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BILLING CODE 5001–06–C 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Revision of the DoD 6055.09–STD, 

‘‘Department of Defense Ammunition 

and Explosives Safety Standards’’ 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of change. 

SUMMARY: The Chairman, Department of 

Defense Explosives Safety Board 

(DDESB), is today announcing several 

changes to DoD 6055.9–STD, dated 5 

October 2004. The DDESB is 

republishing the Standard (now DoD 

6055.09–STD) with changes deliberated 

by the Voting Board members from 

October 5, 2004 to July 18, 2005. 

The DDESB is taking this action 

pursuant to its statutory authority as set 

forth in Title 10, United States Code, 

Section 172 (10 U.S.C. 172) and DoD 

Directive 6055.9E, ‘‘Explosives Safety 

Management and the Explosives Safety 

Board (DDESB),’’ August 19, 2005. The 

Standard is applicable to the Office of 

the Secretary of Defense, the Military 

Departments, the Office of the Chairman 

of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the 

Combatant Commands, the Office of the 

Inspector General of the Department of 

Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD 

Field Activities, and all other 

organizational entities in the 

Department of Defense (hereafter 

referred to collectively as the ‘‘DoD 

Components’’). 

Through DoD 6055.09–STD, the 

DDESB establishes minimum explosives 

safety requirements for storing and 

handling ammunition and explosives. 

Copies of the revised Standard dated 

February 29, 2008, may be downloaded 

from the DoD Directives Program Web 

site at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/ 

directives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more detailed information on specific 

aspects of this Standard, contact Dr. 

Jerry M. Ward, phone: (703) 325–2525; 

e-mail: Jerry.Ward@ddesb.osd.mil; 

DDESB, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Room 856C, Alexandria, VA 22331– 

0600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dating 

back to 1928 when Congress directed 

the Secretaries of the military 

departments to establish a joint board of 

officers to ‘‘keep informed on stored 

supplies of ammunition and 

components thereof * * *, with 

particular regard to keeping those 

supplies properly dispersed and stored 

and to preventing hazardous conditions 

from arising to endanger life and 

property inside or outside of storage 

reservations,’’ the DDESB (formerly 

known as the Ammunition Safety 

Board) has periodically revised or 

updated the Standard based on new 

scientific or technical information and 

explosives safety experience. The 

implementation of a change to DoD 

6055.09–STD depends on formal 

publication of a change to DoD 6055.09– 

STD. In order to ensure compliance, the 

DoD Components modify their 

implementing procedures and standards 

accordingly. 

This revision to the 5 October 2004 

version of DoD 6055.09–STD 

incorporates, as appropriate, 

recommendations made by Voting 

Board members at the 327th DDESB 

meeting held on December 14, 2004, 

and the 328th DDESB meeting held on 

July 18, 2005, and included in their 

replies to DDESB vote by 

correspondence memoranda dated 

March 11, 2005 and June 30, 2005. 

The changes included herein address 

the following: 

• Replaces Chapter 12 ‘‘Real Property 

Contaminated with Ammunition, 

Explosives or Chemical Agents’’ with 

completely revised Chapter 12 ‘‘Real 

Property Known or Suspected to 

Contain Munitions and Explosives of 

Concern and Chemical Agents’’ that 

includes explosives safety standards for 

the identification and control of areas 

known or suspected to contain 

Munitions and Explosives of Concern 

(MEC) or Chemical Agents (CA), 

addresses explosives and CA safety 

aspects of response actions as well as 

special considerations, provides criteria 

for required safety submissions as well 

as for amendments and corrections to 

these submissions, provides criteria for 

after action reports, provides criteria for 

transfer of real property outside of DoD 

control 

• Relocates criteria for the 

termination of use of facilities storing 

ammunition and explosives from the 

previous Chapter 12 to Chapter 1 

• Includes a new Chapter 15 

‘‘Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)’’ that 

provides criteria for the disposition of 

UXO, addresses special considerations, 

provides criteria for access to areas 

known or suspected to contain UXO and 

for identification and control of such 

areas, provides minimum separation 

distances for UXO, addresses other 

considerations 

• Includes a new Chapter 16 

‘‘Material Potentially Presenting an 

Explosives Hazard (MPPEH)’’ that 

provides explosives safety standards for 

MPPEH 

• Expands Glossary to include new 

terms used in the revised Chapter 12, 

and new Chapters 15 and 16 

• Removes the exception for quantitydistance (QD) application to roll-on and 

roll-off ammunition and explosives 

operations 

• Establishes criteria for the siting of 

and authorized operations at reduced 

QD magazines 

• Expands the criteria for application 

of no QD to ammunition and explosives 

stored in ships’ magazines and intended 

for the service of shipboard armament or 

aircraft 

In adopting these changes, the 

Chairman, DDESB has determined that 

the Standards, as changed, are at least 

as protective as the previous Standards. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notification of Upcoming Meeting of 

the Defense Advisory Board for 

Employer Support of the Guard and 

Reserve (DAB–ESGR) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the DAB–ESGR. This 

meeting will focus on the response to a 

recommendation to create a single point 

communication system to notify 

employers of Guard and Reserve 

members. This meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: November 19, 2008 (0830–1630 

hours). 

ADDRESSES: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington VA 22202. 

The public is asked to pre-register 

three weeks in advance of the meeting 

due to security and or seating 

limitations (see below information for 

pre-registration). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Interested 

attendees may contact MAJ Elaine M. 

Gullotta at 703–696–1385 ext 540, or email at elaine.gullotta@us.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATON:

Agenda 

0830 Convene (Mr. James G. Rebholz, 

Chairman). 

0835 Oath of Office (Mr. Frank 

Wilson). 


