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U.S.C. 2904(e), the Strategic 

Environmental Research and 

Development Program Council 

(hereafter referred to as the Council) 

shall refer to the Advisory Board and 

the Advisory Board shall review each 

proposed research project including its 

estimated cost, for research in and 

development of technologies related to 

environmental activities in excess of 

$1,000,000. Notwithstanding, the 

Council, in an effort to enhance the 

Advisory Board’s review process, 

subsequently lowered the Advisory 

Board’s dollar threshold to any 

proposed research projects in excess of 

$900,000. The Advisory Board shall 

make any recommendations to the 

Council that the Advisory Board 

considers appropriate regarding such 

project or proposal. The Advisory Board 

may make recommendations to the 

Council regarding technologies, 

research, projects, programs, activities, 

and if appropriate, funding within the 

scope of the Strategic Environmental 

Research and Development Program. In 

addition, the Advisory Board shall assist 

and advise the Council in identifying 

the environmental data and analytical 

assistance activities that should be 

covered by the policies and procedures 

prescribed pursuant to 10 U.S.C 

2902(d)(1). 

The Advisory Board shall be 

comprised of not less than six and not 

more than 14 members. Pursuant to 10 

U.S.C. 2904(b) the Advisory Board 

membership shall be comprised of the 

following: (a) Permanent members of the 

Advisory Board—the Science Advisor to 

the President, the Administrator of the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration or their designees; (b) 

One member of the Advisory Board 

shall be a representative of 

environmental public interest groups; 

and (c) One member shall be a 

representative of the interests of State 

governments. 

Pursuant to 10 U.S.C 2904(b)(3), the 

Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 

of Energy, in conjunction with the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency, shall request that 

the: (a) Head of the National Academy 

of Science, in consultation with the 

head of the National Academy of 

Engineering and the head of the 

Institutes of Medicine of the National 

Academy of Sciences, nominate persons 

for appointment to the Advisory Board; 

(b) Council of Environmental quality 

nominate for appointment to the 

Advisory board at least one person who 

is a representative of environmental 

public interest groups; and (c) National 

Association of Governors nominate for 

appointment to the Advisory Board at 

least one person who is a representative 

of the interests of State governments. 

With the exception of the permanent 

Advisory Board members, Advisory 

Board members, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 

2904(b)(2), shall be appointed from 

among persons eminent in the fields of 

basic sciences, engineering, ocean and 

environmental sciences, education, 

research management, international and 

security affairs, health physics, health 

sciences, or social sciences, with due 

regard given to the equitable 

representation of scientists and 

engineers who are women or represent 

minority groups. 

The Advisory Board, pursuant to 10 

U.S.C. 2904(d), shall develop 

procedures for the annual election of the 

Advisory Board’s chairperson. 

Advisory Board members appointed 

by the Secretary of Defense, who are not 

full-time or permanent part-time federal 

officers or employees, shall be 

appointed as experts and consultants 

under the authority of 5 U.S.C 3109, and 

serve as Special Government 

Employees. The terms of their 

appointment shall not be less than two 

but not more than four years and their 

appointments shall be reviewed by the 

Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. 

Advisory Board members who are 

Federal officers or employees shall serve 

without compensation (other than 

compensation to which they are entitled 

to as a Federal officer or employee). All 

Advisory Board members shall receive 

compensation for travel and per diem 

for official Advisory Board travel. 

With DoD approval, the Advisory 

Board is authorized to establish 

Subcommittees or Working Groups, as 

necessary and consistent with its 

mission, and these Subcommittees or 

Working Groups shall operate under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the Government 

in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 

552b, as amended), and other 

appropriate federal regulations. 

Such Subcommittees or Working 

Groups shall not work independently of 

the chartered Advisory Board, and shall 

report their recommendations and 

advice to the Advisory Board for full 

deliberation and discussion. 

Subcommittees or Working Groups have 

no authority to make decisions on 

behalf of the chartered Advisory Board 

nor can they report directly to DoD or 

any Federal officers or employees who 

are not Advisory Board members. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Jim 

Freeman, Deputy Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–601–6128. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Board shall meet at the call of 

the Board’s Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a fulltime 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 Strategic 

Environmental Research and 

Development Program Scientific 

Advisory Board membership about the 

Advisory Board’s mission and 

functions. Written statements may be 

submitted at any time or in response to 

the stated agenda of planned meeting of 

the Strategic Environmental Research 

and Development Program Scientific 

Advisory Board. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Strategic Environmental 

Research and Development Program 

Scientific Advisory Board, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Strategic 

Environmental Research and 

Development Program Scientific 

Advisory Board’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 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program Scientific 

Advisory Board. 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. 

