80058 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, December 

16, 2020, 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: This meeting will be conducted 

by remote means. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Decisional 

Matter: CPSC Plan to Create e-Filing 

Program for Imported Consumer 

Products. 

ATTENDANCE: Due to the COVID 19 

Pandemic this Commission Meeting will 

be held by remote means. If you would 

like to attend the meeting follow the 

directions under virtual meeting 

attendance on CPSC.gov: https://

www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/PublicCalendar. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Alberta Mills, Office of the Secretariat, 

Office of the General Counsel, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814, (301) 504–6833 (Office) or (240) 

863–8938 (Cell). 

Dated: December 9, 2020. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 20–68] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karma Job at karma.d.job.civ@mail.mil 

or (703) 697–8976. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, Transmittal 

20–68 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 8, 2020. 

Kayyonne T. Marston, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 20–68 

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: Taipei 

Economic and Cultural Representative 

Office in the United States (TECRO) 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment* ........ $1.16 billion 

Other ........................................... $1.21 billion 

TOTAL ..................................... $2.37 billion 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: TECRO has 

requested to buy up to one hundred 

(100) Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems 

(HCDS) consisting of: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Up to four hundred (400) RGM-84L-4 

Harpoon Block II Surface Launched 

Missiles 

Four (4) RTM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II 

Exercise Missiles 

Non-MDE: 

Also included are four hundred 

eleven (411) containers, one 

hundred (100) Harpoon Coastal 


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Defense System Launcher 

Transporter Units, twenty-five (25) 

radar trucks, spare and repair parts, 

support and test equipment, 

publications and technical 

documentation, personnel training 

and training equipment, U.S. 

Government and contractor 

representatives’ technical 

assistance, engineering and logistics 

support services, and other related 

elements of logistics support. 

(iv) Military Department: Navy (TW-PLHX) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: TW-PLGV, TW-P-LGN, TW-P-LGL 

(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: 

See Attached Annex 

(viii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: October 26, 2020 

*As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Taipei Economic and Cultural 

Representative Office in the United 

States (TECRO) – RGM-84L-4 Harpoon 

Surface Launched Block II Missiles 

TECRO has requested to buy up to 

one hundred (100) Harpoon Coastal 

Defense Systems (HCDS) consisting of 

up to four hundred (400) RGM-84L-4 

Harpoon Block II Surface Launched 

Missiles; and four (4) RTM-84L-4 

Harpoon Block II Exercise Missiles. Also 

included are four hundred and eleven 

(411) containers, one hundred (100) 

Harpoon Coastal Defense System 

Launcher Transporter Units, twenty-five 

(25) radar trucks, spare and repair parts, 

support and test equipment, 

publications and technical 

documentation, personnel training and 

training equipment, U.S. Government 

and contractor representatives’ technical 

assistance, engineering and logistics 

support services, and other related 

elements of logistics support. The total 

estimated program cost is $2.37 billion. 

This proposed sale is consistent with 

U.S. law and policy as expressed in 

Public Law 96–8. 

This proposed sale serves U.S. 

national, economic, and security 

interests by supporting the recipient’s 

continuing efforts to modernize its 

armed forces and to maintain a credible 

defensive capability. The proposed sale 

will help improve the security of the 

recipient and assist in maintaining 

political stability, military balance, 

economic and progress in the region. 

This proposed sale will improve the 

recipient’s capability to meet current 

and future threats by providing a 

flexible solution to augment existing 

surface and air defenses. The recipient 

will be able to employ a highly reliable 

and effective system to counter or deter 

maritime aggressions, coastal blockades, 

and amphibious assaults. This 

capability will easily integrate into 

existing force infrastructure. The 

recipient will have no difficulty 

absorbing these systems into its armed 

forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The principal contractor will be The 

Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO. There 

are no known offset agreements 

proposed in connection with this 

potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require the assignment of two (2) 

U.S. contractor representatives to the 

recipient for a duration of 8 years to 

support technical reviews, support, and 

oversight. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 20–68 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. The RGM-84L Harpoon Surface 

Launched Block II missile system is a 

non-nuclear tactical weapon system. It 

provides a day, night, and adverse 

weather, standoff air-to-surface 

capability and is an effective AntiSurface Warfare missile. The RGM-84L 

incorporates components, software, and 

technical design information that are 

considered sensitive. These elements 

are essential to the ability of the 

Harpoon missile to selectively engage 

hostile targets under a wide range of 

operations, tactical and environmental 

conditions: 

• The Radar Seeker, 

• The Radar Altimeter, 

• The GPS/INS System, 

• Operational Flight Program Software, 

and 

• Missile operational characteristics and 

performance data. 

2. The highest level of classification of 

defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is CONFIDENTIAL. 

3. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the hardware and software elements, the 

information could be used to develop 

countermeasures or equivalent systems, 

which might reduce system 

effectiveness or be used in the 

development of a system with similar or 

advanced capabilities. 

4. A determination has been made 

that the recipient can provide 

substantially the same degree of 

protection for the sensitive technology 

being released as the U.S. Government. 

This sale is necessary in furtherance of 

the U.S. foreign policy and national 

security objectives outlined in the 

Policy Justification. 

5. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

recipient. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27292 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 20–72] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karma Job at karma.d.job.civ@mail.mil 

or (703) 697–8976. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, Transmittal 

20–72 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 8, 2020. 

Kayyonne T. Marston, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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