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error reporting, and overall perceptions 

of patient safety. 

Affected Public: Federal Government; 

Individuals or Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,533. 

Number of Respondents: 9,200. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 9,200. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: As required. 

The purpose of the survey is to assess 

the current status of patient safety in 

MHS facilities and to assess patient 

safety improvement over time. The 

hospital survey tool is the same OMB 

approved tool that was administered in 

previous years. There will also be a 

corresponding outpatient survey tool 

with congruous questions tailored to the 

ambulatory or clinic setting. 

Respondents will select the survey 

corresponding to their care 

environment. The Web-based survey 

will be administered on a voluntarybasis to all staff working in Army, Navy, 

and Air Force Military Health System 

(MHS) direct care facilities in the U.S. 

and internationally, including Military 

Treatment Facilities (MTF) hospitals as 

well as ambulatory and dental services. 

Responses and respondents will remain 

anonymous. There are two versions of 

the survey that may be administered, 

corresponding to the setting in which 

care is delivered, either Hospital 

(inpatient) or Ambulatory (outpatient/ 

clinic setting). 

Dated: July 24, 2018. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 16–36] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@

mail.mil or (703) 697–9709. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, Transmittal 

16–36 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: July 25, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 16–36 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act, as amended 

(i) Prospective Purchaser: The 

Government of Bahrain 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * ............................. $490.9 million 

Other .................................. $420.5 million 

TOTAL ............................ $911.4 million 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Twelve (12) AH–1Z Attack Helicopters 

Twenty-six (26) T–700 GE 401C Engines 

(twenty-four (24) installed and two (2) 

spares) 

Fourteen (14) AGM–114 Hellfire 

Missiles 

Fifty-six (56) Advance Precision Kill 

Weapon System II (APKWS–II) WGU– 

59B 

Non-MDE: Also includes fifteen (15) 

Honeywell Embedded Global 

Positioning System (GPS) Inertial 

Navigation System (INS) (EGI) w/ 

Standard Positioning Service (SPS) 

(including three (3) spares), twelve (12) 

Joint Mission Planning Systems, twelve 

(12) M197 20mm gun systems, thirty 

(30) Tech Refresh Mission Computers, 

fourteen (14) AN/AAQ–30 Target Sight 

Systems, twenty six (26) Helmet 

Mounted Display/Optimized Top Owl, 

communication equipment, electronic 

warfare systems, fifteen (15) APX–117 

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), 

fifteen (15) AN/AAR–47 Missile 

Warning Systems, fifteen (15) AN/ALE– 

47 Countermeasure Dispenser Sets, 

fifteen (15) APR–39C(V)2 Radar 

Warning Receivers, support equipment, 

spare engine containers, spare and 

repair parts, tools and test equipment, 

technical data and publications, 

personnel training and training 

equipment, U.S. government and 

contractor engineering, technical, and 

logistics support services, and other 

related elements of logistics and 

program support. 

(iv) Military Department: Navy. 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None. 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology 

Contained in the Defense Article or 

Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: 

See Attached Annex. 

(viii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: April 27, 2018. 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Bahrain—AH-l Z Attack Helicopters 

The Government of Bahrain has 

requested twelve (12) AH–1Z attack 

helicopters, twenty-six (26) T–700 GE 

401C engines (twenty-four (24) installed 

and two (2) spares), fourteen (14) AGM– 

114 Hellfire Missiles, and fifty-six (56) 

Advance Precision Kill Weapon System 

II (APKWS–II) WGU–59Bs. This request 

also includes fifteen (15) Honeywell 

Embedded Global Positioning System 

(GPS) Inertial Navigation System (INS) 

(EGI) w/Standard Positioning Service 

(SPS) (including three (3) spares), 

twelve (12) Joint Mission Planning 

Systems, twelve (12) M197 20mm gun 

systems, thirty (30) Tech Refresh 

Mission Computers, fourteen (14) AN/ 

AAQ–30 Target Sight Systems, twenty 

six (26) Helmet Mounted Display/ 

Optimized Top Owl, communication 

equipment, electronic warfare systems, 

fifteen (15) APX–117 Identification 

Friend or Foe (IFF), fifteen (15) AN/ 

AAR–47 Missile Warning Systems, 

fifteen (15) AN/ALE–47 Countermeasure 

Dispenser Sets, fifteen (15) APR– 

39C(V)2 Radar Warning Receivers, 

support equipment, spare engine 

containers, spare and repair parts, tools 

and test equipment, technical data and 

publications, personnel training and 

training equipment, U.S. government 

and contractor engineering, technical, 

and logistics support services, and other 

related elements of logistics and 

program support. The total estimated 

cost is $911.4 million. 

