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respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved this information 

collection for use under Control Number 

0704–0231 through March 31, 2025. 

DoD proposes that OMB approve an 

extension of the information collection 

requirement, to expire three years after 

the approval date. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0231, using either of the following 

methods: 

o Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

o Email: osd.dfars@mail.mil. Include 

OMB Control Number 0704–0231 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Saleemah McMillan, at 202–308–5383. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title and 

OMB Number: Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) Part 237, Service Contracting, 

associated DFARS Clauses at DFARS 

252.237, DD Form 2062, and DD Form 

2063; OMB Control Number 0704–0231. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 7,018. 

Responses Per Respondent: 3.8. 

Annual Responses: 26,564. 

Average Burden Per Response: 1.01 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 26,738. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection is used for the following 

purposes— 

a. The information collected pursuant 

to paragraph (c) of the solicitation 

provision at DFARS 252.237–7000, 

Notice of Special Standards of 

Responsibility, is used to verify that the 

offeror is properly licensed in the state 

or other political jurisdiction in which 

the offeror operates its professional 

practice. 

b. The contract clause at DFARS 

252.237–7011, Preparation History; the 

DD Form 2062, Record of Preparation 

and Disposition of Remains (Outside 

CONUS); and the DD Form 2063, Record 

of Preparation and Disposition of 

Remains (Within CONUS) are used to 

verify that the deceased’s remains have 

been properly cared for by the mortuary 

contractor. 

c. The written plan required by the 

solicitation provision at DFARS 

252.237–7024, Notice of Continuation of 

Essential Contractor Services, submitted 

by offerors concurrently with the 

proposal or offer, allows the contracting 

officer to assess the offeror’s capability 

to continue providing contractually 

required services to support the DoD 

component’s mission-essential 

functions during periods of crisis. 

d. The information collected pursuant 

to the contract clause at DFARS 

252.237–7023, Continuation of Essential 

Contractor Services, allows the 

contracting officer to provide approval 

of updates to the contractor’s plan 

provided under the provision at DFARS 

252.237–7024, to ensure that the 

contractor can continue to provide 

services in support of the DoD 

component’s required mission-essential 

functions during crisis situations. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

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BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2024–OS–0118] 

Personnel Demonstration Project at 

the Defense Health Agency, Research 

and Development Science and 

Technology Reinvention Laboratory 

(STRL) 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)), 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This serves as notice of the 

proposed adoption of an STRL 

personnel demonstration project plan 

and additional flexibilities by the 

Defense Health Agency, Research and 

Development (DHA R&D), a DoD STRL. 

DHA R&D is an STRL comprised of 

medical research organizations that 

were formerly components of Military 

Department organizations, including the 

U.S. Army Medical Research and 

Development Command (USAMRDC), a 

successor to the U.S. Army Medical 

Research and Material Command 

(USAMRMC). The DHA R&D proposes 

to adopt the personnel demonstration 

project plan of the USAMRDC at the 

Federal Register issue of March 3, 1998. 

In addition, DHA R&D proposes to 

adopt certain personnel flexibilities 

available to all DoD STRLs. 

DATES: This proposal may not be 

implemented until a 30-day comment 

period is provided, comments 

addressed, and a final Federal Register 

notice published. To be considered, 

written comments must be submitted on 

or before December 13, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 

24, Suite 05F16, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• DHA R&D STRL: Linda Krout, 301– 

619–7276, linda.j.krout.civ@health.mil. 

• Office of Under Secretary of 

Defense (Research and Engineering), 

DoD Laboratories, Defense Research 

Enterprise: Julia Parakkat, 703–625– 

5768, julia.b.parakkat.civ@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 4121 of title 10, United States 

Code (U.S.C.), the Secretary of Defense 

is authorized to conduct personnel 

demonstration projects at laboratories 

designated as DoD STRLs. DoD STRLs 

must have an approved personnel 

demonstration project plan published in 

an FRN and fulfill any collective 

bargaining obligations before 

implementing the demonstration project 

or adopting the flexibilities available to 

other DoD STRL demonstration projects. 

In implementing this plan, DHA R&D 

will establish internal operating 

procedures as appropriate. 

1. Background 

A personnel demonstration project 

was implemented at the USAMRMC in 

accordance with the plan at 63 FR 

10440 (March 3, 1998). In 2019, the 

USAMRMC was redesignated as the 

USAMRDC and the personnel 

demonstration project notice at 63 FR 

10440 was updated through a minor 

modification on August 30, 2019, to 

reflect this change. On May 5, 2024, 


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following the transfer of USAMRDC 

components to DHA R&D, the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Science and Technology Foundations 

designated DHA R&D as a DoD STRL. 

DHA R&D has implemented the 

USAMRDC personnel demonstration 

project authorities for the DHA R&D 

components that were formerly 

subordinate components of USAMRDC. 

This notice proposes to implement the 

personnel demonstration project for all 

DHA R&D components by adopting the 

USAMRDC personnel demonstration 

project plan and other flexibilities 

available to all DoD STRLs. 

The purpose of the demonstration 

project is to demonstrate that the 

effectiveness of DoD organizations can 

be enhanced by allowing greater 

managerial control over personnel 

functions and, at the same time, expand 

the opportunities available to employees 

through a more responsive and flexible 

personnel system. 

