Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 35 / Monday, February 23, 2015 / Notices 9445 

Meeting Agenda 

Wednesday, March 11, 2015, from 8:30 

a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 

—Welcome, Introductions, 

Announcements 

—Swearing In of New Committee 

Members 

—Briefing—Request for Information 

Status Update 

—Briefing—Increasing Female 

Accessions 

—Briefing—Enlisted Women in 

Submarines Update 

Thursday, March 12, 2015, from 8:30 

a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 

—Welcome and Announcements 

—Briefing—DoD Childcare Programs 

and Initiatives Overview 

—Briefing—State and Federal Laws: 

Impacts to Military Families 

—Public Comment Period 

Dated: February 18, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03555 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulation 

System 

[Docket Number 2015–0005] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; DFARS 234.2, 

Earned Value Management System 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), DoD announces the 

proposed extension of a public 

information collection requirement and 

seeks public comment on the provisions 

thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of DoD, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

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 under Control Number 0704– 

0479 for use through June 30, 2015. DoD 

is proposing that OMB extend its 

approval for use for three additional 

years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by March 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0479, using any of the following 

methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Æ Email: osd.dfars@mail.mil. Include 

OMB Control Number 0704–0479 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Æ Fax: (571) 372–6094. 

Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Mr. Mark 

Gomersall, OUSD (AT&L) DPAP/DARS, 

Room 3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check www.regulations.gov 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark Gomersall, at (571) 372–6099. The 

information collection requirements 

addressed in this notice are available on 

the World Wide Web at: http://

www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dfars/

index.htm. Paper copies are available 

from Mr. Mark Gomersall, OUSD 

(AT&L) DPAP/DARS, Room 3B941, 

3060 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Business SystemsDefinition and Administration; DFARS 

234, Earned Value Management System, 

OMB Control Number 0704–0479. 

Needs and Uses: DFARS clause 

252.242–7005 requires contractors to 

respond to written determinations of 

significant deficiencies in the 

contractor’s business systems as defined 

in the clause. The information 

contractors are required to submit in 

response to findings of significant 

deficiencies in their accounting system, 

estimating system, material management 

and accounting system and purchasing 

system has previously been approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget. 

This request specifically addresses 

information required by DFARS clause 

252.234–7002, Earned Value 

Management System, for contractors to 

respond to determinations of significant 

deficiencies in a contractor’s Earned 

Value Management System (EVMS). The 

requirements apply to entities that are 

contractually required to maintain an 

EVMS. DoD needs this information to 

document actions to correct significant 

deficiencies in contractor business 

systems. DoD contracting officers use 

the information to mitigate the risk of 

unallowable and unreasonable costs 

being charged on government contracts. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 12. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 12. 

Average Burden per Response: 

Approximately 676 hours. 

Annual Response Burden Hours: 

8,112. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Summary of Information Collection 

DFARS clause 252.234–7002, Earned 

Value Management System, requires 

contractors to respond in writing to 

initial and final determinations of 

significant deficiencies in the 

contractor’s business systems as defined 

in the clause. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03551 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Availability of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Lower Bois 

d’Arc Creek Reservoir Project, Fannin 

County, TX 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) Tulsa District has 

prepared a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to analyze the direct, 

indirect and cumulative effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed Lower Bois d’Arc Creek 

Reservoir (LBCR) and related actions 

proposed by the North Texas Municipal 

Water District (NTMWD) in Fannin 

County, TX. The Proposed Action is a 

regional water supply project intended 


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to provide up to 175,000 acre-feet/year 

(AFY), with an estimated firm yield of 

126,200 AFY, of new water for 

NTMWD’s member cities and direct 

customers in all or portions of nine 

counties in northern Texas—Collin, 

Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, 

Kaufman, Rains and Rockwall. 

Construction of the reservoir and related 

facilities would result in permanent 

impacts to approximately 6,180 acres of 

wetlands and 651,024 linear feet of 

streams. This action requires 

authorization from the USACE under 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The 

Section 404 permit applicant is the 

NTMWD. 

The Draft EIS was prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, and the USACE’s 

regulations for NEPA implementation 

(33 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 

parts 230 and 325, Appendices B and 

C). The USACE, Tulsa District, 

Regulatory Branch is the lead federal 

agency responsible for the Draft EIS and 

information contained in the EIS serves 

as the basis for a decision whether or 

not to issue a Section 404 permit. It also 

provides information for Federal, state 

and local agencies having jurisdictional 

responsibility for affected resources. 

DATES: Written comments on the Draft 

EIS will be accepted on or after 

February 20, 2015 until April 21, 2015. 