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0840 Minutes approval, Due Outs from 

last meeting and subcommittee 

update (Mr. James G. Rebholz, 

Chairman). 

0850 Discussion, Response to Board 

Recommendation (Mr. James G. 

Rebholz, Chairman). 

1030 Break. 

1045 Honorable Thomas F. Hall, 

Assistant Secretary of Defense 

Reserve Affairs. 

1200 Lunch. 

1330 Public Comment. 

1340 Discussion of Public Comment. 

1400 Review and discussion of DAB 

Recruitment Efforts, way ahead (Mr. 

James G. Rebholz, Chairman). 

1515 Break. 

1545 Summary of Proceedings, 

Administrative Announcements, 

Subcommittee Due Outs. 

1615 Awards, Photos. 

1630 Adjourn. 

(a) Background 

The purpose of the Board is to 

provide independent advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Defense on matters that arise from the 

military obligation of members of the 

National Guard and Reserve members 

and the impact on their civilian 

employment. 

(b) Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting 

Please see the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act website for copies of any 

available materials, including draft 

agendas for the meeting and background 

information. (http://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/form_meetings.asp ). 

(c) Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments 

It is the policy of the DAB–ESGR to 

accept written public comments of any 

length, and to accommodate oral public 

comments whenever possible. To 

facilitate Board discussion at its 

meetings, the Board may not accept oral 

comments at all meetings, The Board 

Staff expect that public statements 

presented at Board meetings will be 

focused on the Board’s statutory charter 

and any working group topics. 

Oral Comments: Speaking times will 

be confirmed by Board staff on a ‘‘firstcome/first-served basis. To 

accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, oral public comments must be 

no longer than 3 minutes. Because the 

Board members may ask questions, 

reserved times will be approximate. 

Interested parties must contact MAJ 

Elaine Gullotta in writing (via mail or email) at least three weeks prior to the 

meeting. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

should be received by the Board staff at 

least three weeks prior to the meeting 

date so that the comments may be made 

available to the Board for consideration 

prior to the meeting. Written comments 

should be supplied MAJ Elaine Gullotta 

in one of the following formats (Word, 

PDF) via mail or email at least two 

weeks prior to the meeting. Please Note: 

The Board operates under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, all public 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, up to and 

including being posted on the Federal 

Advisory Committee Web site. 

Written comments may be sent to: 

Employer Support of the Guard and 

Reserve, 1555 Wilson Blvd, Suite 200, 

Arlington, VA 22209, Attention: MAJ 

Elaine Gullotta. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E8–23513 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/ 

EIR) for a Permit Application for the 

Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles 

County’s (Sanitation Districts) 

Clearwater Program in Los Angeles 

County, CA 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, 40 CFR 1508.22, and 33 

CFR Parts 230 and 325, and in 

conjunction with the Sanitation 

Districts, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps) is announcing its 

intent to prepare a DEIS/EIR for the 

Clearwater Program. The Clearwater 

Program is a strategic planning initiative 

to identify wastewater conveyance, 

wastewater treatment, effluent 

management, solids processing, and 

biosolids management needs for the 

Sanitation Districts’ Joint Outfall System 

through the year 2050. The Clearwater 

Program will entail the preparation of a 

new Master Facilities Plan (MFP), 

which will guide the management, and 

upgrade/development of the Sanitation 

Districts’ infrastructure. A major 

component of the MFP is the 

construction of a new ocean outfall 

structure extending from the coastline 

in the vicinity of White Point, Point 

Fermin, or the Port of Los Angeles up 

to approximately 7 miles seaward of San 

Pedro Bay in the Pacific Ocean. The 

construction of the structure would 

entail discharge of dredged and fill 

material in waters of the United States, 

work in navigable waters of the United 

States, and potentially the transport of 

dredged material for ocean disposal. 

Accordingly, the Sanitation Districts 

intend to submit a Department of Army 

application pursuant to Section 404 of 

the Clean Water Act (CWA), Section 10 

of the Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA), 

and if necessary Section 103 of the 

Marine Protection, Research, and 

Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA). 

For Additional Information Contact: 

Kenneth Wong, Project Manager, at 

(213) 452–3290 

(kenneth.wong@usace.army.mil), U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles 

District, P.O. Box 532711, Los Angeles, 

CA 90053–2325. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Project Purpose and Need: The 

Sanitation Districts currently utilize two 

tunnels and four ocean outfall structures 

to convey effluent from their Joint Water 

Pollution Control Plant (JWPCP) in the 

city of Carson to the Pacific Ocean. The 

two tunnels were constructed in 1937 

and 1958 and have not been inspected 

in nearly 50 years. Inspection of the 

tunnels is not possible due to their 

overall length, limited access, lack of 

separation between the tunnels, and the 

overall flow through the tunnels. The 

project need is to inspect and upgrade 

aging infrastructure, and to 

accommodate the projected increase in 

wastewater flows. The project purpose 

is to improve existing infrastructure and 

increase wastewater treatment capacity 

to accommodate estimated 2050 flows, 

while complying with all applicable 

water quality standards. As a part of 

planned infrastructure improvements, 

the Sanitation Districts propose to 

construct a new tunnel and ocean 

outfall structure. 

The new ocean outfall would be 

composed of onshore and offshore 

components. The onshore component 

would entail construction of a 4- to 7- 

mile long underground tunnel 

approximately up to 200 feet below 

ground from the JWPCP to one of three 

areas (White Point, Point Fermin, or the 

Port of Los Angeles) from where the 

tunnel will make the onshore-tooffshore transition. Once offshore, the 

tunnel may extend up to 7 miles 

seaward and connect to a diffuser via a 

riser. Alternatively, once offshore, the 


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