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written statement is not received at least 

10 calendar days prior to the meeting, 

which is the subject of this notice, then 

it may not be provided to or considered 

by the Defense Science Board. The 

Designated Federal Official will review 

all timely submissions with the Defense 

Science Board Chairperson, and ensure 

they are provided to members of the 

Defense Science Board before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–885 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

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[Docket No. CP08–6–002] 

Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and 

Assessment of Materials and 

Equipment Manual 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, 

Department of Energy, Environmental 

Protection Agency, and the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) are announcing the 

availability of the final ‘‘Multi-Agency 

Radiation Survey and Assessment of 

Materials and Equipment manual’’ 

(MARSAME). MARSAME provides 

information on planning, conducting, 

evaluating, and documenting 

radiological surveys for demonstrating 

compliance with measurable action 

levels. The MARSAME manual is a 

multi-agency consensus document. The 

agencies previously have sought public 

comment in order to receive feedback 

from the widest range of interested 

parties and to ensure that all 

information relevant to developing the 

document was received. The agencies 

reviewed public comments received on 

the draft MARSAME as well as 

comments from a concurrent, 

independent, technical peer review. 

Suggested changes were incorporated, 

where appropriate, in response to those 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft 

MARSAME and all comments received 

may be examined or copied for a fee 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at 

the HQ EPA Docket Public Reading 

Room, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Room 3334, Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0957, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and the NRC Public 

Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852–2747. The 

HQ EPA Docket Public Reading Room is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

EPA HQ Docket Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744. DOE, EPA, and NRC 

each have a publication number for 

MARSAME. They are: For DOE, DOE/ 

HS–0004; for EPA, EPA 402–R–09–001; 

for NRC, NUREG–1575, Supp. 1. Copies 

of the final MARSAME may be 

purchased by requests in writing to: The 

Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 

Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 

37082, Washington, DC 20402–9328. 

The document will be available through 

the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

radiation/marssim. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

of the following points of contact for 

each agency for technical information 

(see ADDRESSES section above for 

directions on obtaining a copy of the 

draft MARSAME): DoD: Steven 

Doremus, Phone: (757) 887–7745, U.S. 

Navy, NAVSEADET RASO, NWS, P.O. 

Drawer 260, Yorktown, VA 23691–0260; 

DOE: W. Alexander Williams, Phone: 

(301) 903–8149, U.S. Department of 

Energy (EM–23), 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; 

EPA: Kathryn Snead, Phone: (202) 343– 

9228, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Stop 6608J, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–1000; NRC: 

Robert A. Meck, Phone: (301) 251–7548, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Mail Stop C3 C07M, Washington, DC 

20555. Questions concerning the multiagency document development project 

should be addressed to Kathryn Snead, 

Phone: (202) 343–9228, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Stop 6608J, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–1000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

MARSAME provides information on 

planning, conducting, evaluating, and 

documenting environmental 

radiological surveys for demonstrating 

compliance with measurable action 

levels applied to materials and 

equipment. MARSAME is a multiagency consensus document and a 

supplement to the Multi-Agency 

Radiation Survey and Site Investigation 

Manual (MARSSIM). 

MARSAME was developed 

collaboratively over the past six years by 

the technical staffs of the four Federal 

agencies having authority for control of 

radioactive materials: DoD, DOE, EPA, 

and NRC. For a time, staff from the 

Department of Homeland Security 

participated in the development of 

MARSAME. Contractors to the DOE, 

EPA, and NRC, and members of the 

public have been present during the 

open meetings of the MARSAME 

workgroup. MARSAME’s objective is to 

describe standardized and consistent 

approaches for surveys, which provide 

a high degree of assurance that 

established action levels can be 

measured and an appropriate 

disposition of materials or equipment 

can be technically defended. The 

techniques, methodologies, and 

philosophies that form the bases of this 

manual were developed to be consistent 

with current Federal limits, guidelines, 

and procedures. 

MARSAME benefited from extensive 

internal, public, and technical peer 

reviews. In addition to written 

comments, the work group provided the 

public with the opportunity to comment 

during the open meetings. The 

document also received formal technical 

peer review under the auspices of the 

EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB). The 

results of the peer review and the 

responses to comments by the EPA are 

publicly available for examination and 

may be copied for a fee (see ADDRESSES

section above for directions). In its 

findings, the SAB stated that, ‘‘The 

MARSAME manual impresses the Panel 

as an excellent technical document for 

guiding a materials and equipment 

survey.’’ The responses to the technical 

review comments by the SAB may be 

viewed at the following World-WideWeb site: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/

sabproduct.nsf/5520FF23A405D

CEB8525749E00737EEF/$File/EPA-SAB

-08-010+Response+09-22-2008.pdf. 

The author agencies solicit comments 

arising from review and use of the final 

MARSAME. Comments will be 

reviewed periodically by the author 

agencies, resolved as appropriate, and 

incorporated into future revisions of the 

MARSAME. Members of the public are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, 

Division of Administrative Services, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. Copies of 

all comments received by one agency 

will be periodically copied and sent to 

the others. Revised pages resulting from 

the resolution of comments will be 

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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] 

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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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