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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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BILLING CODE 5001–06–C 

Transmittal No. 15–06 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act, as amended 

(i) Prospective Purchaser: Netherlands 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * .. $.900 billion 

Other ...................................... $.150 billion 

TOTAL ............................... $1.050 billion 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms 

Export Control Act. 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 17 CH–47F 

Cargo Helicopters with customer unique 

post-modifications, 46 T55–GA–714A 

Aircraft Turbine Engines with HydroMechanical Assembly (34 installed and 

12 spares), 41 Embedded Global 

Positioning System/Inertial Navigation 

Systems (EGIs), 54 AN/ARC–231 Ultra 

High Frequency/Very High Frequency 

Radios, 21 AN/ARC–220 High 

Frequency Radios, 21 AN/APX–123A 

Identification Friend or Foe 

Transponders, and 41 AN/ARC–201D 

Very High Frequency Radios. Also 

included are spare and repair parts, 

support equipment, tools and test 

equipment, aircraft ferry and refueling 

support, personnel training and training 

equipment, publications and technical 

documentation, U.S. government and 

contractor technical, and logistics 

support services, and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. 

(iv) Military Department: Army 

(WGO) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology 

Contained in the Defense Article or 

Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: 

See Annex attached. 

(viii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: 19 Mar 15 

Policy Justification 

Netherlands—CH–47F–Aircraft 

The Government of Netherlands has 

requested a possible sale of 17 CH–47F 

Cargo Helicopters with customer unique 

post-modifications, 46 T55–GA–714A 

Aircraft Turbine Engines with HydroMechanical Assembly (34 installed and 

12 spares), 41 Embedded Global 

Positioning System/Inertial Navigation 

Systems (EGIs), 54 AN/ARC–231 Ultra 

High Frequency/Very High Frequency 

Radios, 21 AN/ARC–220 High 

Frequency Radios, 21 AN/APX–123A 

Identification Friend or Foe 

Transponders, and 41 AN/ARC–201D 

Very High Frequency Radios. Also 

included are spare and repair parts, 

support equipment, tools and test 

equipment, aircraft ferry and refueling 

support, personnel training and training 

equipment, publications and technical 

documentation, U.S. government and 

contractor technical, and logistics 

support services, and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. The estimated cost is $1.05 

billion. 

The Netherlands is one of the major 

political and economic powers in 

Europe and NATO and an ally of the 

United States in the pursuit of peace 

and stability. It is vital to U.S. national 

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develop and maintain a strong and 

ready self-defense capability. 

The proposed sale of CH–47F aircraft 

will improve the Netherlands’ capability 

to meet current and future requirements 

for troop movement, medical 

evacuation, aircraft recovery, parachute 

drop, search and rescue, disaster relief, 

fire-fighting, and heavy construction 

support. The Netherlands will use the 

enhanced capability to strengthen its 

homeland defense, deter regional 

threats, and provide direct support to 

coalition and security cooperation 

efforts. The CH–47F aircraft will 

supplement and eventually replace the 

Royal Netherlands Air Force’s aging 

fleet of CH–47 helicopters. The 

Netherlands will have no difficulty 

absorbing this aircraft into its armed 

forces. 

The proposed sale of these helicopters 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The principal contractor will be the 

Boeing Helicopter Company in 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are 

no known offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of any 

additional U.S. government or 

contractor representatives to the 

Netherlands. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness or acquisition 

timelines as a result of this proposed 

sale. 

