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Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael R. Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 

785–6404, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Deletions 

On 12/15/2024, the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind 

or Severely Disabled published notice of 

proposed deletions from the 

Procurement List. This notice is 

published pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 

8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. 

After consideration of the relevant 

matter presented, the Committee has 

determined that the product(s) listed 

below are no longer suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 

51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities. 

2. The action may result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

product(s)) to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the product(s) and 

service(s) deleted from the Procurement 

List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following product(s) 

are deleted from the Procurement List: 

Product(s) 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

7520–01–529–1850—Pen, Ball Point, 

Retractable, Refillable, Americana, 

Medium Point, Black Ink 

Designated Source of Supply: Industries for 

the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc., 

West Allis, WI 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FAS ADMIN 

SVCS ACQUISITION BR 2, NEW YORK, 

NY 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

7510–01–591–5821—Tape, Duct, Premium 

Grade, Waterproof, 3′′ x 60 yd, 

Camouflage 

Designated Source of Supply: CINCINNATI 

ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND 

VISUALLY IMPAIRED, Cincinnati, OH 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FAS ADMIN 

SVCS ACQUISITION BR 2, NEW YORK, 

NY 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

8520–01–691–2733—Advanced Instant 

Hand Sanitizer, Green Certified Gel, 64 

oz 

Designated Source of Supply: Travis 

Association for the Blind, Austin, TX 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FSS GREATER 

SOUTHWEST ACQUISITI, FORT 

WORTH, TX 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

8115–01–544–2416—Kit, Humanitarian 

Airdrop, Tri-Wall Aerial Distribution 

System (TRIADS) 

8115–01–582–2197—Kit, TRIADS, 

Modified 

Designated Source of Supply: Tarrant County 

Association for the Blind, Fort Worth, 

TX 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FAS ADMIN 

SVCS ACQUISITION BR(2, NEW YORK, 

NY 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Acting Director, Business Operations. 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed deletions from the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to delete product(s) from the 

Procurement List that were furnished by 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before: February 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to submit 

comments contact: Michael R. 

Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 785–6404, 

or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Deletions 

The following product(s) are proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List: 

Product(s) 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

7105–00–269–8463—Chair, Metal Folding 

7105–00–663–8475—Chair, Metal Padded 

Folding 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FAS FURNITURE 

SYSTEMS MGT DIV, PHILADELPHIA, 

PA 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

8465–01–481–4448—Cover, Field-Pack, 

Camouflage, White 

Designated Source of Supply: Human 

Technologies Corporation, Utica, NY 

Contracting Activity: DLA TROOP SUPPORT, 

PHILADELPHIA, PA 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Acting Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00989 Filed 1–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Business Board; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary 

of Defense, Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that the following 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Defense Business Board (‘‘the 

Board’’) will take place. 

DATES: Closed to the public February 6, 

2024 from 9:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 1:20 

p.m. to 4:50 p.m., and from 5:00 p.m. to 

7:05 p.m. and on February 7, 2024 from 

9:20 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. Open to the 

public February 6 from 12:30 p.m. to 

1:15 p.m. All Eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The open and closed 

portions of the meeting will be in room 

M2 of the Pentagon Library Conference 

Center, Nunn-Lugar Conference Room 

and 4D880 in the Pentagon, and at the 

U.S. Department of State, Washington 

DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cara Allison Marshall, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) of the Board in 

writing at Defense Business Board, 1155 

Defense Pentagon, Room 5B1088A, 

Washington, DC 20301–1155; or by 

email at cara.l.allisonmarshall.civ@

mail.mil; or by phone at 703–614–1834. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of chapter 10 of title 5, 

United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 

Committee Act’’ or ‘‘FACA’’), 5 U.S.C. 

552b (commonly known as the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’), 

and 41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The mission 

of the Board is to examine and advise 


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the Secretary of Defense on overall DoD 

management and governance. The Board 

provides independent, strategic-level, 

private sector and academic advice and 

counsel on enterprise-wide business 

management approaches and best 

practices for business operations and 

achieving National Defense goals. 

