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pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), 

waives the 15-calendar day notification 

requirement. 

This meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix), the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 

CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The mission 

of the DSB is to provide independent 

advice and technical enterprise. The 

objective of the meeting is to obtain, 

review, and evaluate classified 

information related to the DSB’s 

mission. The meeting will focus on the 

DSB’s 2018 Summer Study on Strategic 

Surprise tasking, to include DoD 

dependence on the U.S. electric power 

grid, homeland air defense, maritime 

situational awareness, threats and 

promise of biotechnology, countering 

autonomous systems, technical 

approaches to counter-intelligence, 

resilient positioning, navigation and 

timing, various undersea issues, gray 

zone conflict, resilience of the defense 

industrial base, and logistics. 

Agenda: The DSB meeting will begin 

on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 8:00 

a.m. with opening remarks from Mr. 

Edward Gliot, DSB Executive Director, 

Dr. Craig Fields, DSB Chairman and Dr. 

Eric Evans, Vice Chairman. Following 

opening remarks, DSB members will 

hold classified small group discussions 

covering DoD dependence on the U.S. 

electric power grid, homeland air 

defense, maritime situational awareness, 

threats and promises of biotechnology, 

countering autonomous systems, 

technical approaches to counterintelligence, resilient positioning, 

navigation and timing, various undersea 

issues, gray zone conflict, resilience of 

the defense industrial base, and 

logistics. After break, DSB members will 

hold classified discussions covering 

DoD dependence on the U.S. electric 

power grid, homeland air defense, 

maritime situational awareness, threats 

and promises of biotechnology, 

countering autonomous systems, 

technical approaches to counterintelligence, resilient positioning, 

navigation and timing, various undersea 

issues, gray zone conflict, resilience of 

the defense industrial base, and 

logistics. The meeting will adjourn at 

5:00 p.m. On the second day of the 

meeting, Thursday, July 19, 2018, the 

day will begin at 8:00 a.m. with a 

classified session covering DoD 

dependence on the U.S. electric power 

grid, homeland air defense, maritime 

situational awareness, threats and 

promises of biotechnology, countering 

autonomous systems, technical 

approaches to counter-intelligence, 

resilient positioning, navigation and 

timing, various undersea issues, gray 

zone conflict, resilience of the defense 

industrial base, and logistics. After 

break, the classified discussion will 

continue on the same topics. The 

meeting will adjourn at 3:00 p.m. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with section 10(d) of the FACA and 41 

CFR 102–3.155, the DoD has determined 

that the DSB meeting will be closed to 

the public. Specifically, the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering, in consultation with the 

DoD Office of General Counsel, has 

determined in writing that the meeting 

will be closed to the public because it 

will consider matters covered by 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The determination is 

based on the consideration that it is 

expected that discussions throughout 

will involve classified matters of 

national security concern. Such 

classified material is so intertwined 

with the unclassified material that it 

cannot reasonably be segregated into 

separate discussions without defeating 

the effectiveness and meaning of the 

overall meetings. To permit the meeting 

to be open to the public would preclude 

discussion of such matters and would 

greatly diminish the ultimate utility of 

the DSB’s findings and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Defense and to the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering. 

Written Statements: In accordance 

with section 10(a)(3)of the FACA and 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, 

interested persons may submit a written 

statement for consideration by the DSB 

at any time regarding its mission or in 

response to the stated agenda of a 

planned meeting. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the DSB DFO 

provided above at any point; however, 

if a written statement is not received at 

least three calendar days prior to the 

meeting, which is the subject of this 

notice, then it may not be provided to 

or considered by the DSB until a later 

date. 

Dated: July 18, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–18–000] 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Gateway Expansion Project, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Gateway Expansion Project, proposed 

by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco) in the abovereferenced docket. Transco requests 

authorization to modify certain facilities 

in Essex and Passaic Counties, New 

Jersey, to increase the firm 

transportation capacity on the existing 

pipeline to allow greater access to 

natural gas supplies. The proposed 

modifications would occur within 

existing facilities, with no new 

permanent right-of-way. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Gateway Expansion Project in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that 

approval of the proposed project, with 

appropriate mitigating measures, would 

not constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The proposed Gateway Expansion 

Project includes the following facilities: 

Essex County 

Compressor Station 303 

• Expansion of the building and 

installation of a 33,000 horsepower 

electric-motor driven compression unit 

and ancillary equipment; and 

• extension of security fencing and 

access to new equipment. 

Roseland Meter and Regulator 

• Installation of a 36-inch-diameter 

Main Line block valve with automation 

controls. 

Roseland Electric Substation 

• Installation of an electric 

transformer unit. 

Passaic County 

Paterson Meter and Regulator 

• Replacing the existing 12-inchdiameter headers with two new 6-inchdiameter ultrasonic meter skids and 

associated equipment; and 


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1See the previous discussion on the methods for 

filing comments. 

• installation of ancillary equipment. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

EA to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

and newspapers and libraries in the 

project area. In addition, the EA is 

available for public viewing on the 

FERC’s website (www.ferc.gov) using the 

eLibrary link. A limited number of 

copies of the EA are available for 

distribution and public inspection at: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Public Reference Room, 888 First Street 

NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–8371. 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the EA may do so. Your comments 

should focus on the potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. To ensure that the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on this project, it is 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

August 16, 2018. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the project 

docket number (CP18–18–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert staff available 

to assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. This is an easy 

method for submitting brief, text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. With eFiling, 

you can provide comments in a variety 

of formats by attaching them as a file 

with your submission. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select 

the type of filing you are making. If you 

are filing a comment on a particular 

project, please select ‘‘Comment on a 

Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Any person seeking to become a party 

to the proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing of the Commission’s decision. 

The Commission grants affected 

landowners and others with 

environmental concerns intervenor 

status upon showing good cause by 

stating that they have a clear and direct 

interest in this proceeding which no 

other party can adequately represent. 

Simply filing environmental comments 

will not give you intervenor status, but 

you do not need intervenor status to 

have your comments considered. 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov) using the 

eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, 

click on ‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the 

docket number excluding the last three 

digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., 

CP18–18). Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Dated: July 17, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15697 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Number: PR18–66–000. 

Applicants: Alpine High Pipeline LP. 

Description: Tariff filing per 

284.123(b), (e)+(g): Notice of Name 

Change and Revision to Statement of 

Operating Conditions to be effective 

7/2/2018. 

Filed Date: 7/16/18. 

Accession Number: 201807165056. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/6/18. 

284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 

9/14/18. 

Docket Numbers: RP18–979–000. 

Applicants: Southern Star Central Gas 

Pipeline, Inc. 

Description: Compliance filing Tariff 

Waiver—ROFR Posting. 

Filed Date: 7/16/18. 

Accession Number: 20180716–5140. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/30/18. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified date(s). Protests 

may be considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: July 17, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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