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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Friday, 

August 10, 2018 (83 FR 39730–39731), 

DoD published a notice titled ‘‘Defense 

Advisory Committee on Investigation, 

Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual 

Assault in the Armed Forces; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting’’ 

that contained incorrect references to 

the Defense Business Board and an 

incorrect meeting date in the first 

paragraph of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. The corrected 

waiver language is included in its 

entirety in the next paragraph. 

Due to circumstances beyond the 

control of the Department of Defense 

(DoD) and the Designated Federal 

Officer, the Defense Advisory 

Committee on Investigation, 

Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual 

Assault in the Armed Forces was unable 

to provide public notification required 

by 41 CFR 102–3.150(a) concerning its 

meeting on August 23, 2018. 

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. 

Dated: August 13, 2018. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Women in the Services; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness, Department of 

Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that the following federal 

advisory committee meeting of the 

Defense Advisory Committee on Women 

in the Services (DACOWITS) will take 

place. 

DATES: Day 1—Open to the public 

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 from 8:00 

a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Day 2—Open to the 

public Wednesday, September 12, 2018 

from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The address of the open 

meeting is the Association of the United 

States Army Conference Center, 2425 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Toya J. Davis, U.S. Army, (703) 

697–2122 (Voice), 703–614–6233 

(Facsimile), toya.j.davis.mil@mail.mil 

(Email). Mailing address is 4800 Mark 

Center Drive, Suite 04J25–01, 

Alexandria, VA 22350. Website: http:// 

dacowits.defense.gov. The most up-todate changes to the meeting agenda can 

be found on the website. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

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

41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of the meeting is for the DACOWITS to 

receive briefings and updates relating to 

their current work. The meeting will 

open with the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) giving a status update on 

the DACOWITS’ requests for 

information. Day one will comprise five 

separate briefings from the DoD and 

Military Services on the following 

topics: Military Recruiting Strategies, 

Military Marketing Strategies, DoD 

Recruitable Population Demographics, 

Status of the United States Navy’s 

Submarine Integration Efforts, and an 

update from the United States Marine 

Corps on the gender integration of 

Recruit Training. The second day of the 

meeting will open with a briefing from 

Military Services regarding their new 

Parental Leave Policies. This will be 

followed by a briefing from the National 

Guard Bureau on their Pregnancy and 

Parenthood Policies. Lastly the 

DACOWITS will propose and vote on 

their annual recommendations to the 

Secretary of Defense. 

Agenda: Tuesday, September 11, 

2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.— 

Welcome, Introductions, and 

Announcements; Request for 

Information Status Update; Briefings 

and DACOWITS discussion on: Military 

Recruiting Strategies, Military 

Marketing Strategies, DoD Recruitable 

Population Demographics, Submarine 

Integration Efforts, and the integration 

of Marine Corps’ Recruit Training. 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, from 

8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.—Welcome and 

Announcements; Briefing and 

DACOWITS discussion on the Military 

Services’ Parental Leave Policies and 

the National Guard Bureau’s Pregnancy 

and Parenthood Policies; and the annual 

voting session. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, this 

meeting is open to the public, subject to 

the availability of space. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of 

the FACA, interested persons may 

submit a written statement to the 

DACOWITS. Individuals submitting a 

written statement must submit their 

statement no later than 5:00 p.m., 

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 to Mr. 

Robert Bowling (703) 697–2122 (Voice), 

703–614–6233 (Facsimile), 

osd.pentagon.ousd-p-r.mbx.dacowits@

mail.mil (Email). Mailing address is 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 04J25–01, 

Alexandria, VA 22350. If a written 

statement is not received by Tuesday, 

September 4, 2018, prior to the meeting, 

which is the subject of this notice, then 

it may not be provided to or considered 

by the DACOWITS until its next open 

meeting. The DFO will review all timely 

submissions with the DACOWITS Chair 

and ensure they are provided to the 

members of the Committee. 

Dated: August 13, 2018. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Availability of the Arlington National 

Cemetery Southern Expansion Project 

and Associated Roadway Realignment 

Draft Environmental Assessment, 

Arlington, VA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District, on 

behalf of the Arlington National 

Cemetery (ANC), announces the 

availability of a Draft Environmental 

Assessment (Draft EA) for the Arlington 

National Cemetery Southern Expansion 

Project and Associated Roadway 

Realignment project, for review and 

comment. The Draft EA evaluates the 

proposal to increase the cemetery’s 

contiguous acreage, realign roadways, 

and maximize burial space by utilizing 

an area adjacent to the existing cemetery 

that includes the former Navy Annex 

site, located south of the existing 

cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. The 

cemetery has been working with the 

owners and operators of the adjacent 

road network, Arlington County and the 

Virginia Department of Transportation, 

and the Federal Highway 

Administration, on a roadway 

realignment that supports the short- and 


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long-term multimodal transportation 

system for the Commonwealth of 

Virginia and Arlington County. 

DATES: The Draft EA is available for a 

30-day review period. Written 

comments will be accepted until the 

close of business on September 22, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: The public is invited to 

submit comments to Ms. Kathy Perdue, 

Department of the Army, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, 

Planning and Policy Branch, 803 Front 

St., Norfolk, VA 23510 or via email: 

SouthernExpansion@usace.army.mil. 

