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The charter and contact information for 

the DHB’s Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) are found at https://

www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/ 

FACAPublicAgencyNavigation. 

The DHB provides independent 

advice and recommendations to 

maximize the safety and quality of, as 

well as access to, health care for DoD 

health care beneficiaries. The DHB will 

focus on matters pertaining to: (a) DoD 

health care policy and program 

management; (b) the delivery of highquality health care services to DoD 

beneficiaries; (c) the promotion of 

health, wellness, and prevention within 

the DoD; (d) the treatment of disease 

and injury by the DoD; (e) health 

research priorities; and (f) other healthrelated matters of special interest to the 

DoD, as determined by the Secretary of 

Defense of the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense (‘‘the DoD Appointing 

Authority’’), or the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(USD(P&R)). All DHB work will be in 

response to written terms of reference 

(ToR) approved by the DoD Appointing 

Authority or the USD(P&R), unless 

otherwise provided in statute or 

Presidential directive. 

The DHB shall be composed of no 

more than 20 members, and as 

determined by the DoD Appointing 

Authority, the DHB’s total parent-level 

and subcommittee-level membership 

cannot exceed 50 members unless 

otherwise directed by the DoD 

Appointing Authority. Membership will 

consist of private and public health care 

leaders with a diversity of background, 

experience, and thought in support of 

the DHB mission in one or more of the 

following disciplines: health systems, 

clinical health care, infectious disease, 

public health, trauma medicine, 

beneficiary representation, heal the 

informatics, patient care safety/quality 

care, neuroscience, and/or behavioral 

health. 

The appointment or designation of 

DHB members to the DHB shall be 

approved by the DoD Appointing 

Authority for a term of service of oneto-four years, with annual renewals, in 

accordance with DoD policy and 

procedures. No member, unless 

approved by the DoD Appointing 

Authority, may serve more than two 

consecutive terms of service on the 

DHB, to include its subcommittees, or 

serve on more than two DoD Federal 

advisory committees at one time. The 

DoD Appointing Authority shall appoint 

the DHB’s leadership from among the 

membership previously approved to 

serve on the DHB, in accordance with 

DoD policy and procedures, for a 

leadership term of service of one-to-two 

years, with annual renewal, not to 

exceed the member’s approved DHB 

appointment. 

DHB members who are not full-time 

or permanent part-time Federal civilian 

officers or employees, or active-duty 

members of the Uniformed Services, 

shall be appointed as experts or 

consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to 

serve as special government employee 

(SGE) members. DHB members who are 

full-time or permanent part-time Federal 

civilian officers or employees, or activeduty members of the Uniformed 

Services, shall be designated pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a) to serve as 

regular government employee (RGE) 

members. The DoD Appointing 

Authority shall appoint the DHB’s 

leadership from among the membership 

previously approved to serve on the 

DHB in accordance with DoD policy and 

procedures, for a term of service of oneto-two years, with annual renewal, 

which shall not exceed the member’s 

approved DHB appointment or 

designation. 

DHB members are appointed or 

designated to exercise their own best 

judgment on behalf of the DoD, without 

representing any particular points of 

view, and to discuss and deliberate in 

a manner that is free from conflicts of 

interest. Except for reimbursement of 

official DHB-related travel and per 

diem, DHB members serve without 

compensation. 

The public or interested organizations 

may submit written statements to the 

DHB about the DHB’s mission and 

functions. Written statements may be 

submitted at any time or in response to 

the stated agenda of planned meeting of 

the DHB. All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the DHB, and 

this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Dated: November 25, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28059 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent for Naval Station 

Newport Water and Wastewater 

Infrastructure Divestment 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DON), 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The DON (or ‘‘Government’’) 

is issuing this solicitation to enter into 

a land conveyance agreement 

(‘‘Solicitation’’) to convey Naval Station 

Newport’s (‘‘NS Newport’’) water and 

wastewater infrastructure, located in 

Newport, RI. The Navy is investigating 

the use of the Exchange Pilot Authority 

to execute a long-term divestment 

strategy for the water and wastewater 

infrastructure at Naval Station Newport. 

The DON vision is to divest of the 

Government owned class II property via 

a Bill of Sale, then enter into a mutually 

beneficial real estate agreement 

containing the easement area for the 

utilities traversing the DON property, 

whereby an interested eligible party 

maintains the infrastructure and 

provides water and wastewater services 

to the installation, Government entities 

and surrounding community via a 

Utility Service Contract. In-Kind 

Consideration (IKC) will be provided to 

the DON in the form of credit towards 

the water and wastewater bill. 

DATES: The Secretary concerned shall 

submit a copy of the Federal Registrar 

notice to ASD(S) no later than 7 

calendar days prior to notification. 

Request for Proposals (RFP) will be 

released to SAM.gov on December 13, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Command NAVFAC MIDLANT 

NORFOLK, Attn: Heather Stadler, 

Deputy Director Real Estate Division, 

757–341–2000 heather.m.stadler2.civ@

us.navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DON is 

seeking a potential offer to demonstrate 

the following qualifications in response 

to the Request for Proposal. Summary of 

relevant experience, past and present 

performance, financial information/ 

history, as well as Development Plan 

and Maintenance and Management 

Capability. The submitted information 

will assist DON in selecting one offeror 

to move forward into exclusive and 

technical negotiations. The following 

entities have been identified as potential 

offerors due to their response to the 

Request For Information (RFI), released 

on March 8, 2024: American Water, 

Carver Water, and ASUS. 

