Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 11 / Friday, January 16, 2009 / Notices 2999 

available on the Internet at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim. This 

EPA Web site is also accessible by links 

from the NRC home page at: http:// 

www.nrc.gov; and the DOE home page 

at: http://www.doe.gov. 

For the Department of Defense, dated this 

16th day of December 2008. 

Alex Beehler, 

Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

For the U.S. Department of Energy, dated 

this 18th day of December 2008. 

Andrew C. Lawrence, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Safety, Quality 

Assurance and Environment, Office of Health, 

Safety and Security. 

For the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, dated this 15th day of December 

2008. 

Elizabeth Cotsworth, 

Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, dated this 9th day of January 

2009. 

James E. Lyons, 

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research. 

[FR Doc. E9–975 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Renewal of federal advisory 

committee. 

SUMMARY: 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 102–3.65, the Department of 

Defense gives notice that it is renewing 

the charter for the Transformation 

Advisory Group (hereafter referred to as 

the Group). 

The Group is a discretionary federal 

advisory committee established to 

provide the Secretary of Defense, 

through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff and the Commander, U.S. Joint 

Forces Command, independent advice 

and recommendations on strategic, 

scientific technical, intelligence and 

policy-related issues to the Nation’s 

joint enterprise, and U.S. Joint Forces 

Command, with emphasis on how these 

issues relate to the shaping of the 

command’s efforts today and in the 

future. 

The Group shall be composed of no 

more than twenty four members who are 

recognized experts and leaders in their 

fields. These areas of expertise include, 

but are not limited to, innovation, 

development, strategic communications, 

logistics, technologies, business 

practices, military, government, 

education, training, intelligence and 

appropriations. The Secretary of 

Defense shall appoint group members, 

and their appointments will be renewed 

on an annual basis. 

Group Members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense, who are not fulltime or permanent part-time federal 

employees, are appointed as experts and 

consultants under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109, and shall serve as Special 

Government employees. Pursuant to 10 

U.S.C. 1114(a)(3), the members shall 

serve with the exception of travel and 

per diem for official travel without 

compensation. The Chairperson of the 

Group shall be designated by the 

Commander, U.S. Joint Forces 

Command, on behalf of the Secretary of 

Defense. 

The Group is authorized to establish 

Subcommittees, as necessary and 

consistent with its mission, and these 

Subcommittees shall operate under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Government in the 

Sunshine Act of 1976, and other 

appropriate federal regulations. 

Such Subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Group, 

and shall report their recommendations 

and advice to the Group for full 

deliberation and discussion. 

Subcommittees have no authority to 

make decisions on behalf of the 

chartered Group nor can they report 

directly to the Department of Defense or 

any Federal officers or employees who 

are not Group Members. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Jim Freeman, Deputy 

Committee Management Officer for the 

Department of Defense, 703–601–6128. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Group 

shall meet at the call of the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Group’s 

Chairperson. The Designated Federal 

Officer, pursuant to DoD policy, shall be 

a full-time or permanent part-time DoD 

employee, and shall be appointed in 

accordance with established DoD 

policies and procedures. The Designated 

Federal Officer or duly appointed 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer 

shall attend all committee meetings and 

subcommittee meetings. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Transformation 

Advisory Group membership about the 

Group’s mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of the 

Transformation Advisory Group. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Transformation Advisory 

Group, and this individual will ensure 

that the written statements are provided 

to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the Transformation Advisory Group’s 

Designated Federal Officer can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will 

announce planned meetings of the 

Transformation Advisory Group. The 

Designated Federal Officer, 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: January 12, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–879 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Renewal of federal advisory 

committee. 

SUMMARY: 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 102–3.65, the Department of 

Defense gives notice that it is renewing 

the charter for the Inland Waterways 

Users Board (hereafter referred to as the 

Board). 

The Board is a non-discretionary 

federal advisory committee established 

under the provisions of 33 U.S.C. 

2251(a), to provide the Secretary of 

Defense, through the Secretary of the 

Army and the Assistant Secretary of the 

Army for Civil works, independent 

advice and recommendations on matters 

relating to construction and 

rehabilitation priorities and spending 

levels on the commercial navigational 

features and components of U.S. inland 

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