Oral and/or written comments may also 

be presented at the Public Meeting to be 

held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 

2015 at the Fannin County MultiPurpose Complex, FM 87, 700 Texas 56, 

Bonham, TX 75418. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments 

regarding the Proposed Action and Draft 

EIS to Andrew R. Commer, USACE, 

Tulsa District Regulatory Office, 1645 S 

101 E Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128–4609, 

or via email: ceswt-ro@usace.army.mil. 

Requests to be placed on or removed 

from the mailing list should also be sent 

to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew R. Commer, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Tulsa District, Regulatory 

Office, at 918–669–7400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Proposed Action is to 

provide additional firm annual yield to 

NTMWD’s member cities and direct 

customers to address anticipated water 

demands associated with projected 

growth in the cities and suburbs in the 

NTMWD service area northeast of 

Dallas. 

The purpose of the Draft EIS is to 

provide decision-makers and the public 

with information pertaining to the 

Proposed Action and alternatives, and 

to disclose environmental impacts and 

identify mitigation measures to reduce 

impacts. NTMWD proposes to build the 

LBCR with a total storage capacity of 

approximately 367,609 AF. A dam 

approximately 10,400 feet (about two 

miles) long and up to 90 feet high would 

be constructed, and much of the 

reservoir footprint would be cleared of 

trees and built structures. NTMWD also 

proposes to construct several related 

facilities or connected actions. These 

include a raw water intake pump station 

and electrical substation at the reservoir 

site, as well as a 90–96 inch diameter 

buried pipeline to carry raw water from 

the new reservoir approximately 35 

miles in a southwesterly direction to a 

new water treatment plant and terminal 

storage reservoir that would be located 

west of the City of Leonard, also in 

Fannin County. A number of rural roads 

within the footprint and in the vicinity 

of the proposed reservoir would have to 

be closed or relocated; the most 

significant of these is FM 1396, which 

would be relocated to cross the reservoir 

in a different alignment on an entirely 

new bridge that would need to be 

constructed. 

An aquatic resources mitigation plan 

has been prepared by the applicant to 

comply with the federal policy of ‘‘no 

overall net loss of wetlands’’ and to 

provide compensatory mitigation, to the 

extent practicable, for impacts to other 

waters of the U.S. that would be 

impacted by construction of the 

proposed reservoir. NTMWD has 

purchased a 14,960-acre parcel of land 

known as the Riverby Ranch, which 

borders the Red River. This working 

ranch is located downstream of the 

proposed project within both the same 

watershed (Bois d’Arc Creek) and the 

same county (Fannin). NTMWD 

acquired the Riverby Ranch specifically 

because its biophysical features have the 

potential to provide appropriate 

mitigation for the proposed project. 

Additional mitigation would be 

provided within the proposed reservoir 

itself and on Bois d’Arc Creek 

downstream of the reservoir as a result 

of an operations plan and flow regime 

established in consultation with the 

Texas Commission on Environmental 

Quality (TCEQ), and stipulated in the 

Draft Water Right Permit issued by 

TCEQ to NTMWD. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region VI, U.S. Forest Service, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 

(TPWD) participated as cooperating 

agencies in the formulation of the Draft 

EIS. 

Copies of the Draft EIS will be 

available for review at: 

1. Bonham Public Library, 305 East 

5th Street, Bonham, TX 75418; (903) 

583–3128. 

2. Sam Rayburn Library, 800 West 

Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, TX 75418; 

(903) 583–2455. 

3. Bertha Voyer Memorial Library, 500 

6th Street, Honey Grove, TX 75446; 

(903)–378–2206. 

4. Leonard Public Library, 102 South 

Main Street, Leonard, TX 75452; (903) 

587–2391. 

5. North Texas Municipal Water 

District headquarters, 505 East Brown 

Street, Wylie, TX 75098. 

6. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa 

District, Regulatory Office, 1645 S 101 E 

Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128–4609. 

Electronic copies of the Draft EIS may 

be obtained from the Corps’ Tulsa 

District Regulatory Office or its Web site 

at http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/

Missions/Regulatory/PublicNotices/

tabid/4955/Year/2015/Default.aspx. 

Andrew R. Commer, 

Chief, Regulatory Office, Tulsa District. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03622 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Board on Coastal Engineering 

Research 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the Board on 

Coastal Engineering Research. This 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: Dates and Location: The Board 

on Coastal Engineering Research will 

meet from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 

March 3, 2015, and reconvene from 8:00 

a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on March 4, 2015. 

Both sessions of the meeting will be 

held in the Conference Facility, Coastal 

and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), U.S. 

Army Engineer Research and 

Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry 

Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180–6199. All 

sessions are open to the public. For 

more information about the Board, 

please visit http://

chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/cerb. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Jeffrey R. Eckstein, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) and Executive 

Secretary, U.S. Army Engineer Research 

and Development Center, Waterways 

Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry 


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