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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Defense Department 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services (DACOWITS) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a), 

Public Law 92–463, as amended, notice 

is hereby given of a forthcoming 

meeting of the Defense Department 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of 

the Committee meeting is to review the 

first draft of the 2007 report. This year’s 

topic consist of military women’s health 

care in the theater of operations and 

spouses’ employment opportunities. 

The meeting is open to the public, 

subject to the availability of space. 

Interested person may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Department Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services. 

Individuals submitting a written 

statement must submit their statement 

to the Point of Contact listed below at 

the address detailed below, NLT 5 p.m. 

October 3, 2007. If a written statement 

is not received by October 3, 2007 prior 

to the meeting, which is the subject of 

this notice, then it may not be provided 

to or considered by the Defense 

Department Advisory Committee on 

Women in the Services until its next 

open meeting. The Designated Federal 

Officer will review all timely 

submissions with the Defense 

Department Advisory Committee on 

Women in the Services Chairperson and 

ensure they are provided to the 

members of the Defense Department 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services. If members of the public are 

interested in making an oral statement, 

a written statement must be submitted 

as above. After reviewing the written 

comments, the Chairperson and the 

Designated Federal Officer will 

determine who of the requesting 

persons will be able to make an oral 

presentation of their issue during an 

open portion of this meeting or at a 

future meeting. Determination of who 

will be making an oral presentation will 

depend on time available and if the 

topics are relevant to the Committee’s 

activities. Two minutes will be allotted 

to persons desiring to make an oral 

presentation. Oral presentations by 

members of the public will be permitted 

only on Tuesday, 9 October from 4:30 

p.m. to 5 p.m. before the full Committee. 

Number of oral presentations to be made 

will depend on the number of requests 

received from members of the public. 

DATES: 9 October 2007, 8:30 a.m.–5 

p.m.; 10 October 2007, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; 

11 October 2007, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Location: Double Tree Hotel Crystal 

City National Airport, 300 Army Navy 

Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

MSgt Robert Bowling, USAF, 

DACOWITS, 4000 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 2C548A, Washington, DC 20301–

4000. Robert.bowling@osd.mil 

Telephone (703) 697–2122. Fax (703) 

614–6233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

agenda. 

Tuesday, 9 October 2007 8:30 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

Welcome & Administrative Remarks; 

2007 Report briefings on military 

women’s health care in the theater of 

operations and Service members’

spouses’ employment opportunities. 

Edit first draft of the report. 

Public Forum. 

Wednesday, 10 October 2007 8:30 a.m.–

5 p.m. 

Edit first draft of the report. 

Thursday 11 October 2007 8:30 a.m.–12 

p.m. 

Welcome & Administrative Remarks. 

Begin work on findings and 

recommendations of 1st Draft 2007 

Report. 

Note: Exact order may vary. 

Dated: September 17, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Air University Board of Visitors; Notice 

of Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting of Air 

University Board of Visitors. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of the meeting is 

to give the board an opportunity to 

review Air University educational 

programs and to present a report of their 

findings and recommendations 

concerning these programs. 

DATES: The Air University Board of 

Visitors will hold an open meeting on 

November 5–6, 2007, 8–4:30 CDT, 

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Dorothy Reed, Chief of Academic 

Affairs, Air University Headquarters, 

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 

36112–6335, at (334) 953–5159. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–18635 Filed 9–20–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC) and Enhanced Use 

Lease (EUL) Actions at Fort Meade, MD 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of the FEIS 

which evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

realignment actions directed by the Base 

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

Commission and Army Enhanced Use 

Lease (EUL) Actions at Fort Meade, 

Maryland. 

DATES: The waiting period for the FEIS 

will end 30 days after publication of an 

NOA in the Federal Register by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the FEIS 

contact the Public Affairs Office, Fort 

George G. Meade, 4550 Pershing Hall, 

Room 120, Fort Meade, MD 20755–

5025. Send e-mails to 

meade.pao@conus.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Melanie Moore at (301) 677–1361 

during normal business hours Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action, and subject of the 

FEIS, covers the movement of personnel 

associated with the BRAC realignment 

activities and associated construction 

activities. The FEIS also covers the 

impacts from the proposed federal real 

estate lease which would result in 

development to Army lands at Fort 

Meade under the Army’s EUL program. 

To implement the BRAC Commission 

recommended initiatives, Fort Meade 

will be receiving personnel, equipment, 

and missions from various realignment 

and closure actions within the U.S. 

Department of Defense. The Army will 

provide the necessary facilities/ 

buildings and infrastructure to support 

the changes as recommended. 

Permanent facilities will be constructed 

to house the Defense Information 

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Systems Agency (DISA), the DoD Media 

Activities (DMA), and the Adjudication 

and Office of Hearing and Appeals 

Offices, which are currently located in 

a mix of leased facilities and at 

government installations. 

