60008 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 23, 2007 / Notices 

The Secretary of the Navy Advisory 

Panel shall be composed of not more 

than 15 members, who are eminent 

authorities in the fields of national 

security policy, intelligence, science, 

engineering, or business and industry. 

The Secretary of the Navy Panel, in 

keeping with the DoD policy to make 

every effort to achieve a balanced 

membership, shall include a cross 

section of experts that are directly 

affected, interested and qualified to 

advise on U.S. defense and naval issues. 

Panel and subcommittee members 

appointed by the Secretary of Defense, 

who are not full-time Federal officers or 

employees, shall serve as Special 

Government Employees under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109. Panel and 

subcommittee members shall be 

appointed on an annual basis by the 

Secretary of Defense, and with the 

exception of travel and per diem for 

official travel, they shall serve without 

compensation. The Secretary of the 

Navy shall select the Panel’s 

chairperson from the total Panel 

membership. 

The Secretary of the Navy Advisory 

Panel shall meet at the call of the 

Panel’s Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the 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 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 Secretary of the Navy 

Advisory Panel membership about the 

Panel’s mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of the Secretary of 

the Navy Advisory Panel. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Secretary of the Navy 

Advisory Panel, and this individual will 

ensure that the written statements are 

provided to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the Secretary of the Navy Advisory 

Panel’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 

Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Jim Freeman, DoD Committee 

Management Office, 703–601–2554, 

extension 128. 

Dated: October 17, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–5218 Filed 10–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notification of an ‘‘Open Meeting’’ of 

the National Defense University 

Visitors (BOV) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense; 

National Defense University. 

ACTION: Notice of ‘‘Open Meeting.’’

SUMMARY: The National Defense 

University (NDU), Designated Federal 

Officer, has scheduled a meeting of the 

Board of Visitors. Request subject notice 

be published in the Federal Register. 

The National Defense University Board 

of Visitors is a Federal Advisory Board. 

The Board meets twice a year in 

proceedings that are open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

November 19–20, 2007 from 11:00 to 

17:00 on the 19th and continuing on the 

20th from 8:30 to 13:30. 

Location: The Board of Visitors 

meeting will be held at Building 62, 

Marshall Hall, Room 155, National 

Defense University, 300 5th Avenue, 

Fort McNair, Washington, DC 20319–

5066. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

point of contact for this notice of an 

‘‘Open Meeting’’ is Jeanette Tolbert at 

(202) 685–3955, Fax (202) 685–3328 or 

TolbertJ@ndu.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: State of 

the University, National Security 

Professional Development, 

Accreditation, and Federal Policy. The 

meeting is open to the public; limited 

space is made available for observers 

and will be allocated on a first-come, 

first-serve basis. 

Dated: October 17, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

[FR Doc. 07–5217 Filed 10–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Southern 

Beltway Transportation Project From 

I–79 to the Mon/Fayette Expressway, 

Washington County, PA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps) is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for proposed 

transportation improvements between 

Interstate 79 (I–79) and the Mon/Fayette 

Expressway (Turnpike 43), known 

locally as a Southern Beltway 

Transportation Project, in Washington 

County, Pennsylvania. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Hans, Acting Chief, Regulatory 

Branch, Department of the Army, 

Pittsburgh District Corps of Engineers, 

William S. Moorhead Federal Building, 

1000 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania 15222–4186, Telephone: 

(412) 395–7154; or David P. Willis, 

Environmental Manager, Pennsylvania 

Turnpike Commission, P.O. Box 67676, 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17106–7676, 

Telephone: (717) 939–9551. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Corps, in cooperation with the 

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 

will now prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal for 

a limited access toll highway in 

Washington County, south of Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania. The proposed highway 

would extend from Interstate 79 south 

of the Allegheny County and 

Washington County line, easterly to the 

Mon/Fayette Expressway (Turnpike 43), 

near Finleyville, Washington County. 

The study corridor is approximately 19 

kilometers (12 miles) long and 2.5 

kilometers (1.5 miles) wide. Previously, 

the Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) served as the lead federal 

agency, with the Corps as a cooperating 

agency. The Financial Plan most 

recently submitted by the Pennsylvania 

Turnpike Commission to the 

Southwestern Pennsylvania 

Commission (SPC), the local 

Metropolitan Planning Organization, 

was not considered reasonable by SPC. 

As a result, the I–79 to Mon/Fayette 

Expressway Project was not included on 

SPC’s Transportation Improvement Plan 

(TIP) when it was updated and adopted 

in July 2007. Subsequently, the FHWA 


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