Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 18, 2018 / Notices 64813 

Dated: December 13, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27347 Filed 12–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Charter Renewal of Department of 

Defense Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Renewal of federal advisory 

committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

it is renewing the charter for the 

Department of Defense Military Family 

Readiness Council (‘‘the Council’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council’s charter is being renewed 

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1781a, and in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., App) and 41 CFR 102–3.50(a). 

The Council’s charter and contact 

information for the Council’s Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) can be found at 

https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/ 

apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation. 

The Council, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 

1781a(d), shall review and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

defense regarding the policy and plans 

required under 10 U.S.C. 1781b, 

monitor requirements for the support of 

military family readiness by the 

Department of Defense (DoD), and 

evaluate and assess the effectiveness of 

the military family readiness programs 

and activities of DoD. The Council, 

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1781a(e), shall no 

later than February 1st of each year, 

submit a report on military family 

readiness to the Secretary of Defense 

and the congressional defense 

committees. Each report, at a minimum, 

shall include the following: a. An 

assessment of the adequacy and 

effectiveness of the military family 

readiness programs and activities of the 

DoD during the preceding fiscal year in 

meeting the needs and requirement of 

military families. b. Recommendations 

on actions to be taken to improve the 

capability of the military family 

readiness programs and activities of the 

DoD to meet the needs and requirements 

of military families, including actions 

relating to the allocation of funding and 

other resources to and among such 

programs and activities. 

The Council, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 

1781a(b), shall be composed of 18 

members. All members of the Council 

are appointed to provide advice on the 

basis of their best judgment and without 

representing any particular point of 

view and in a manner that is free from 

conflict of interest. Except for 

reimbursement of official Councilrelated travel and per diem, Council 

members serve without compensation. 

The public or interested organizations 

may submit written statements to the 

Council membership about the 

Council’s mission and functions. 

Written statements may be submitted at 

any time or in response to the stated 

agenda of planned meeting of the 

Council. All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the Council, 

and this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Dated: December 7, 2018. 

Shelly Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27271 Filed 12–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent To 

Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Dam Safety 

Modification Study Report for Center 

Hill Dam, DeKalb County, Tennessee 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Nashville District (USACE), 

is issuing this notice to inform Federal, 

State, local governmental agencies, and 

the public that USACE is withdrawing 

the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a 

draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) to support the Dam Safety 

Modification Study Report (DSMSR) for 

Center Hill Dam. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Nashville District, 110 9th 

Avenue South, RM 405A, Nashville, 

Tennessee 37203–3817. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy 

Broach, Aquatic Biologist, (615) 736– 

7956; email: 

joy.i.broach@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USACE 

published an NOI in the Federal 

Register on Friday, April 20, 2018 (77 

FR 17541) to prepare a draft EIS 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

policy Act (NEPA) for the DSMSR. A 

scoping letter was circulated to federal, 

state, and local agencies, political 

officials, and the public on April 20, 

2018. A public scoping meeting was 

held on May 3, 2018 to solicit public 

comments regarding environmental 

concerns for seven potential alternatives 

to lower risk at Center Hill Dam. Since 

the public meeting on May 3, 2018, and 

after additional engineering studies, the 

proposed alternatives have been 

evaluated. Several measures considered 

structural changes to existing spillway 

gate machinery to maximize spillway 

flow for extreme flood events. One 

measure considered adding spillway 

gates near the saddle dam and one 

measure considered changing the 

emergency operating schedule for 

spillway gate operations. The dam 

safety modification dam safety study 

recommended plan is maintenance 

rehabilitation of the electrical system, 

gate machinery and brakes to increase 

reliability, along with adding capability 

to remotely operate the gates from the 

top of the dam during an extreme flood 

event. The recommended plan does not 

include relocation or long-term road 

closure of Highway 96. The measures 

addressing spillway gate maintenance to 

increase gate reliability, are being 

recommended as a result of the dam 

safety modification study. These 

measures are considered routine 

operation and maintenance of the 

existing dam structure; they are 

categorically excluded from NEPA 

documentation and do not require an 

EIS. Therefore, the NOI to prepare an 

EIS is withdrawn with this notice. 

Dated: December 11, 2018. 

Timothy A. Higgs, 

Environmental Section Chief, Project 

Planning Branch, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Nashville District. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27346 Filed 12–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2018–ICCD–0133] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Assessing Evidence of Effectiveness 

in Adult Education 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 


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