Agenda: The Board will begin in 

closed session on February 6 from 9:15 

a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The DFO will begin

the closed session followed by a

welcome by Board Chair, Hon. Deborah

James. The Board will receive a

classified discussion on the DoD Budget

from Hon. Kathleen Hicks, Deputy

Secretary of Defense. The discussion

will cover the DoD priorities and

considerations that helped to shape its

request as part of the President’s budget

request for fiscal year 2025. Next the

Board will receive a classified

discussion on the DoD Audit and

Incremental Progress from Hon. Michael

McCord. This session will include an

overview of the latest DoD Audit,

progress to date, and the path forward.

Discussion will include current

obstacles and recommended courses of

action from business leaders. The DFO

will adjourn the closed session. After a

lunch break, the Board will meet in

open session from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15

p.m. The DFO will open the public

session followed by a welcome by the

Board Chair. The Board will receive a

presentation on the Board study,

Creating a Digital Ecosystem Study from

Mr. Stan Soloway, Chair, Business

Transformation Subcommittee. During

this session, the Subcommittee will

brief the Board on the findings,

observations, and recommendations it

compiled as part of a recent study on

ways to leverage digital ecosystems to

harness the power of data to aid

decision-making and risk analysis

through simulation and advanced

computing.

The DFO will then adjourn the open 

session. The Board will reconvene in 

closed session from 1:20 p.m. to 4:50 

p.m. The DFO will begin the closed

session followed by a welcome by the

Board Chair. The Board will receive a

classified discussion on the State of the

Workforce—Recruiting, Training, and

Retention, Obstacles, and Solutions

from Sergeant Major Troy E. Black,

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman

of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The

conversation is expected to delve into

the multifaceted aspects of managing a

contemporary workforce, addressing

challenges in recruiting talent in the

current environment, implementing

effective training programs, and

devising retention strategies. Discussion

will focus on identifying obstacles such

as changing workforce expectations, 

skill gaps to address future needs per 

the National Security Strategy and 

exploring innovative solutions to foster 

a resilient and high-performing 

workforce. Next the Board will receive 

a classified discussion on DoD Current 

Affairs from Hon. Lloyd Austin, 

Secretary of Defense. This session is 

expected to focus on the state of the 

current global security environment and 

its implications for current and future 

business operations. Following, the 

Board will receive a classified 

discussion on Current Operations, Crisis 

Action Planning, and Adaptive Decision 

Making in Dynamic Environments from 

LTG Douglass A. Sims II, Army, Director 

of Operations. This forum will explore 

the intersection of military operations 

and corporate crisis management, 

highlighting the parallels between the 

principles of current operations, crisis 

action planning, and adaptive decisionmaking in both contexts. Through this 

exploration, participants can gain 

valuable insights into proactive crisis 

management, strategic preparedness for 

‘‘black swan’’ events, and the 

cultivation of an agile organizational 

culture that is capable of navigating 

complex and rapidly changing 

landscapes. The DFO will adjourn the 

closed session. The Board will 

transition to the Air Force Mess for their 

final closed session on February 6. The 

DFO will begin the closed session 

followed by remarks by Board Chair, 

Hon Deborah James and Deputy 

Secretary, Hon. Kathleen Hicks. Next, 

the Board will hear a classified update 

by the Defense Advanced Research 

Projects Agency (DARPA) from Dr. 

Stefanie Tompkins, Director. This 

discussion focuses on any significant 

updates from DARPA in support of the 

National Security Strategy, how they 

have a different remit from the DoD, and 

what best business practices could be 

imported to the rest of the DoD. The 

DFO will adjourn the closed session. 

The Board will meet in closed session 

February 7 from 9:20 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. 

The DFO will begin the closed session 

followed by the Chair’s welcome. Next 

the Board will receive a classified 

Briefing on State Department (DoS) 

Business Operations/Management in 

Support of Current Efforts from Richard 

Verma, Deputy Secretary of State for 

Management and Resources. This 

discussion will focus on differences 

between DoD, DoS, and business 

operations management, and DoD and 

DoS unity of effort to achieve combined 

effects both militarily and 

diplomatically. The DFO will then 

adjourn the closed session. 

