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develop and maintain a strong and 

ready self-defense capability. 

The proposed sale of CH–47F aircraft 

will improve the Netherlands’ capability 

to meet current and future requirements 

for troop movement, medical 

evacuation, aircraft recovery, parachute 

drop, search and rescue, disaster relief, 

fire-fighting, and heavy construction 

support. The Netherlands will use the 

enhanced capability to strengthen its 

homeland defense, deter regional 

threats, and provide direct support to 

coalition and security cooperation 

efforts. The CH–47F aircraft will 

supplement and eventually replace the 

Royal Netherlands Air Force’s aging 

fleet of CH–47 helicopters. The 

Netherlands will have no difficulty 

absorbing this aircraft into its armed 

forces. 

The proposed sale of these helicopters 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The principal contractor will be the 

Boeing Helicopter Company in 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are 

no known offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of any 

additional U.S. government or 

contractor representatives to the 

Netherlands. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness or acquisition 

timelines as a result of this proposed 

sale. 

Transmittal No. 15–06 

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 CH–47F is a heavy lift, newly 

manufactured aircraft. The CH–47F has 

the Common Avionics Architecture 

System (CAAS) cockpit, which provides 

aircraft system, flight, mission, and 

communication management systems to 

the flight crew. The CAAS consist of 

two dual-redundant MIL–STD–1553B 

data busses and an Ethernet LAN 

capable of supporting both IEEE 802.3 

and ARINC 664. The CAAS includes 

five multifunction displays (MFDs), two 

general purpose processor units 

(GPPUs), two control display units 

(CDUs) and two data concentrator units 

(DCUs). The Navigation System will 

have two Embedded Global Positioning 

System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation 

System (INS) (EGIs), two Digital 

Advanced Flight Control System 

(DAFCS), one ARN–149 Automatic 

Direction Finder, one ARN–147 (VOR/ 

ILS marker Beacon System), one ARN– 

153 Tactical Airborne Navigation 

System (TACAN), and two air data 

computers, one Radar Altimeter 

systems. The communications suite 

consists of two AN/ARC–231 Multimode radios providing Very High 

Frequency (VHF) FM, VHF–AM, Ultra 

High Frequency, Have Quick II and Data 

Management Satellite Communications, 

and two AN/ARC–201D Single Channel 

Ground and Airborne Radio Systems 

(SINCGARS) with associated Internet 

Download Manager. The APX–123 

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) will 

provide the additional functionality of 

dual IFF Mode 4/5. The AN/APX–123 

Transponder will be classified Secret if 

Mode 4, or Mode 5 cryptographic key is 

loaded in the equipment. 

2. Identification and security 

classification of classified equipment, 

major components, subsystems, 

software, and technical data 

(performance, maintenance, operational 

(R&M, etc), documentation, training 

devices, and services are classified up to 

Secret. 

3. The Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) unit 

provides GPS and INS capabilities to the 

aircraft. The EGI will include Selective 

Availability anti-Spoofing Module 

(SAASM) security modules to be used 

for secure GPS PPS. 

4. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware or software in this 

proposed sale, the information could be 

used to develop countermeasures which 

might reduce weapon system 

effectiveness or be used in the 

development of a system with similar or 

advanced capabilities. 

5. A determination has been made 

that the recipient country can provide 

the same degree of protection for the 

sensitive technology being released as 

the U.S. Government. This sale is 

necessary in furtherance of the U.S. 

foreign policy and national security 

objectives outlined in the Policy 

Justification. 

6. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

Government of the Netherlands. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07515 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and 

Hearing. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Government in the Sunshine Act, 

notice is hereby given of the Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board’s (Board) 

public meeting and hearing described 

below. The Board invites any interested 

persons or groups to present any 

comments, technical information, or 

data concerning safety issues related to 

the matters to be considered. 

DATES: Session I: 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m., 

Session II: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., Session 

III: 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Session IV: 7:30 

p.m.–9:00 p.m.; April 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Walter Gerrells Performing 

Arts and Exhibition Center, 4012 

National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, New 

Mexico 88220. 

STATUS: Open. The Board has 

determined that an open meeting 

furthers the public interest underlying 

both the Government in the Sunshine 

Act and the Board’s enabling legislation. 

