Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 82 / Monday, April 30, 2007 / Notices 21247 

Dated: April 24, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

[FR Doc. 07–2096 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), 

the Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.65, the Department of 

Defense gives notice that it is renewing 

the charter for the Board of Visitors 

Marine Corps University (hereafter 

referred to as the Board of Visitors). 

The Board of Visitors, pursuant to 10 

U.S.C. 7102(e), is a non-discretionary 

Federal advisory committee established 

to provide independent advice and 

recommendations on matters pertaining 

to all aspects of the academic and 

administrative policies of the Marine 

Corps University. 

While the statute is silent on the 

criteria and number of committee 

members, the Secretary of Defense, in 

consultation with the Secretary of the 

Navy, has determined that no more than 

sixteen members will be appointed to 

the Board of Visitors. The Department of 

Defense, to achieve a balanced 

membership, will include a crosssection of experts and eminent 

authorities in the field of education and 

the fields of study at the Marine Corps 

University. 

The terms of office for those members 

appointed by the Secretary of Defense 

shall be for four years and their 

appointments are renewed on an annual 

basis. The President of the Board of 

Visitors shall be appointed for a twoyear term through a vote of the voting 

membership. Members of the Board of 

Visitors, who are not full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal employees, 

shall serve as Special Government 

Employees under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109. with the exception of travel 

and per diem for official travel, the 

members shall serve without 

compensation. 

The Board of Visitors shall meet at the 

call of the Designated Federal officer, in 

consultation with the Board of Visitors 

President and the Commanding General, 

Marine Corps Combat Development 

Command. The Designated Federal 

Officer shall be a full-time or permanent 

part-time DoD employee, and shall be 

appointed in accordance with 

established DoD policies and 

procedures. The Designated Federal 

Officer or Alternate Designated Federal 

Officer shall attend all Board of Visitors’

meetings and subcommittee meetings. 

The Board of Visitors is authorized to 

establish subcommittees and 

workgroups, as necessary and consistent 

with its mission. Board of Visitors 

subcommittees and workgroups shall 

operate under the provisions of Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976, and other appropriate Federal 

regulations. 

Board of Visitors subcommittees and 

workgroups shall not work 

independently of the Board of Visitors 

and shall report all their 

recommendations and advice to the 

Board of Visitors for full deliberation 

and discussion. Board of Visitors 

subcommittees and workgroups have no 

authority to make decisions on behalf of 

the Board of Visitors and may not report 

directly to the Department of Defense or 

any Federal officers or employees who 

are not members of the Board of 

Visitors. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 and 41 CFR 102–

3.140(c), members of the public or 

interested groups may submit written 

statements to the members of the Board 

of Visitors. Written statements may be 

submitted at any time to the Board of 

Visitors’ Designated Federal Officer or 

in response to the stated agenda of a 

planned meeting. 

The contact information for the 

Designated Federal Officer for the Board 

of Visitors Marine Corps University can 

be obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database: https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Frank Wilson, Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–601–2554. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–2113 Filed 4–26–07; 10:22 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[No. USAF–2007–0007] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by May 30, 2007. 

Title, Form, and OMB Number: Civil 

Aircraft Certificate of Insurance, DD 

Form 2400; Civil Aircraft Landing 

Permit, DD Form 2401; Civil Aircraft 

Hold Harmless Agreement, DD Form 

2402; OMB Control Number 0701–0050. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 3,600. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 3,600. 

Average Burden Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,800. 

Needs and Uses: The collection of 

information is necessary to ensure that 

the security and operational integrity of 

military airfields are maintained; to 

identify the aircraft operator and the 

aircraft to be operated; to avoid 

competition with the private sector by 

establishing the purpose for use of 

military airfields; and to ensure the U.S. 

Government is not held liable if the civil 

aircraft becomes involved in an accident 

or incident while using military 

airfields, facilities, and services. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other-for-profit; 

Not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On Occasions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Hillary Jaffe. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jaffe at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 


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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 contract 

information. 

DoD Clearance Officer; Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. Written requests for copies of 

the information collection proposal 

should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ 

ESD/Information Management Division, 

1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 

11000, Arlington, VA 2209–2133. 

Dated: April 23, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–2092 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement for Navy Atlantic Fleet 

Training in the Navy Cherry Point 

Range Complex and Notice of Public 

Scoping Meetings 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

(102)(2)(c) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as implemented by the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and Executive 

Order 12114, the Department of Navy 

(Navy) announces its intent to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS)/Overseas EIS to evaluate the 

potential environmental consequences 

associated with naval training 

operations in the Navy Cherry Point 

(CP) Range Complex. The Navy 

proposes to support current and 

emerging training and research, 

development, test, and evaluation 

(RDT&E) operations in the Navy CP 

Range Complex by: (1) Maintaining 

baseline operations at current levels; (2) 

increasing training operations from 

current levels as necessary to support 

the Fleet Readiness Training Plan 

(FRTP); (3) accommodating mission 

requirements associated with force 

structure change; and (4) implementing 

enhanced range complex capabilities. 

