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the NOAA 5-Year Research Plan include 

expanded discussion of critical research 

tools as well as the transition of research 

to application, a recognition of the value 

of transformational research, and a new 

chapter on technology and mission 

support. The draft NOAA 5-Year 

Research Plan also provides clear 

linkages between its research milestones 

and the NOAA Strategic Plan. 

NOAA welcomes all comments on the 

content of the draft NOAA 5-Year 

Research Plan. We also request 

comments on any inconsistencies 

perceived within the document and 

possible omissions of important topics 

or issues. For any shortcoming noted 

within the draft document, please 

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Dated: June 13, 2007. 

Terry Bevels, 

Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

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Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 07–26] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Security Cooperation Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 21 July 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

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6575. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittal 07–26 with 

attached transmittal, policy justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: June 11, 2007. 

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Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Outdoor Research, Development, 

Testing & Evaluation Activities at 

Naval Surface Warfare Center, 

Dahlgren Site, King George County, VA 

and To Announce 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, and the regulations implemented 

by the Council on Environmental 

Quality (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), the 

Department of the Navy (Navy) 

announces its intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

consequences of expanding Naval 

Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Site’s 

(NSWCDL) research, development, test 

and evaluation (RDT&E) activities taking 

place outdoors on the Potomac River 

Test Range Complex, the Explosives 

Experimental Area, and Mission Areas. 

RDT&E activities are conducted in 

support of NSWCDL’s mission 

requirements in surface warfare, surface 

ship combat systems, strategic systems, 

ordnance, and special warfare systems. 

These activities include outdoor 

operations that require the use of 

ordnance, lasers, electromagnetic fields, 

and chemical and biological simulants 

(imitations). 

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Public scoping 

meetings will be held in King George, 

Westmoreland, and Northumberland 

counties, Virginia, and Charles and St. 

Mary’s counties, Maryland, to receive 

oral and written comments on 

environmental concerns that should be 

addressed in the EIS. The public 

scoping meetings will be held at the 

following dates, times, and locations: 

1. July 23, 2007, 5 p.m.–7 p.m., Shiloh 

Baptist Church, 13457 Kings Highway, 

King George, VA. 

2. July 24, 2007, 6 p.m.–8 p.m., Christ 

Episcopal Church, 37497 Zach Fowler 

Road, Chaptico, MD. 

3. July 25, 2007, 5 p.m.–7 p.m., 

LaPlata Volunteer Fire Department, 911 

Washington Street, LaPlata, MD. 

4. July 30, 2007, 6 p.m.–8 p.m., Saint 

Mary’s Episcopal Church, 203 Dennison 

Street, Colonial Beach, VA. 

5. July 31, 2007, 6 p.m.–8 p.m., Callao 

Rescue Squad Hall, 1348 

Northumberland Highway, Callao, VA. 

Anyone requiring special 

accommodations, such as a sign 

language interpreter, should contact 

Stacia Courtney, NSWCDL Public 

Affairs Office, by calling 540–653–8154 

or by e-mailing 

stacia.courtney@navy.mil no later than 

three business days prior to the public 

meeting you wish to attend. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stacia Courtney, Naval Surface Warfare 

Center Dahlgren Division, Corporate 

Communications Office (C6), 6509 

Sampson Road, Suite 213, Dahlgren, VA 

22448–5108; phone 540–653–8154; fax 

540–653–4679; e-mail: 

stacia.courtney@navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Action Proponent, NSWCDL, currently 

conducts outdoor RDT&E activities on 

the Potomac River Test Range (PRTR) 

Complex, the Explosives Experimental 

Area (EEA), and adjoining Mission 

Areas. The environmental consequences 

of conducting these activities to date 

have been addressed on a test-by-test or 

program-by-program basis, which can 

lead to delays in carrying out RDT&E 

activities. 

The Proposed Action is to expand 

NSWCDL’s RDT&E capabilities within 

the PRTR, the EEA, and Mission Areas. 

The purpose is to enable NSWCDL to 

meet mission-related warfare and force 

protection requirements by providing 

RDT&E for ordnance, surface ship 

combat systems, force level warfare, and 

force protection operations. The need 

for the Proposed Action is to enable the 

Navy and other stakeholders to 

successfully meet current and future 

national and global defense challenges 

by developing a robust capability to 

carry out assigned RDT&E activities on 

NSWCDL’s PRTR, EEA, and Mission 

Areas. 

At this point in the planning process, 

NSWCDL foresees evaluating the 

impacts of three alternatives in the EIS. 

The No Action Alternative describes 

existing baseline RDT&E mission 

activities and includes documentation 

for such activities. The No Action 

Alternative addresses past and current 

mission activities within NSWCDL’s 

PRTR, EEA and Mission Areas. 

Alternative 1 includes existing baseline 

mission activities, as well as future 

RDT&E mission activities to satisfy 

known workload requirements over 

approximately the next seven years. 

Alternative 1 provides for an increase in 


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