Additionally, Fort Meade plans to 

issue a real estate lease that allows the 

development of certain parcels through 

the Army’s EUL program to help 

support mission-oriented uses on post, 

to derive value from underutilized 

property, to build future land value, and 

to enhance the installation’s ability to 

implement its comprehensive master 

plan. Fort Meade proposes to lease to a 

private developer about 173 acres in two 

parcels for a term of 50 years and 

receive in-kind development of a 367- 

acre parcel. Because the development of 

these three parcels would have potential 

impacts in the same region as the BRAC 

realignment actions, it is considered in 

this FEIS. The two parcels that will be 

leased are located on installation 

property outside the fence line. The 

third parcel proposed for in-kind 

development is located within the fence 

line along the perimeter of the 

installation. 

The FEIS addresses alternatives that 

include: (1) a No Action Alternative, (2) 

BRAC-Directed Realignment and EUL 

Actions, and (3) BRAC-Directed 

Actions. The Preferred Alternative is 

Alternative 2 which includes 

construction and operation of proposed 

facilities to accommodate incoming 

military missions at Fort Meade as 

mandated by the 2005 BRAC 

Commission recommendations and 

Army’s EUL actions. Alternative sites on 

Fort Meade for placement of proposed 

BRAC facilities have also been 

evaluated. Alternative siting variations 

would provide similar impacts and 

benefits as compared to the Preferred 

Alternative. The No Action Alternative 

provides the baseline conditions for 

comparison to the Preferred Alternative. 

As stated in the FEIS, implementation 

of the BRAC-Directed Realignment and 

EUL Actions, which is the Preferred 

Alternative, will result in long-term 

environmental impacts on 

transportation, land uses, 

socioeconomics areas (demographics, 

schools, and law enforcement), visual 

and aesthetic resources, biological 

(vegetation and wildlife), and utilities 

(wastewater and storm water drainage). 

Implementation of the Preferred 

Alternative would have short-term 

environmental impacts to visual and 

aesthetic resources, noise, energy 

sources, and solid waste disposal; and 

potential short-term indirect effects to 

surface water during construction 

activities. Implementation of the 

Preferred Alternative would have no 

significant impacts to air quality, 

geology and soils; water resources 

(groundwater, floodplains, and coastal 

zones); biological (rare, threatened, and 

endangered species and aquatic 

species); socioeconomics areas 

(economic development and housing); 

utilities (potable water, energy sources 

operations, solid waste operations); and 

hazardous and toxic substances. There 

would be no adverse impacts to 

surrounding land uses, cultural 

resources, socioeconomics areas 

(environmental justice, recreation, or 

protection of children), utilities 

(communications), and hazardous waste 

disposal from implementation of the 

BRAC and EUL Actions Alternative. 

An electronic version of the FEIS can 

be viewed or downloaded from the 

following URL: http:// 

www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/ 

nepa_eis_docs.htm. 

Dated: September 11, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Department of Defense Historical 

Advisory Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

10(a) (2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), 

announcement is made of the following 

committee meeting. 

Name of Committee: Department of 

the Army Historical Advisory 

Committee. 

Date: October 25, 2007. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Place: U.S. Army Center of Militry 

History Collins Hall, Building 35, 103 

Third Avenue, Fort McNair, 

Washington, DC 20319–5058. 

Proposed Agenda: Review and 

discussion of the status of historical 

activities in the United States Army. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Richard Stewart, U.S. Army Center of 

Military History, ATTN: DAMH–ZC, 

103 Third Avenue, Fort McNair, 

Washington, DC 20319–5058; telephone 

number (202) 685–2709. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

committee will review the Army’s 

historical activities for FY 1007 and 

those projected for FY 2008 based upon 

reports and manuscript received 

throughout the period. And the 

committee will formulate 

recommendations through the Chief of 

Military History to the Chief of Staff, 

Army and the Secretary of the Army for 

advancing the use of history in the U.S. 

Army. 

The meeting of the Advisory 

Committee is open to the public. 

Because of the restricted meeting space, 

however, attendance may be limited to 

those persons who have notified the 

Advisory Committee Management 

Office in writing at least five days prior 

to the meeting of their intention to 

attend the October 25, 2007 meeting. 

Notifications should be addressed to the 

Executive Secretary of the committee, 

Dr. William Stivers, at the U.S. Army 

Center of Military History, 103 Third 

Avenue, Fort Lesley J. McNair, 

Washington, DC 20-319–5058. 

Any member of the public may file a 

written statement with the committee 

before, during, or after the meting. Such 

statements may be sent to the Executive 

Secretary of the Committee at the 

Address shown in the paragraph above. 

To the extent that time permits, the 

committee chairman may allow public 

presentations or oral statements at the 

meeting. 

Dated: September 5, 2007. 

Richard W. Stewart, 

Chief Historian, Center of Military History. 

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BILLING CODE 3710–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Intent To Grant a Partially Exclusive 

License for a U.S. Army Owned 

Invention to Savit Corporation 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces that, unless there is an 

objection, after 15 days it intends to 

grant a partially exclusive license to 

Savit Corporation, a corporation having 

a place of business in Parsippany, New 

Jersey, on ‘‘Combat Ammunition Pack’’, 

U.S. patent number 6,675,693. Any 

license granted shall comply with 35 

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404. 

DATES: File written objections by 

October 9, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Timothy S. Ryan, Technology Transfer 

Program Manager, AMSRD–AAR–EMB, 

U.S. Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, 

NY 07806–5000, e-mail 

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