This proposed sale will contribute to 

the foreign policy and national security 

of the United States by helping to 

improve the security of a major NonNATO ally which is an important 

security partner in the region. Our 

mutual defense interests anchor our 

relationship and the Royal Bahraini Air 

Force plays a significant role in 

Bahrain’s defense. 

The proposed sale improves Bahrain’s 

capability to meet current and future 

threats. Bahrain will use this capability 

as a deterrent to regional threats and to 

strengthen its homeland defense. This 

sale will improve interoperability with 

U.S. forces. Bahrain will have no 

difficulty absorbing these helicopters 

into its armed forces. 

This proposed sale of equipment and 

support will not alter the basic military 

balance in the region. 

The principal contractors will be Bell 

Helicopter, Textron, Fort Worth, Texas; 

and General Electric Company, Lynn, 

Massachusetts. There are no known 

offset agreements proposed in 

conjunction with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require multiple trips by U.S. 

Government and contractor 

representatives to participate in program 

and technical reviews plus training and 

maintenance support in country, on a 

temporary basis, for a period of sixty 

(60) months. It will also require three (3) 

contractor representatives to reside in 

country for a period of two (2) years to 

support this program. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 16–36 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. The following components and 

technical documentation for the 

program are classified as listed below: 

a. The AH–1 Z-model has an 

Integrated Avionics System (IAS) which 

includes two (2) mission computers and 

an automatic flight control system. Each 

crew station has two (2) 8x6-inch 

multifunction liquid crystal displays 

(LCD) and one (1) 4.2x4.2-inch dual 

function LCD display. The 

communications suite will have NON– 

COMSEC ARC 210 Ultra High 

Frequency Very High Frequency (UHF/ 

VHF) radios with associated 

communications equipment (antennas, 

mounts). The navigation suite includes 

Honeywell Embedded Global 

Positioning System (GPS) Inertial 

Navigation System (INS) (EGI) w/ 

Standard Positioning Service (SPS), a 

digital map system, a low-airspeed air 

data subsystem, which allows weapons 

delivery when hovering, and a AN/ 

APX–117/A(V) IFF Transponder. 

b. The crew is equipped with the 

Optimized Top Owl (OTO) helmetmounted sight and display system. The 

OTO has a Day Display Module (DDM) 

and a Night Display Module (NDM). The 

AH-lZ has survivability equipment 

including the AN/AAR–47 Missile 

Warning and Laser Detection System, 

AN/ALE–47 Counter Measure 

Dispensing System (CMDS) and the AN/ 

APR–39 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) 

to cover countermeasure dispensers, 

radar warning, incoming/on-way missile 

warning and on- fuselage laser-spot 

warning systems. 

c. The following performance data 

and technical characteristics are 

classified as follows for the AH–1Z 

Airframe: countermeasure capability— 

SECRET, counter-countermeasures 

capability—SECRET, vulnerability to 


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countermeasures—SECRET, 

vulnerability to electromagnetic pulse 

from nuclear environmental effects— 

SECRET, radar signature—SECRET, 

infrared signature—SECRET, acoustic 

signature—CONFIDENTIAL, ultraviolet 

signature—SECRET, mission 

effectiveness against threats— 

CONFIDENTIAL, target sight system— 

up to SECRET, Tactical Air Moving Map 

Capability (TAMMAC)—up to SECRET, 

Honeywell Embedded GPS INS (EGI) w/ 

SPS—UNCLASSIFIED, AN/ARC–210 

RT 629F–23—UNCLASSIFIED, AN/ 

APX–117/A(V) IFF Transponder— 

UNCLASSIFIED, VCR or DVR—up to 

SECRET, APR–39 Radar Warning 

System (RWS)—up to SECRET, AN/ 

AAR–47 Missile/Laser Warning System 

(MLWS)—up to SECRET, AN/ALE–47 

Countermeasures Dispenser Set 

(CMDS)—up to SECRET. 

d. The APKWS is a low-cost semiactive laser guidance kit developed by 

BAE Systems which converts unguided 

2.75 inch (70 mm) rockets into precision 

laser-guided rockets. The classification 

is up to SECRET. 

e. The AGM–114 Hellfire II SemiActive Laser (SAL) Missiles are raillaunched guided missiles developed 

and produced by Lockheed Martin. The 

guidance system employs a SAL seeker. 