Naval Station Newport, on behalf of 

DON, is currently responsible for the 

operation, maintenance, distribution, 

and capital improvements of the 

Installation’s Potable Water and 

Wastewater Infrastructure. Due to 

limited manpower, funding, and 

utilization, the Business Case Analysis 

(BCA) determined it is the best interest 

of DON to divest these assets and 

associated operations to an eligible 

entity willing and able to enter into an 


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Exchange Agreement with the DON. The 

infrastructure proposed is owned by the 

Government, who is responsible for the 

operation and maintenance. The Navy 

infrastructure ties into larger City of 

Newport (‘‘City’’)-operated systems, and 

the City provides water and wastewater 

services to both Government and private 

customers. The underlying property is 

primarily owned by the DON, but 

exceptions exist where the DON is 

required to provide services on nonGovernment owned land or where DON 

infrastructure runs on or through nonGovernment owned land to connect 

with the City provider of potable water 

and wastewater treatment or provide 

services to private customers. The DON 

will continue operating under its 

agreements with the City for purchase of 

the commodities, particularly related to 

its rate determinations and allowable 

allocations. 

The DON expects the selected offeror 

to acquire the utility infrastructure and 

approximately 464.44 acres of property 

surrounding the system. 

The potable water distribution 

infrastructure consists of two separate 

licensed potable infrastructure that are 

regulated by the Rhode Island 

Department of Health (RIDOH). These 

two infrastructures are for the Main 

Base and Fort Adams. The infrastructure 

consists of approximately 55 miles of 

distribution piping, four fire pump 

stations and four underground 

reservoirs. Potable water is purchased 

from the City of Newport through 

metered connections. 

The water infrastructure consists of 

the following components: 

• Four (4) fire pumping stations; 

• Four (4) underground reservoirs; 

• 520 fire hydrants; 

• 3,000 valves; and 

• 55 miles of potable water line. 

The Naval Station Newport 

wastewater collection and pumping 

system includes systems across the 

installation serving Coasters Harbor 

Island, Coddington Cove, Coddington 

Point, the Naval Undersea Warfare 

Center (NUWC), Navy Housing, and 

other activities. There are a total of 15 

service areas that make up the sanitary 

sewer collection system. Additionally, 

sewage flows from private customers 

that purchase water directly from the 

municipality and are directed to the 

NAVSTA sanitary sewer system. The 

sewer collection system consists of 

approximately 33 miles of gravity lines, 

six miles of force mains, and 15 pump 

stations. Wastewater is discharged 

through three main connections to the 

City of Newport. These are pump 

stations 48 (Coddington Cove), 68 

(Training Station), and 338 (Coddington 

Point). The average sewage flow for 

Naval Station Newport is approximately 

1 million gallons per day. Naval Station 

Newport purchases all of its wastewater 

treatment services from the City of 

Newport. 

The City of Newport recently 

completed a $35M+ capital 

improvement project at the wastewater 

treatment plant facility and the Navy 

provided funding in the amount of 

$5.863M in FY20 for the Navy 

proportional share of these 

improvements. 

The wastewater collection 

infrastructure can be broken down as 

follows: 

• 33 miles of gravity service mains; 

• six miles of force mains; 

• 790 manholes; and 

• 16 pump stations. 

Minimum Fair Market Value: An 

appraisal will be completed by the 

Selected Offeror during Phase II of the 

RFP in accordance with the Uniform 

Standards of Professional Appraisal 

Practice (USPAP) and reviewed by a 

government appraiser. The appraisal 

will be completed after the survey of the 

infrastructure has been accepted and 

will establish the minimum fair market 

value. 

Authority: Under the use of 10 U.S.C 

2869, Exchange of Property at Military 

Installations, as further amended by 

section 2862 for the William M. ‘‘Mac’’ 

Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal 

Year 2021, as implemented by the Office 

of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

(Sustainment) Memo, ‘‘Establishment of 

Pilot Program to Expand Real Property 

Exchange Authority’’, dated 30 June 

2021, the DON is investigating the 

divestment of the water and wastewater 

infrastructure at Naval Station Newport. 

In exchange, DON is seeking IKC, as 

authorized under the authority, to 

include the five-year pilot program, to 

exercise temporary expanded real 

property exchange authority to accept 

installation support services (as defined 

in 10 U.S.C. 2679(f)). 

Dated: November 25, 2024. 

A.J. Gioiello, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28030 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; 

Correction Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting, 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On November 20, 2024, the 

Department of Energy published a 

notice of open meeting announcing a 

meeting on December 10, 2024, of the 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 

(SEAB). This document makes a 

location and time correction to that 

notice. The meeting will now be held 

from 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. EDT with virtual 

attendance only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Borak, Designated Federal 

Officer; U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: 

(202) 586–5216 or Email: seab@

hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Corrections 

1. In the Federal Register of 

November 20, 2024, in FR Doc. 2024– 

27102, on page 89 FR 91722, starting in 

the second column, correct the DATES

caption to read: 

DATES: Tuesday, December 10, 2024; 

11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. 

2. On page 89 FR 91722, starting in 

the second column, correct the 

ADDRESSES caption to read: 

ADDRESSES: This meeting is open to the 

public virtually. Registration is required 

by registering at the SEAB meeting page 

at: www.energy.gov/seab/seab-meetings. 

3. On page 89 FR 91722, starting in 

the third column, correct the Tentative 

Agenda to read: 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting will 

start at 11:45 a.m. Eastern Time on 

December 10, 2024. The tentative 

meeting agenda includes: roll call, 

remarks from the SEAB chair, 

discussion of the SEAB report on 

artificial intelligence and permitting, 

and public comment. The meeting will 

conclude at approximately 1 p.m. 

Meeting materials can be found here: 

www.energy.gov/seab/seab-meetings. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

November 22, 2024, by Alyssa Petit, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 


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