPS) limited to the Standard Positioning System (SPS); M1142 above ‘‘Head of Passes’’ in Plaquemines
Positioning System (SPS); M1142 HMMWVs; medical equipment; Mine Parish, Louisiana. The proposed project,
HMMWVs; medical equipment; Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles referred to as the Mid-Barataria
Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP); cargo and transportation Sediment Diversion (MBSD), would be
(MRAP); cargo and transportation equipment, including light tactical designed to deliver sediment,
equipment, including light tactical vehicles, medium tactical vehicles, freshwater, and nutrients from the
vehicles, medium tactical vehicles, water trucks, fuel trucks, and Mississippi River into Barataria Basin.
water trucks, fuel trucks, and ambulances; (36) refurbished M119A2 USACE–MVN intends to serve as the
ambulances; thirty-six (36) refurbished 105mm howitzers; spare parts, training lead federal agency in preparing an
M119A2 105mm howitzers; RF–7800V and associated equipment related to the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Very High Frequency (VHF) dismounted mentioned vehicles and artillery in accordance with the National
radios; spare parts, training and systems. Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). At
associated equipment related to the this time, Cooperating Agencies on the
mentioned vehicles and artillery This proposed sale will contribute to
EIS includes the: Environmental
systems. the foreign policy and national security
Protection Agency (EPA), Department of
(iv) Military Department: Army (ADI, objectives of the United States, by
the Interior (DOI), National Oceanic and
ADJ) supporting Iraq’s capacity to degrade Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and National Marine Fisheries Service
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, the Levant (ISIL). Iraq will have no (NMFS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None difficulty absorbing this equipment into (USFWS), and U.S. Department of
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology its armed forces. Agriculture (USDA). The EIS for CPRA’s
Contained in the Defense Article or proposed MBSD project will inform a
The proposed sale of this equipment
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: permit decision for a Department of
and support will not alter the basic
None Army (DA) permit pursuant to Section
(viii) Date Report Delivered to military balance in the region.
404 of the Clean Water Act (Section 404)
Congress: April 18, 2017 There are a number of contractors
and Section 10 of the Rivers and
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the involved in this effort, including but not
Harbors Act of 1899 (Section 10), and
Arms Export Control Act. limited to AM General, Oshkosh
permissions under Section 14 of the
Defense, Navistar Defense, Harris Radio, Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (Section
POLICY JUSTIFICATION and Colt Corporation. There are no 408). In addition to informing USACE–
Government of Iraq—Equipment for known offset agreements proposed in MVN’s decisions, the EIS will inform
Two Peshmerga Infantry Brigades and connection with this potential sale. decisions made by the Deepwater
Two Support Artillery Battalions Implementation of this proposed sale Horizon Natural Resource Damage
The Government of Iraq has requested will not require the deployment of any Assessment Louisiana Trustee
a possible sale of the equipment additional U.S. Government or Implementation Group (NRDA LA TIG)
necessary to fully outfit two full contractor personnel to Iraq. regarding restoration evaluation and
Peshmerga Regional Brigades of light related funding decisions relevant to the
There will be no adverse impact on
infantry, as well as the equipment Deepwater Horizon natural resource
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U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
necessary to outfit two artillery damage settlement, any decision by the
proposed sale.
battalions that will ultimately provide National Oceanic and Atmospheric
support to those regional brigades. [FR Doc. 2017–08455 Filed 4–26–17; 8:45 am] Administration’s National Marine
These artillery battalions and infantry BILLING CODE 5001–06–P Fisheries Service (NOAA NMFS) that
brigades will operate under the may be required under the Marine
Kurdistan Regional Governments Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), and
Ministry of Peshmerga (KRG MOP) with any additional regulatory or permit

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FR Citation		82 FR 19359

82 FR 19359 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEOffice of the Secretary

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