The latest version of the agenda will 

be available on the Board’s website at: 

https://dbb.dod.afpims.mil/Meetings/ 

Meeting-February-2024/. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) and 41 CFR 102– 

3.155, it is hereby determined that the 

February 6–7 meeting of the Board will 

include classified information and other 

matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) 

and that, accordingly, portions of the 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

This determination is based on the 

consideration that it is expected that 

discussions throughout the closed 

portions will involve classified matters 

of national security. 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 these 

portions of the meeting. To permit these 

portions of the meeting to be open to the 

public would preclude discussion of 

such matters and would greatly 

diminish the ultimate utility of the 

Board’s findings and recommendations 

to the Secretary of Defense and the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense. Pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 41 CFR 102– 

3.140, the portion of the meeting on 

February 6 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. 

is open to the public virtually. Persons 

desiring to attend the public sessions 

are required to register. To attend the 

public sessions, submit your name, 

affiliation/organization, telephone 

number, and email contact information 

to the Board at 

osd.pentagon.odam.mbx.defensebusiness-board@mail.mil. Requests to 

attend the public sessions must be 

received no later than 4:00 p.m. on 

Friday, February 2, 2024. Upon receipt 

of this information, the Board will 

provide further instructions for virtually 

attending the meeting. 

Written Comments and Statements: 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140 and 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) of the 

FACA, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments or statements to the Board in 

response to the stated agenda of the 

meeting or regarding the Board’s 

mission in general. Written comments 

or statements should be submitted to 

Ms. Cara Allison Marshall, the DFO, via 

electronic mail (the preferred mode of 

submission) at the address listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Each page of the comment or 

statement must include the author’s 

name, title or affiliation, address, and 

daytime phone number. The DFO must 

receive written comments or statements 

submitted in response to the agenda set 

forth in this notice by Friday, February 


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2, 2024, to be considered by the Board. 

The DFO will review all timely 

submitted written comments or 

statements with the Board Chair and 

ensure the comments are provided to all 

members of the Board before the 

meeting. Written comments or 

statements received after this date may 

not be provided to the Board until its 

next scheduled meeting. Please note 

that all submitted comments and 

statements will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including, but not 

limited to, being posted on the Board’s 

website. 

Dated: January 12, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00961 Filed 1–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration 

Notice of Availability of Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Surplus Plutonium Disposition 

Program 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Nuclear 

Security Administration (NNSA), a 

semi-autonomous agency within the 

Department of Energy (DOE), announces 

the availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program 

(SPDP EIS) (DOE/EIS–0549) in 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). NNSA prepared the Final SPDP 

EIS to evaluate the potential 

environmental impacts of dispositioning 

34 metric tons (MT) of surplus 

plutonium. 

DATES: NNSA will not issue a Record of 

Decision (ROD) on the proposal for a 

minimum of 30 days after the date that 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) publishes its Notice of 

Availability (NOA) in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for additional 

information related to the EIS should be 

sent by email to SPDP-EIS@

nnsa.doe.gov or to Ms. Maxcine Maxted, 

NEPA Document Manager, National 

Nuclear Security Administration, Office 

of Material Management and 

Minimization, P.O. Box A, Bldg. 730– 

2B, Rm. 328, Aiken, SC 29802. 

The SPDP EIS is available on the 

internet at: https://www.energy.gov/ 

nnsa/nnsa-nepa-reading-room and 

https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis0549-surplus-plutonium-dispositionprogram. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this notice, 

please contact Ms. Maxcine Maxted, 

NEPA Document Manager, National 

Nuclear Security Administration, Office 

of Material Management and 

Minimization, P.O. Box A, Bldg. 730– 

2B, Rm. 328, Aiken, SC 29802; phone: 

(803) 952–7434; email: SPDP-EIS@

nnsa.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

NNSA prepared the SPDP EIS 

pursuant to NEPA (Title 42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq.), the Council on Environmental 

Quality’s NEPA regulations (40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508), and the DOE NEPA 

implementing procedures (10 CFR part 

1021). NNSA’s previous NEPA reviews 

and decisions regarding the disposition 

of surplus plutonium are summarized in 

Section 1.1 of the SPDP EIS. The 

following paragraphs describe recent 

developments relevant to the scope of 

the SPDP EIS. 