The EIS/OEIS study area is the Navy CP 

Range Complex which consists of 

surface and subsurface operating areas 

(OPAREAs), special use airspace (SUA), 

and instrumented ranges. The Navy CP 

Range Complex encompasses: 18,617 

nm2 of offshore surface and subsurface 

OPAREA; 12,529 nm2 of deep ocean 

area greater than 100 fathoms (600 feet); 

and 18,966 nm2 of SUA (warning area). 

No land ranges or facilities are included 

within the study area for this EIS/OEIS. 

The focus of the EIS/OEIS is the 

exercises and other actions in the ocean 

environment. Issues associated with 

land-based ranges will be assessed 

separately by the U.S. Marine Corps. 

The scope of actions to be analyzed in 

this EIS/OEIS includes current and 

proposed future Navy training and 

RDT&E within Navy-controlled 

operating areas, airspace, and 

instrumented ranges. It also includes 

proposed Navy-funded range 

capabilities enhancements, including 

infrastructure improvements, which 

support range complex training and 

RDT&E. Activities that involve the use 

of active sonar are conducted in the 

Navy CP Complex; however, those 

potential effects are being analyzed in 

detail in a separate document, the 

Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training 

EIS/OEIS. That separate sonar EIS/OEIS 

addresses active sonar use as a whole by 

the Atlantic Fleet in the eastern Atlantic 

Ocean (including waters that are part of 

the Navy CP Complex), and in the Gulf 

of Mexico. The results of that sonar EIS/ 

OEIS will be incorporated into the Navy 

CP Range Complex EIS/OEIS to account 

for active sonar effects that could occur 

within the geographic area of the Navy 

CP Range Complex. 

Dates and Addresses: Two public 

scoping meetings will be held, one in 

Morehead City, North Carolina and one 

in Wilmington, North Carolina, to 

receive oral and written comments on 

environmental concerns that should be 

addressed in the Navy CP Range 

Complex EIS/OEIS. Public scoping 

meetings will be held at the following 

dates, times, and locations: May 16, 

2007, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at West 

Carteret High School, 4700 Country 

Club Road, Morehead City, North 

Carolina, and May 17, 2007, from 5 p.m. 

to 8 p.m. at New Hanover High School, 

1307 Market Street, Wilmington, North 

Carolina. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Knight, Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command Atlantic, (757) 

322–4398. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Navy’s mission is to maintain, train, and 

equip combat-ready naval forces capable 

of winning wars, deterring aggression 

and maintaining freedom of the seas. 

For that reason, Title 10 U.S.C. 5062 

directs the Chief of Naval Operations to 

train all naval forces for combat. The 

Chief of Naval Operations meets that 

direction, in part, by conducting at-sea 

training exercises and ensuring naval 

forces have access to ranges, OPAREAs 

and airspace where they can develop 

and maintain skills for wartime 

missions and conduct RDT&E of naval 

weapons systems. As such, Navy ranges, 

OPAREAs, and airspace must be 

maintained and/or enhanced to 

accommodate necessary training and 

testing activities in support of national 

security objectives. 

The purpose of the proposed action is 

to: Achieve and maintain Fleet 

readiness using the Navy CP Range 

Complex to support current, emerging, 

and future training and RDT&E 

operations; expand warfare missions; 

and upgrade/modernize existing range 

capabilities to enhance and sustain 

Navy training and testing. 

The need for the proposed action is to 

provide combat capable forces ready to 

deploy worldwide in accordance with 

Title 10 U.S.C 5062. Specifically, 

maintain current levels of military 

readiness by training and testing in the 

Navy CP Range Complex; accommodate 

future increases in operational training 

tempo in the Navy CP Range Complex 

and support the rapid deployment of 

naval units or strike groups; achieve and 

sustain readiness in ships and 

squadrons so that the Navy can quickly 

surge significant combat power in the 

event of a national crisis or contingency 

operation and consistent with FRTP; 

support the testing and training needed 

for new aircraft, vessels, weapons 

systems and missions; and maintain the 

long-term viability of the Navy CP 

Range Complex while protecting human 

health and the environment. 

Three alternatives will be evaluated in 

the EIS/OEIS including: (1) The No 

Action Alternative comprising baseline 

operations and support of existing range 

capabilities; (2) Alternative 1 

comprising the No Action Alternative 

plus additional operations, expanded 

warfare missions, accommodation of 

force structure changes including 

training and RDT&E resulting from the 

introduction of new vessels, aircraft, 

weapons systems and missions, and the 

implementation of enhancements to 

range infrastructure; and (3) Alternative 

2, comprising Alternative 1 plus 

additional increases in training, and 

implementation of enhancements that 

will optimize training throughput in 

support of future contingencies. The 

EIS/OEIS will evaluate the 

environmental effects associated with: 

Airspace; noise; range safety; water 

resources; air quality; biological 

resources, including threatened and 

endangered species; land use; 


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