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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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employee, designated in accordance 

with established DoD policies and 

procedures. 

The Board’s DFO is required to attend 

at all meetings of the Board for the 

entire duration of each and every 

meeting. However, in the absence of the 

Board’s DFO, a properly approved 

Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the 

Board according to established DoD 

policies and procedures, must attend 

the entire duration of all meetings of the 

Board. 

The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, calls 

all meetings of the Board; prepare and 

approve all meeting agendas; and 

adjourn any meeting when the DFO, or 

the Alternate DFO, determines 

adjournment to be in the public interest 

or required by governing regulations or 

DoD policies and procedures. Pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, 

the public or interested organizations 

may submit written statements to 

Department of Defense MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Board of 

Actuaries membership about the Board’s 

mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of the Department of 

Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree 

Health Care Board of Actuaries. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the 

Department of Defense MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Board of 

Actuaries, and this individual will 

ensure that the written statements are 

provided to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the Department of Defense MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Board of 

Actuaries DFO can be obtained from the 

GSA’s FACA Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.150, will announce planned meetings 

of the Department of Defense MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Board of 

Actuaries. The DFO, at that time, may 

provide additional guidance on the 

submission of written statements that 

are in response to the stated agenda for 

the planned meeting in question. 

Dated: March 27, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal Nos. 15–06] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601– 

3740. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittals 15–06 

with attached transmittal, policy 

justification, and Sensitivity of 

Technology. 

Dated: March 27, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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