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shorefront along the Rockaway 

Peninsula which separates the Atlantic 

Ocean from Jamaica Bay immediately to 

the north. 

3. USACE Decision Making 

Developing the alternatives 

formulation, engineering design and 

environmental consequences 

assessment into a single GRR/EIS allows 

the New York District to 

comprehensively evaluate the project as 

a system. However, the USACE 

acknowledges that the shorefront and 

back-bay segments may not 

concurrently be ready for a 

recommendation. The shorefront 

portion of the project has undergone 

extensive alternatives analysis, while 

the back-bay re-evaluation process is in 

its earlier stages. Additionally, the 

shorefront measures being evaluated 

have been the subject of considerable 

public and agency coordination while 

these essential coordination efforts have 

not been completed for the back-bay 

alternatives. 

As a result, the Corps will develop the 

HSGRR/EIS evaluating the entire area, 

but will tier the decisions (i.e., issue 

separate records of decision) on the 

respective areas. This decision making 

approach will allow time to address 

agency policy issues and build 

consensus among cooperating agencies 

and the public. This option to issue 

multiple records of decision based on a 

single EIS is available to the USACE 

because of the flexibility in the NEPA 

process as described in the President’s 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) NEPA-Implementing Regulations. 

4. Public Participation 

The USACE invites public comment 

on the scope of the issues and 

alternatives to be addressed in the draft 

EIS. Input will be received through 

public meetings with both oral and 

written comments being provided; 

written comments may be submitted at 

any time during the process. The New 

York District will host a series of three 

public scoping meetings to receive 

comments on the proposed scope of 

issues to be evaluated in the draft 

environmental impact statement. Each 

of the public meetings will begin with 

an informal open house from 5:00 p.m. 

to 6:00 p.m. followed by the formal 

meeting from 7:00–9:00 p.m. 

Two public meetings have been 

scheduled with a third TBD. The first 

will be held at the Knights of Columbus 

(333 Beach 90th Street, Rockaway 

Beach, NY 11693) on April 22, 2015 

between 6:30–9:30 p.m. The second is 

scheduled at the Ryan Visitor Center (50 

Aviator Road Brooklyn, NY 11234) for 

Wednesday, April 29 from 6:00–8:00 

p.m. 

5. Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is 

the lead federal agency for the 

preparation of the environmental impact 

statement (EIS) and meeting the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act and the NEPA 

Implementing Regulations of the 

President’s Council on Environmental 

Quality (40 CFR parts 1500–1508). 

Within the study area, the National Park 

Service (NPS) manages the over 19,000- 

acre Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway 

National Recreation Area. Many of the 

actions evaluated within the EIS could 

occur within the National Recreation 

Area. Federal agencies interested in 

participating as a Cooperating Agency 

are requested to submit a letter of intent 

to Colonel Paul E. Owen, District 

Engineer (see ADDRESSES). The 

preparation of the EIS will be 

coordinated with New York State and 

New York City agencies with 

discretionary authority relative to the 

proposed actions. The Draft EIS is 

currently scheduled for distribution to 

the public November 2015. 

Dated: March 26, 2015. 

Peter M. Weppler, 

Chief, Environmental Analysis Branch, 

Planning Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

National Security Education Board; 

Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness, Defense Language and 

National Security Education Office 

(DLNSEO), DoD. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the National 

Security Education Board will take 

place. This meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 1101 Wilson Boulevard, 

Suite 1210, Arlington, VA 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alison Patz, telephone: (571) 256–0771, 

Alison.m.patz.civ@mail.mil, fax: (703) 

692–2615. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act 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 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of the meeting is to review and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Defense concerning requirements 

established by the David L. Boren 

National Security Education Act, Title 

VII of Public Law 102–183, as amended. 

Agenda: 

8:30 a.m.—Opening Remarks and Key 

Updates. 

9:15 a.m.—Programmatic Updates. 

10:00 a.m.—Class of 2015 Boren 

Scholars and Fellows. 

10:45 a.m.—Break. 

11:00 a.m.—Strategic National Security 

Hiring Needs. 

11:30 a.m.—Read Out From NSEB 

Working Group on 

Communications. 

12:15 p.m.—Working Lunch. 

1:00 p.m.—Full Board Discussion on 

NSEP Strategic Communications 

and Branding. 

2:30 p.m.—Break. 

2:45 p.m.—New NSEP Initiatives. 

3:15 p.m.—Board Discussion. 

4:00 p.m.—Adjourn. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. 

Committee’s Point of Contact: Alison 

Patz, Alternate Designated Federal 

Official, (571) 256–0771, 

Alison.m.patz.civ@mail.mil. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140 and 

sections 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the public or 

interested organizations may submit 

written statements to the Department of 

Defense National Security Education 

Board about its mission and functions. 

Written statements may be submitted at 

any time or in response to the stated 

agenda of the planned meeting. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Official for the National Security 

Education Board, and this individual 

will ensure that the written statements 

are provided to the membership for 

their consideration. Contact information 

for the Designated Federal Official can 

be obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

Statements being submitted in 

response to the agenda mentioned in 


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this notice must be received by the 

Designated Federal Official at the 

address listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT at least five 

calendar days prior to the meeting that 

is the subject of this notice. Written 

statements received after this date may 

not be provided to or considered by the 

National Security Education Board until 

its next meeting. 