Morgan E. Frazier, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Terminate the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Potable Water Supply for 

Washington Parish Reservoir Project 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 


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ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Vicksburg District, Corps 

of Engineers, is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

process for the proposed Potable Water 

Supply Project for Washington Parish, 

Louisiana, is terminated. The original 

Notice of Intent for this EIS process was 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 28, 2008 (73 FR 16653). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Dove-Jackson at (601) 631–7136, 

Vicksburg District, Corps of Engineers, 

4155 Clay Street, CEMVK–OD–FE, 

Vicksburg, MS 39183–3435. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg 

District, has terminated the EIS process 

begun in March 2008, for the proposed 

potable water supply project located in 

Washington Parish. 

1. The Washington Parish Reservoir 

Commission completed a site selection 

study (January 2005) to determine a 

recommended best source of future 

potable water for Washington Parish. 

The study concluded that the creation of 

a surface water reservoir by damming 

Bogalusa Creek was the most desirable 

alternative. The Washington Parish 

Reservoir Commission subsequently 

completed a preliminary engineering 

report (December 2006) that presented 

preliminary design, planning level costs 

estimates, and preliminary construction 

plans for a water supply reservoir. 

Based upon review of the information 

submitted with the permit application, 

the Corps concluded that the proposed 

project had the potential for significant 

impacts to the human and natural 

environment. The proposed project 

would impact approximately 826 acres 

of waters of the United States, including 

wetlands, which are regulated by the 

Corps, and require a Department of the 

Army permit to comply with section 

404 of the Clean Water Act. The 

proposed project would also impact 

cultural resources, threatened and 

endangered species, and 65 property 

owners. 

2. A public scoping meeting was held 

on April 10, 2008. Public notice was 

given for the time and place of the 

meeting, and approximately 65 people 

were in attendance. Coordination with 

Federal, State and local agencies, and 

private organizations and citizens was 

initiated, to ensure that the full range of 

issues related to the proposed action 

would be addressed and all issues 

identified. 

3. Due to substantial modifications to 

the originally submitted application for 

a Department of the Army section 404 

permit, and significant changes to the 

scope of the proposed project, the 

permit application has been withdrawn 

and the EIS process has been 

terminated. 

Dated: July 1, 2009. 

Michael C. Wehr, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District 

Commander. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Inland Waterways Users Board 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In Accordance with 10(a)(2) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is 

made of the forthcoming meeting. 

Name of Committee: Inland Waterways 

Users Board (Board). 

Date: August 11, 2009. 

Location: Luther F. Carson Four Rivers 

Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., Paducah, KY 

42003–1500, with accommodations at the 

Courtyard by Marriott Paducah, 3835 

Technology Drive, Paducah, KY 42001 (270– 

442–3600 or 1–800–321–2211). 

Time: Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and 

the meeting is scheduled to adjourn at 

approximately 1 p.m. 

Agenda: The Board will consider its 

project investment priorities for the next 

year, and hear briefings on the status of the 

funding for inland navigation projects and 

studies, the status of the Inland Waterways 

Trust Fund, and the status of program 

management team activities for a future 

business model for the inland waterways 

system. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark R. Pointon, Headquarters, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, CECW–ID, 

441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20314–1000; Ph: 202–761–4691. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Any 

interested person may attend, appear 

before, or file statements with the 

committee at the time and in the 

manner permitted by the committee. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID USAF–2009–0042] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to delete a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Air Force 

proposes to delete a system of records 

to its inventory of record systems 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on 

August 10, 2009 unless comments are 

received which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Air 

Force Privacy Act Officer, Office of 

Warfighting Integration and Chief 

Information Officer, SAF/XCPPI, 1800 

Air Force Pentagon, Suite 220, 

Washington, DC 20330–1800. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ben Swilley at (703) 696–6648. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Air Force systems of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address above. 

The Department of the Air Force 

proposes to delete one system of records 

notice from its inventory of record 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The 

proposed deletion is not within the 

purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

which requires the submission of a new 

or altered system report. 

Dated: July 7, 2009. 

Morgan E. Frazier, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

F061 AFMC A 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Aeromedical Research Data (11 June 

1997, 62 FR 31793). 

REASON: 

The system is no longer in use. 

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