2. DHA R&D Personnel Demonstration 

Project Plan 

The demonstration project will cover 

approximately 1,224 DHA R&D 

positions. Approximately 59 percent of 

covered positions are at the following 

DHA R&D organizations located at Fort 

Detrick, Maryland: Medical Research 

and Development, Telemedicine and 

Advanced Technology Research, 

Medical Research Institute of Infectious 

Disease, Medical Research Acquisition 

Activity, and Medical Materiel 

Development Activity. The remaining 

positions are at the following sites: 

Medical Research Institute of Chemical 

Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 

Maryland; Walter Reed Institute of 

Research, Forest Glen, Silver Spring, 

Maryland; Institute of Surgical Research 

and the Burn Center Directorate, Joint 

Base San Antonio, Texas. The majority 

of these positions transferred to DHA 

R&D from USAMRDC. DHA R&D has 

successfully implemented the 

USAMRDC personnel demonstration 

project authorities for DHA R&D 

components that were formerly 

subordinate organizations of 

USAMRDC. Based on experience gained 

and following careful consideration, 

DHA R&D has determined to conduct a 

personnel demonstration project for all 

DHA R&D components by adopting the 

USAMRDC personnel demonstration 

project plan and other flexibilities 

available to all DoD STRLs. 

The DHA R&D will adopt the 

USAMRDC Personnel Demonstration 

Project plan outlined in 63 FR 10440 

(March 3, 1998), including the following 

modifications approved pursuant to 

DoD Instruction 3201.05: minor 

modification to administrative 

occupational family, DJ 03 and 04 band 

structure of occupational series 1102 

only (February 3, 2011); minor 

modification to pay for performance 

payment timeframe (January 5, 2018); 

minor modification to participating 

occupational series (November 28, 

2022). Upon implementation of this 

personnel demonstration project, DHA 

R&D will also adopt the following 

flexibilities that are available to all DoD 

STRLs: 

• 89 FR 44648 (May 21, 2024) 

• 88 FR 10874 (February 22, 2023) 

• 87 FR 72462 (November 25, 2022) 

• 87 FR 58334 (September 26, 2022) 

• 87 FR 40200 (July 6, 2022) 

• 85 FR 78829 (December 7, 2020) 

• 85 FR 5639 (January 31, 2020) 

• 82 FR 43339 (September 15, 2017) 

• 82 FR 29280 (June 28, 2017) 

• 79 FR 43722 (July 28, 2014) 

• 78 FR 29335 (May 20, 2013) 

Dated: November 7, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

[BPA File No.: TC–26] 

Proposed Modifications to Open 

Access Transmission Tariff; Public 

Hearing and Opportunities for Public 

Review and Comment 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (Bonneville), 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and 

opportunity to review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Bonneville is initiating a 

proceeding pursuant to Bonneville’s 

open access transmission tariff (Tariff) 

and the Federal Power Act to modify the 

non-rate terms and conditions for 

transmission, ancillary, and 

interconnection services in the Tariff. 

The proposed modifications will be 

effective on October 1, 2025. Bonneville 

has designated this proceeding Docket 

No. TC–26. 

DATES: 

Prehearing Conference: The 

prehearing conference in the TC–26 

proceeding will be held on November 

15, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. The ADDRESSES

section of this notice provides details on 

participating in the prehearing 

conference. 

Intervention: Petitions to intervene in 

the TC–26 proceeding must be filed on 

Bonneville’s secure website no later 

than 4:30 p.m. on December 3, 2024. 

Part III of this notice, ‘‘Public 

Participation in TC–26,’’ provides 

details on requesting access to the 

secure website and filing a petition to 

intervene. 

Participant Comments: Written 

comments by non-party participants 

must be received by December 5, 2024, 

to be considered in the Hearing Officer’s 

recommended decision and the 

Administrator’s Record of Decision 

(ROD). See Part III of this notice for 

more information about submitting 

participant comments. 

ADDRESSES: 

Prehearing Conference: The 

prehearing conference in the TC–26 

proceeding will be held in the 

Bonneville Rates Hearing Room, 1201 

NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 200, 

Portland, Oregon 97232. Interested 

parties may attend in person or 

participate virtually via WebEx. The 

WebEx information will be available on 

Bonneville’s TC–26 tariff proceeding 

web page at https://www.bpa.gov/tc26 

or from the Hearing Clerk at TC26clerk@

gmail.com. 

Intervention: Anyone intending to 

become a party to the TC–26 tariff 

proceeding must file a petition to 

intervene on Bonneville’s secure 

website. Petitions to intervene may be 

filed beginning on the date of 

publication of this notice and are due no 

later than 4:30 p.m. on December 3, 

2024. Part III of this notice, ‘‘Public 

Participation in TC–26,’’ provides 

details on requesting access to the 

secure website and filing a petition to 

intervene. 

Participant Comments: Written 

comments by non-party participants 

may be submitted through Bonneville’s 

website at www.bpa.gov/comment or by 

hard copy to: BPA Public Involvement, 

Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. 

Box 14428, Portland, Oregon 97293. Part 

III of this notice, ‘‘Public Participation 

in TC–26,’’ provides details on 

submitting participant comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elissa Haley, DKS–7, BPA 

Communications, Bonneville Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 14428, 

Portland, Oregon 97293; by phone tollfree at 1–800–622–4519; or by email to 

enhaley@bpa.gov. 

The Hearing Clerk for this proceeding 

can be reached via email at TC26clerk@

gmail.com or via telephone at (503) 

479–8506. 

Please direct questions regarding 

Bonneville’s secure website to the 

Hearing Coordinator via email at 

cwgriffen@bpa.gov or, if the question is 


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