Transmittal No. 15–06 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. The CH–47F is a heavy lift, newly 

manufactured aircraft. The CH–47F has 

the Common Avionics Architecture 

System (CAAS) cockpit, which provides 

aircraft system, flight, mission, and 

communication management systems to 

the flight crew. The CAAS consist of 

two dual-redundant MIL–STD–1553B 

data busses and an Ethernet LAN 

capable of supporting both IEEE 802.3 

and ARINC 664. The CAAS includes 

five multifunction displays (MFDs), two 

general purpose processor units 

(GPPUs), two control display units 

(CDUs) and two data concentrator units 

(DCUs). The Navigation System will 

have two Embedded Global Positioning 

System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation 

System (INS) (EGIs), two Digital 

Advanced Flight Control System 

(DAFCS), one ARN–149 Automatic 

Direction Finder, one ARN–147 (VOR/ 

ILS marker Beacon System), one ARN– 

153 Tactical Airborne Navigation 

System (TACAN), and two air data 

computers, one Radar Altimeter 

systems. The communications suite 

consists of two AN/ARC–231 Multimode radios providing Very High 

Frequency (VHF) FM, VHF–AM, Ultra 

High Frequency, Have Quick II and Data 

Management Satellite Communications, 

and two AN/ARC–201D Single Channel 

Ground and Airborne Radio Systems 

(SINCGARS) with associated Internet 

Download Manager. The APX–123 

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) will 

provide the additional functionality of 

dual IFF Mode 4/5. The AN/APX–123 

Transponder will be classified Secret if 

Mode 4, or Mode 5 cryptographic key is 

loaded in the equipment. 

2. Identification and security 

classification of classified equipment, 

major components, subsystems, 

software, and technical data 

(performance, maintenance, operational 

(R&M, etc), documentation, training 

devices, and services are classified up to 

Secret. 

3. The Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) unit 

provides GPS and INS capabilities to the 

aircraft. The EGI will include Selective 

Availability anti-Spoofing Module 

(SAASM) security modules to be used 

for secure GPS PPS. 

4. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware or software in this 

proposed sale, the information could be 

used to develop countermeasures which 

might reduce weapon system 

effectiveness or be used in the 

development of a system with similar or 

advanced capabilities. 

5. A determination has been made 

that the recipient country can provide 

the same degree of protection for the 

sensitive technology being released as 

the U.S. Government. This sale is 

necessary in furtherance of the U.S. 

foreign policy and national security 

objectives outlined in the Policy 

Justification. 

6. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

Government of the Netherlands. 

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and 

Hearing. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Government in the Sunshine Act, 

notice is hereby given of the Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board’s (Board) 

public meeting and hearing described 

below. The Board invites any interested 

persons or groups to present any 

comments, technical information, or 

data concerning safety issues related to 

the matters to be considered. 

DATES: Session I: 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m., 

Session II: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., Session 

III: 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Session IV: 7:30 

p.m.–9:00 p.m.; April 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Walter Gerrells Performing 

Arts and Exhibition Center, 4012 

National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, New 

Mexico 88220. 

STATUS: Open. The Board has 

determined that an open meeting 

furthers the public interest underlying 

both the Government in the Sunshine 

Act and the Board’s enabling legislation. 

The proceeding is being noticed as both 

a meeting under the Government in the 

Sunshine Act and a hearing under the 

Board’s enabling legislation. At the 

conclusion of Session IV, the Board is 

expected to deliberate and then vote on 

a staff proposal. Deliberations and 

voting will proceed in accordance with 

the Board’s operating procedures 

concerning the conduct of meetings. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: In Session 

I of this public meeting and hearing, the 

Board will receive testimony from a 

senior Department of Energy (DOE) 

official regarding actions taken by DOE 

to safely recover the Waste Isolation 

Pilot Plant (WIPP) underground from 

events following a salt haul truck fire on 

February 5, 2014, and a separate 

radiological release on February 14, 

2014. Testimony is also expected to 

focus on the progress of implementation 

of corrective actions to resume safe 

waste operations. Directly following 

Session I, the Board’s staff will present 

testimony to the Board concerning 

actions taken by the Board before and 

after the two accidents, and give an 

update of ongoing Board staff oversight 

activities. During Session II, the Board 

will receive testimony from a panel of 

senior managers from DOE Office of 

Environmental Management (EM), DOE 

Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), and the 

site contractor—Nuclear Waste 

Partnership (NWP). The Board will first 

explore actions planned, and taken, by 

DOE to address the seven key elements 

in the WIPP recovery plan, and how 

compensatory measures implemented 

under safety management programs 

such as emergency preparedness and 


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