The proceeding is being noticed as both 

a meeting under the Government in the 

Sunshine Act and a hearing under the 

Board’s enabling legislation. At the 

conclusion of Session IV, the Board is 

expected to deliberate and then vote on 

a staff proposal. Deliberations and 

voting will proceed in accordance with 

the Board’s operating procedures 

concerning the conduct of meetings. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: In Session 

I of this public meeting and hearing, the 

Board will receive testimony from a 

senior Department of Energy (DOE) 

official regarding actions taken by DOE 

to safely recover the Waste Isolation 

Pilot Plant (WIPP) underground from 

events following a salt haul truck fire on 

February 5, 2014, and a separate 

radiological release on February 14, 

2014. Testimony is also expected to 

focus on the progress of implementation 

of corrective actions to resume safe 

waste operations. Directly following 

Session I, the Board’s staff will present 

testimony to the Board concerning 

actions taken by the Board before and 

after the two accidents, and give an 

update of ongoing Board staff oversight 

activities. During Session II, the Board 

will receive testimony from a panel of 

senior managers from DOE Office of 

Environmental Management (EM), DOE 

Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), and the 

site contractor—Nuclear Waste 

Partnership (NWP). The Board will first 

explore actions planned, and taken, by 

DOE to address the seven key elements 

in the WIPP recovery plan, and how 

compensatory measures implemented 

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response will protect workers and the 

public during recovery activities. The 

Board will also consider the issue of 

how DOE will manage external pressure 

to resume waste operations without 

compromising the safety attributes of 

the plan’s key elements. The Board will 

then examine DOE’s safety basis strategy 

for WIPP recovery operations and 

upgrades, including the criteria for 

determining whether upgrades need to 

be planned and executed as major 

modifications. This will include actions 

being taken by DOE and the site 

contractor to ensure that hazards during 

the recovery phases are properly 

analyzed in Evaluations of the Safety of 

the Situation, and controls are properly 

identified and implemented. The final 

topic in Session II concerns DOE’s 

strategy for providing adequate federal 

oversight during the recovery phase. In 

Session III, the Board will again receive 

testimony from a panel comprised of 

senior managers from DOE EM, CBFO, 

NWP, and the WIPP Accident 

Investigation Board Chairman. The 

Board will receive testimony on actions 

to correct deficiencies in key safety 

management programs such as 

emergency management, maintenance 

and engineering, fire protection, and 

nuclear safety. The Board will end 

Session III with a discussion of DOE’s 

strategy for improving the effectiveness 

of federal oversight of contractor 

activities, including specific actions to 

ensure that improvements made by the 

site contractor and DOE are sustained 

over the long term. In Session IV, the 

Board will conclude the proceeding 

with testimony from its senior staff 

regarding an update to the public on the 

Board’s proposed oversight actions 

associated with safe recovery of the 

underground, and oversight of 

corrective actions to resume and sustain 

safe waste operations. The Board is then 

expected to conduct deliberations 

concerning the staff’s proposed 

oversight plan. The meeting will 

conclude with the Board’s vote on the 

staff’s recommendation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Welch, General Manager, Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 

Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20004–2901, (800) 788– 

4016. This is a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

participation in the hearing is invited. 

The Board is setting aside time at the 

end of Sessions II and III for 

presentations and comments from the 

public. The public will be given one 

final opportunity for comment before 

the Board begins deliberations in 

Session IV. Requests to speak may be 

submitted in writing or by telephone. 

The Board asks that commenters 

describe the nature and scope of their 

oral presentations. Those who contact 

the Board prior to close of business on 

April 24, 2015, will be scheduled to 

speak at the session of the hearing most 

relevant to their presentations. At the 

beginning of the hearing, the Board will 

post a schedule for speakers at the 

entrance to the hearing room. Anyone 

who wishes to comment or provide 

technical information or data may do so 

in writing, either in lieu of, or in 

addition to, making an oral 

presentation. The Board Members may 

question presenters to the extent 

deemed appropriate. Documents will be 

accepted at the hearing or may be sent 

to the Board’s Washington, DC office. 

The Board will hold the record open 

until May 25, 2015, for the receipt of 

additional materials. The hearing will 

be presented live through Internet video 

streaming. A link to the presentation 

will be available on the Board’s Web site 

(www.dnfsb.gov). A transcript of the 

hearing, along with a DVD video 

recording, will be made available by the 

Board for inspection and viewing by the 

public at the Board’s Washington office 

and at DOE’s public reading room at the 

DOE Federal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. The Board 

specifically reserves its right to further 

schedule and otherwise regulate the 

course of the meeting and hearing, to 

recess, reconvene, postpone, or adjourn 

the meeting and hearing, conduct 

further reviews, and otherwise exercise 

its power under the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended. 

Dated: March 30, 2015. 

Jessie H. Roberson, 

Vice Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07648 Filed 3–31–15; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE CODE 3670–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2015–ICCD–0038] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application for Historically Black 

Colleges and Universities (HBCU) 

Program and Student Aid and Fiscal 

Responsibility Act (SAFRA) of 2009 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 4, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

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Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

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Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0038 

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or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

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Please note that comments submitted by 

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information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

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Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E10, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, 3, please contact Wendy 

Lawrence, 202–219–7097. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

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