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Government in the Sunshine Act of 

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

41 CFR 102–3.150. This notice is 

published in accordance with Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463). 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. 

Due to difficulties finalizing the 

meeting agenda for the scheduled 

meeting of September 11, 2014, of the 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program Scientific 

Advisory Board the requirements of 41 

CFR § 102–3.150(a) were not met. 

Accordingly, the Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, pursuant to 41 CFR § 102– 

3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day 

notification requirement. 

The purpose of the September 11, 

2014 meeting is to review new start 

research and development projects 

requesting Strategic Environmental 

Research and Development Program 

funds in excess of $1 million over the 

proposed length of the project as 

required by the SERDP Statute, U.S. 

Code - Title 10, Subtitle A, Part IV, 

Chapter 172, § 2904. The full agenda 

follows: 

8:30 a.m. .............................. Convene .......................................................................... Mr. Joseph Francis, Chair. 

8:35 a.m. .............................. Environmental Restoration Overview .............................. Dr. Andrea Leeson, Environmental Restoration Program Manager. 

8:40 a.m. .............................. 15 ER02–001 (ER–2301): Developing and Validating 

Genetic Catabolic Probes to Quantitatively Assess 

Monitored Natural Attenuation of 1,4-Dioxane (FY15 

Follow-On).

Dr. Pedro Alvarez, Rice University, Houston, TX. 

9:25 a.m. .............................. Environmental Restoration Overview .............................. Dr. Andrea Leeson, Environmental Restoration Program Manager. 

9:30 a.m. .............................. 15 ER01–015 (ER–2529): Estimating Mobile-Immobile 

Mass Transfer Parameters using Direct Push Tools 

(FY15 New Start).

Dr. Robert Borden, Solutions-IES, Raleigh, NC. 

10:15 a.m. ............................ Break ...............................................................................

10:30 a.m. ............................ 15 ER01–017 (ER–2530): Biogeochemical Processes 

that Control Natural Attenuation of Trichloroethylene 

in Low Permeability Zones (FY15 New Start).

Dr. Charles Werth, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Urbana, IL. 

11:15 a.m. ............................ 15 ER01–026 (ER–2532): Biologically Mediated Abiotic 

Degradation of Chlorinated Ethenes: A New Conceptual Framework (FY15 New Start).

Dr. Michelle Scherer, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 

12:00 p.m. ............................ 15 ER01–031 (ER–2533): A Field Method to Quantify 

Chlorinated Solvent Diffusion, Sorption, Abiotic and 

Biotic Degradation in Low Permeability Zones (FY14 

New Start).

Dr. Richelle Allen-King, University at Buffalo, The State 

University of New York, Buffalo, NY. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140 and 

section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the public or 

interested organizations may submit 

written statements to the Strategic 

Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board. Written statements may 

be submitted to the committee at any 

time or in response to an approved 

meeting agenda. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) for the Strategic 

Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board. The DFO will ensure 

that the written statements are provided 

to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the DFO can be obtained from the GSA’s 

FACA Database at http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

Time is allotted at the close of each 

meeting day for the public to make 

comments. Oral comments are limited 

to 5 minutes per person. 

Dated: August 27, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20748 Filed 8–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number 2014–0036] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Part 216, 

Types of Contracts 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), DoD announces the 

proposed extension of a public 

information collection requirement and 

seeks public comment on the provisions 

thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of DoD, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved this information 

collection requirement for use through 

November 30, 2014. DoD proposes that 

OMB extend its approval for three 

additional years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by November 3, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0259, using any of the following 

methods: 

Æ Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

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Æ Email: osd.dfars@mail.mil. Include 

OMB Control Number 0704–0259 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Æ Fax: 571–372–6094. 

Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Ms. Janetta 

Brewer, OUSD(AT&L)DPAP/DARS, 

Room 3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check www.regulations.gov 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janetta Brewer, 571–372–6104. The 

information collection requirements 

addressed in this notice are available 

electronically on the Internet at: http:// 

www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dfars/

index.htm. Paper copies are available 

from Ms. Janetta Brewer, OUSD (AT&L) 

DPAP (DARS), Room 3B941, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 216, Types of 

Contracts, and related clauses in Part 

252.216; OMB Control Number 0704– 

0259. 