In 2015, NNSA completed the Surplus 

Plutonium Disposition Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SPD 

Supplemental EIS) (DOE/EIS–0283–S2). 

In the SPD Supplemental EIS, NNSA 

evaluated the environmental impacts of 

alternatives for dispositioning 13.1 MT 

of surplus plutonium (7.1 MT of pit and 

6 MT of non-pit) for which a disposition 

path had not been assigned. The 

alternatives evaluated in the 2015 SPD 

Supplemental EIS included the Mixed 

Oxide (MOX) Fuel Alternative, the 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) 

Alternative, and two variations of waste 

immobilization. In addition, NNSA 

evaluated four options for pit 

disassembly and conversion (pit 

disassembly and conversion is 

equivalent to pit disassembly and 

processing [PDP] as used in this Notice 

and the SPDP EIS) using facilities at the 

Savannah River Site (SRS) and Los 

Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). In 

2015, NNSA announced that its 

preferred alternative for disposition of 

the six MT of non-pit surplus plutonium 

evaluated in the SPD Supplemental EIS 

was to prepare the non-pit surplus 

plutonium for eventual disposal at the 

WIPP facility in Carlsbad, New Mexico 

(80 FR 80348, December 24, 2015). In a 

2016 ROD, NNSA announced a decision 

to disposition the six MT of non-pit 

surplus plutonium by downblending it 

with an adulterant (downblending is a 

process equivalent to dilution in the 

dilute and dispose strategy as used in 

the SPDP EIS), packaging it as defenserelated contact-handled transuranic 

(CH–TRU) waste, and shipping it to the 

WIPP facility for disposal (81 FR 19588). 

In the 2016 ROD, NNSA did not make 

a decision about the disposition of the 

7.1 MT of pit plutonium or about the 

various options for pit disassembly and 

conversion that were analyzed in the 

2015 SPD Supplemental EIS. 

In 2016, NNSA, partnering with the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

developed an independent cost estimate 

for the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility 

(MFFF) project and concluded that the 

cost of the project, upon completion of 

construction, would be approximately 

$17 billion and construction would not 

be complete until 2048. Congress 

directed NNSA to prepare a lifecycle 

cost estimate for disposal of surplus 

plutonium using the same approach 

announced for the six MT, now referred 

to as the dilute and dispose strategy. 

The completed cost estimate indicated 

that the estimate-to-complete lifecycle 

cost of the dilute and dispose strategy 

would be substantially lower than the 

cost to complete the MOX project. In 

response, the Secretary of Energy halted 

construction of the MOX fuel project in 

May 2018 by waiving the requirement to 

use funds for construction and support 

activities for the MFFF per the National 

Defense Authorization Act. In a letter 

dated May 10, 2018, the Secretary of 

Energy certified that ‘‘the remaining 

lifecycle cost for the dilute and dispose 

strategy will be less than approximately 

half of the estimated remaining lifecycle 

cost of the MOX fuel program.’’ On 

October 10, 2018, NNSA issued a notice 

terminating the contract for construction 

of MFFF. On February 8, 2019, the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

terminated the construction license for 

MFFF (NRC 2019). NNSA is preparing 

this SPDP EIS to evaluate alternatives 

for disposition of the 34 MT of surplus 

plutonium previously designated for 

disposition using the MOX fuel program 

that no longer has a disposition path. 

In 2020, NNSA prepared a 

Supplement Analysis (SA) based on the 

analysis presented in the 2015 SPD 

Supplemental EIS. NNSA determined 

that disposition of 7.1 MT of non-pit 

surplus plutonium was not a substantial 

change in the action analyzed in the 

2015 SPD Supplemental EIS to 

disposition 7.1 MT of pit plutonium via 

the WIPP Alternative and that the 

environmental impacts had been 

sufficiently analyzed. NNSA 

subsequently issued an Amended ROD 


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