The Designated Federal Official will 

review all timely submissions with the 

National Security Education Board and 

ensure they are provided to all members 

of the National Security Education 

Board before the meeting that is the 

subject of this notice. 

Dated: March 27, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Supplemental Record of Decision for 

Surveillance Towed Array Sensor 

System Low Frequency Active 

(SURTASS LFA) Sonar 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of supplemental decision 

and availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

(DoN) reaffirms its August 15, 2012, 

Record of Decision to employ up to four 

Surveillance Towed Array Sensor 

System Low Frequency Active 

(SURTASS LFA) sonar systems with 

certain geographical restrictions and 

mitigation monitoring designed to 

reduce potential adverse effects on the 

marine environment, including 

operating LFA sonar systems in the 

waters in which the Hawaiian Islands 

Stock Complex of common bottlenose 

dolphins could occur. The August 15, 

2012, Record of Decision implemented 

the preferred alternative, Alternative 2, 

identified in the 2012 Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (FSEIS)/Supplemental 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement (SOEIS) for SURTASS LFA 

sonar. 

Following litigation challenging the 

adequacy of the 2012 FSEIS/FSOEIS, 

the District Court for the Northern 

District of California determined that 

the DoN failed to use the best available 

data when it determined potential 

impacts from the employment of 

SURTASS LFA sonar systems on one 

stock of common bottlenose dolphins in 

Hawaiian waters rather than the more 

current information that shows five 

stocks of common bottlenose dolphins 

in Hawaiian waters. Accordingly, DoN 

prepared a narrowly-tailored FSEIS/

SOEIS to remedy this deficiency. The 

National Marine Fisheries Service was a 

cooperating agency in accordance with 

40 CFR 1501.6 for the development of 

the narrowly-tailored FSEIS/FSOEIS. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full 

text of the Record of Decision (ROD) is 

available for public viewing and 

download at http://www.surtass-lfaeis.com. Single copies of the ROD are 

available upon request from SURTASS 

LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Program 

Manager, 4350 Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, 

Arlington, VA 22203, or email: 

eisteam@surtass-lfa-com. 

Dated: March 26, 2015. 

P.A. Richelmi, 

Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate 

General, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Charter Amendment of Department of 

Defense Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Amendment of Federal 

Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

it is amending the charter for the 

Department of Defense MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Board of 

Actuaries (‘‘the Board’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee’s charter is being amended 

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1114(a)(1) and in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 

CFR 102–3.50(a), established the Board. 

The Board is a statutory Federal 

advisory committee that provides 

independent advice and 

recommendations related to the 

actuarial matters associated with the 

Department of Defense (DoD) MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Fund (‘‘the 

Fund’’) and other related matters. The 

Board, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1114(b) 

and (c), shall report to the Secretary of 

Defense annually on the actuarial status 

of the Fund and shall furnish its advice 

and opinion on matters referred to it by 

the Secretary of Defense. 

The Board shall review valuations of 

the Fund under 10 U.S.C. 1115(c) and 

shall report periodically, not less than 

once every four years, to the President 

and the Congress on the status of the 

Fund. The Board shall include in such 

reports recommendations for such 

changes as in the Board’s judgment are 

necessary to protect the public interest 

and maintain the Fund on a sound 

actuarial basis. 

The Secretary of Defense, through the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)), 

may act upon the Board’s advice and 

recommendations. 

The Board consists of three members 

appointed by the Secretary of Defense 

from among qualified professional 

actuaries who are members of the 

Society of Actuaries. Board members 

will serve for a term of 15 years, except 

that a Board member appointed to fill a 

vacancy occurring before the end of the 

term for which the predecessor was 

appointed shall serve only until the end 

of such term. A Board member may 

serve after the end of the term until a 

successor has taken the oath of office. 

The Board membership appointments 

are staggered so that a new member is 

appointed every five years. A Board 

member may be removed by the 

Secretary of Defense for misconduct or 

failure to perform functions vested in 

the Board and for no other reason. The 

Board’s Chair will be designated by the 

USD(P&R) from among those Board 

members previously approved by the 

Secretary of Defense. 

Board members, who are not full-time 

or permanent part-time Federal officers 

or employees, will be appointed as 

experts or consultants pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special 

government employee members and is 

entitled, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 

1114(a)(3), to receive pay at the daily 

equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

pay of the highest rate of basic pay 

under the General Schedule of 

subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, for 

each day the member is engaged in the 

performance of duties vested in the 

Board. Board members who are full-time 

or permanent part-time Federal officers 

or employees shall be appointed 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a) to 

serve as regular government employee 

members. All members are entitled to 

reimbursement for official Board-related 

travel and per diem. 

The DoD has determined that 

subcommittees will not be authorized 

for this Board. The Board’s Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) must be a fulltime or permanent part-time DoD 


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