The SAL missile homes in on the laser 

energy reflected off a target that has 

been illuminated by a laser designator. 

The laser can be on either the launch 

platform or another platform that can be 

separated from it by several kilometers. 

The target sets are armor, bunkers, 

caves, enclosures, boats, and enemy 

personnel. The weapon system 

hardware, as an ‘‘All Up Round,’’ is 

UNCLASSIFIED. The highest level of 

classified information to be disclosed 

regarding the AGM–114 Hellfire II 

missile software is SECRET. The highest 

level of classified information that could 

be disclosed by a proposed sale or by 

testing of the end item is SECRET and 

the highest level that must be disclosed 

for production, maintenance, or training 

is CONFIDENTIAL. 

2. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software 

elements, the information could be used 

to develop countermeasures which 

might reduce weapon system 

effectiveness. 

3. The consequences of the loss of this 

technology to a technologically 

advanced or competent adversary could 

result in the compromise of equivalent 

systems, which in turn could reduce 

those weapons system’s effectiveness, or 

be used in the development of a system 

with similar or advanced capabilities. 

4. A determination has been made 

that the Government of Bahrain can 

provide substantially the same degree of 

protection for the technology being 

released as the U.S. Government. This 

sale of the AH-l Z Helicopter and 

associated weapons will further U.S. 

foreign policy and national security 

objectives. 

5. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to the 

Government of Bahrain. 

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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Hearing and Business 

Meeting August 15 and September 13, 

2018 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Delaware River Basin Commission will 

hold a public hearing on Wednesday, 

August 15, 2018. A business meeting 

will be held the following month on 

Thursday, September 13, 2018. The 

hearing and meeting are open to the 

public. The public hearing in August 

will be held at the West Trenton 

Volunteer Fire Company Ballroom, 40 

West Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton, 

New Jersey. The business meeting in 

September will be held at the 

RiverWinds Community Center, 1000 

RiverWinds Drive, Thorofare, New 

Jersey. 

Public Hearing. The public hearing on 

August 15, 2018 will begin at 1:30 p.m. 

Hearing items subject to the 

Commission’s review will include draft 

dockets for withdrawals, discharges, 

and other projects that could have a 

substantial effect on the basin’s water 

resources. 

The list of projects scheduled for 

hearing, including project descriptions, 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

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

this notice at least ten days before the 

hearing date. 

Written comments on matters 

scheduled for hearing on August 15 will 

be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on 

August 20. 

The public is advised to check the 

Commission’s website periodically prior 

to the hearing date, as items scheduled 

for hearing may be postponed if 

additional time is deemed necessary to 

complete the Commission’s review, and 

items may be added up to ten days prior 

to the hearing date. In reviewing docket 

descriptions, the public is also asked to 

be aware that project details commonly 

change in the course of the 

Commission’s review, which is ongoing. 

Public Meeting. The public business 

meeting on September 13, 2018 will 

begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: 

Adoption of the Minutes of the 

Commission’s June 13, 2018 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. 

After all scheduled business has been 

completed and as time allows, the 

Business Meeting will be followed by 

up to one hour of Open Public 

Comment, an opportunity to address the 

Commission on any topic concerning 

management of the basin’s water 

resources outside the context of a duly 

noticed, on-the-record public hearing. 

There will be no opportunity for 

additional public comment for the 

record at the September 13 Business 

Meeting on items for which a hearing 

was completed on August 15 or a 

previous date. Commission 

consideration on September 13 of items 

for which the public hearing is closed 

may result in approval of the item (by 

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 on 

the record during the public hearing on 

August 15 or to address the 

Commissioners informally during the 

Open Public Comment portion of the 

meeting on September 13 as time 

allows, are asked to sign-up in advance 

through EventBrite. Links to EventBrite 

for the Public Hearing and the Business 

Meeting are available at drbc.net. For 

assistance, please contact Ms. Paula 

Schmitt of the Commission staff, at 

paula.schmitt@drbc.nj.gov. 

Submitting Written Comment. Written 

comment on items scheduled for 

hearing may be made through 

SmartComment, the web-based 

comment system introduced by the 

Commission, a link to which is 

provided at drbc.net. Use of 

SmartComment ensures that all 

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