Needs and Uses: The clauses at 

DFARS 252.216–7000, Economic Price 

Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, 

Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products; 

DFARS 252.216–7001, Economic Price 

Adjustment—Nonstandard Steel Items, 

and DFARS 252.216–7003, Economic 

Price Adjustment—Wage Rates or 

Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign 

Government, require contractors with 

fixed-price economic price adjustment 

contracts to submit information to the 

contracting officer regarding changes in 

established material prices or wage 

rates. The contracting officer uses this 

information to make appropriate 

adjustments to contract prices. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 258. 

Responses per Respondent: 

Approximately 7.55. 

Annual Responses: 1,949. 

Average Burden per Response: 4 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 7,844. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Summary of Information Collection 

Paragraph (c) of the clause at DFARS 

252.216–7000, Economic Price 

Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, 

Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products, 

requires the contractor to notify the 

contracting officer of the amount and 

effective date of each decrease in any 

established price. Paragraph (d) of the 

clause permits the contractor to submit 

a written request to the contracting 

officer for an increase in contract price. 

Paragraph (f)(2) of the clause at 

DFARS 252.216–7001, Economic Price 

Adjustment—Nonstandard Steel Items, 

requires the contractor to furnish a 

statement identifying the correctness of 

the established prices and employee 

hourly earnings that are relevant to the 

computation of various indices. 

Paragraph (f)(3) of the clause requires 

the contractor to make available all 

records used in the computation of labor 

indices upon the request of the 

contracting officer. 

Paragraph (b)(1) of the clause at 

DFARS 252.216–7003, Economic Price 

Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material 

Prices Controlled by a Foreign 

Government, permits the contractor to 

provide a written request for contract 

adjustment based on increases in wage 

rates or material prices that are 

controlled by a foreign government. 

Paragraph (c) of the clause requires the 

contractor to make available its books 

and records that support a requested 

change in contract price. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20738 Filed 8–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Hearing and Business 

Meeting, September 9–10, 2014 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Delaware River Basin Commission will 

hold a public hearing on Tuesday, 

September 9, 2014. A conference 

session and business meeting will be 

held the following day on Wednesday, 

September 10, 2014. The hearing, 

conference session and business 

meeting are open to the public and will 

be held at the Washington Crossing 

Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River 

Road, Washington Crossing, 

Pennsylvania. 

Public Hearing. The public hearing on 

September 9, 2014 will begin at 1:30 

p.m. Hearing items will include draft 

dockets for withdrawals, discharges and 

other water-related projects subject to 

the Commission’s review, and 

resolutions: (1) Requesting that U.S. 

EPA establish Stage 2 TMDLs for PCBs 

in the Delaware Estuary and Bay; and 

(2) authorizing the Executive Director to 

enter into an agreement with New York 

University Medical Center for studies on 

the effects of PCBs and dissolved 

oxygen on Atlantic Sturgeon. The list of 

projects scheduled for hearing, 

including project descriptions, will be 

posted on the Commission’s Web site, 

www.drbc.net, in a long form of this 

notice at least ten days before the 

hearing date. Written comments on draft 

dockets and resolutions scheduled for 

hearing on September 9 will be accepted 

through the close of the hearing that 

day. After the hearing on all scheduled 

matters has been completed, there will 

be an opportunity for public dialogue. 

Because hearings on particular 

projects may be postponed to allow 

additional time for the commission’s 

review, interested parties are advised to 

check the Commission’s Web site during 

the week immediately prior to the 

hearing date. Any postponements will 

be duly noted there. 

Public Meeting. The public meeting 

on September 9, 2014 will begin at 

12:15 p.m. with an informal conference 

session, consisting of an annual progress 

report by the staff on implementation of 

the Basin Plan. The business meeting 

will include the following items: 

adoption of the Minutes of the 

Commission’s June 11, 2014 business 

meeting, announcements of upcoming 

meetings and events, a report on 

hydrologic conditions, reports by the 

Executive Director and the 

Commission’s General Counsel, and 

consideration of any items for which a 

hearing has been completed or is not 

required. 

There will be no opportunity for 

additional public comment at the 

September 10 business meeting on 

hearing items for which the hearing was 

completed on September 9 or a previous 

date. Commission consideration on 

September 10 of items for which the 

public hearing is closed may result in 

either approval of the item (docket or 

resolution) as proposed, approval with 

changes, denial, or deferral. When the 

Commissioners defer an action, they 

may announce an additional period for 

written comment on the item, with or 

without an additional hearing date, or 

they may take additional time to 

consider the input they have already 

received without requesting further 

public input. Any deferred items will be 

considered for action at a public 

meeting of the Commission on a future 

date. 

Advance Sign-Up for Oral Comment. 

Individuals who wish to comment for 

the record at the public hearing on 

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