The Project title and the commenter’s 

contact information should be included 

with submitted comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kathy Perdue, (757) 201–7218. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

the public involvement process, notice 

is hereby given by the USACE Norfolk 

District, on behalf of the ANC, of a 

public information meeting that will be 

held on August 22, 2018, from 5:00 to 

8:00 p.m., at the Sheraton Pentagon City 

Hotel, 900 S Orme Street, Arlington, VA 

22204. The public information meeting 

will allow participants the opportunity 

to comment and ask questions on the 

Draft EA. Attendance at the public 

meeting is not necessary to provide 

comments. Written comments may also 

be given to the contact listed under 

ADDRESSES. 

The document is available for review 

at the following locations: 

(1) The USACE Norfolk District 

Arlington National Cemetery Southern 

Expansion website: http://www.nao

.usace.army.mil/Missions/MilitaryConstruction/ANCSouthernExpansion/ 

(2) The ANC website: https://

www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/About/ 

Policies-and-Public-Notices/PublicNotices 

(3) Copies at the following Arlington 

County, Virginia Public Libraries: 

a. Arlington County Central Library, 

1015 N Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 

22201. 

b. Aurora Hills Branch Public Library, 

735 South 18th Street, Arlington, VA 

22202. 

c. Columbia Pike Branch Public 

Library, 816 South Walter Reed Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22204. 

The ANC is the lead federal agency 

for this Project, and the USACE has 

prepared the draft NEPA document on 

its behalf, assisted by the HNTB 

Corporation. The following are serving 

as cooperating agencies during the 

NEPA process: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), the National Capital Planning 

Commission (NCPC), the Virginia 

Department of Transportation (VDOT), 

and Arlington County. The ANC and the 

USACE also considered the input of 

various stakeholder organizations and 

the public. 

ANC is located within the eastern 

boundary of Arlington County, in the 

northeastern corner of the 

Commonwealth of Virginia, and at the 

western terminus of Memorial Avenue, 

directly across the Arlington Memorial 

Bridge and the Potomac River from the 

District of Columbia (Washington, DC). 

ANC is our nation’s most hallowed 

ground. This Army cemetery consists of 

624 acres and is the final resting place 

of over 400,000 service members and 

their families. The proposed Southern 

Expansion site, bounded by Washington 

Boulevard (Route 27), I–395, the VDOT 

Maintenance Complex, the Foxcroft 

Heights neighborhood, and the ANC, 

involves approximately 70 acres among 

three landowners: ANC, Arlington 

County, and VDOT. 

Proposed Action. The Proposed 

Action is to establish a single 

contiguous parcel of land south of the 

cemetery by closing and relocating local 

roadways and developing the parcel to 

increase interment capacity and 

increase multimodal transportation 

capacity on Columbia Pike. The 

contiguous parcel would be created 

through the replacement of Southgate 

Road with a new South Nash Street, and 

realignment of Columbia Pike and the 

Columbia Pike/Washington Boulevard 

interchange (adjacent to the Pentagon). 

The existing Air Force Memorial (AFM) 

would be incorporated into the 

cemetery expansion, and the existing 

Operations Complex would be relocated 

south of Columbia Pike. 

Alternatives. The Draft EA considers a 

full range of alternatives that meet the 

Proposed Action’s purpose and need, 

while avoiding and minimizing impacts 

to the maximum extent practicable. 

Alternatives were developed that 

leverage to varying degrees the Armyowned land south of Columbia Pike to 

increase contiguous space for burials 

and cemetery operational effectiveness. 

Alternatives considered in detail 

included: (1) Relocate Operations 

Complex Alternative (Preferred 

Alternative/Proposed Action); (2) 

Maintain Operations Complex with 

Tunnel Alternative; and (3) Maintain 

Operations Complex without Tunnel 

Alternative. 

Public Involvement. A Notice of Intent 

to prepare an EA was published in the 

Federal Register (81 FR 23281) on April 

20, 2016. A public NEPA scoping 

meeting was held on April 27, 2016, in 

Arlington County. 

Pursuant to the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4370, as implemented by the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 

the ANC, as the lead federal agency, has 

determined that the project does not 

have the potential to cause significant 

impacts on the human environment, 

and has developed the Draft EA to 

examine and assess the impacts of the 

Proposed Action. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Extension of Comment Period, Draft 

Waste Incidental To Reprocessing 

Evaluation for Closure of Waste 

Management Area C at the Hanford 

Site, Washington 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On June 4, 2018, the U.S. 

Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) 

published in the Federal Register a 

Notice of Availability of the Draft Waste 

Incidental to Reprocessing Evaluation 

for Closure of Waste Management Area 

C at the Hanford Site, Washington (Draft 

WIR Evaluation), which evaluates 

whether the stabilized tanks and 

ancillary structures in WMA C, as well 

as the residual material in these tanks 

and structures will meet the criteria in 

Section II.B.(2)(a) of DOE M. 435.1–1, 

Radioactive Waste Management Manual 

at closure. The original public comment 

period was from June 4, 2018 through 

September 7, 2018. This notice 

announces an extension of the public 

comment period on the Draft WIR 

Evaluation through November 7, 2018; 

any comments received after that date 

will be considered to the extent 

practical. 

DATES: The comment period in the 

Notice of Availability, published on 

June 4, 2018 (83 FR 25657), is extended 

through November 7, 2018. Any 

comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practical. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments by email to 

WMACDRAFTWIR@rl.gov. Alternately, 

written comments may also be sent by 

mail to: Mr. Jan Bovier, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of River Protection, 

P.O. Box 450, MSIN H6–60, Richland, 

WA 99354. 


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