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Nevada; 1:35 p.m. RC18–C1–1034 

(RC18–1034): A Data-Driven Decision 

Support System to Identify Optimal 

Land Use Alternatives for Protecting 

Species of Concern on DoD and 

Surrounding Lands (FY18 New Start)— 

Dr. Charles Hawkins, Utah State 

University; 2:20 p.m. Break; 2:35 p.m. 

Resource Conservation and Resiliency 

Overview—Dr. Kurt Preston, Resource 

Conservation and Resiliency Program 

Manager; 2:45 p.m. RC18–C2–1170 

(RC18–1170): Interior Alaska DoD 

Training Land Wildlife Habitat 

Vulnerability to Permafrost Thaw, an 

Altered Fire Regime, and Hydrologic 

Changes (FY18 New Start)—Dr. Thomas 

Douglas, U.S. Army ERDC Cold Regions 

Research and Engineering Laboratory; 

3:30 p.m. Resource Conservation and 

Resiliency Overview—Dr. Kurt Preston; 

Resource Conservation and Resiliency 

Program Manager; 3:40 p.m. RC17–F2– 

1004 (RC17–1004): Resilience of Boreal 

Ecosystems Assessed Using Highfrequency Records of Dissolved Organic 

Matter and Nitrate in Streams (FollowOn to FY15 Limited Scope Project)—Dr. 

Tamara Harms, University of Alaska; 

4:25 p.m. Public Discussion/Adjourn 

Meeting. 

Meeting Accessibility: The meeting 

location has proper and working 

facilities for those with disabilities. 

Please contact the DFO if there are any 

issues. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Strategic 

Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board. Written statements may 

be submitted to the committee at any 

time or in response to an approved 

meeting agenda. All written statements 

shall be submitted to the Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) for the Strategic 

Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board. The DFO will ensure 

that the written statements are provided 

to the membership for their 

consideration. Time is allotted at the 

close of each meeting day for the public 

to make comments. 

Oral Section: Oral comments are 

allowed during the public discussion 

portion of the meeting agenda. Oral 

comments are limited to 5 minutes per 

person. 

Dated: August 4, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2017–16840 Filed 8–9–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program Scientific 

Advisory Board; Notice of Federal 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition Technology and Logistics, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program Scientific 

Advisory Board will take place. 

DATES:

Day 1—Open to the public 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. 

Day 2—Open to the public Thursday, 

September 14, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 

3:40 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The address of the open 

meeting is the Potomac Institute for 

Policy Studies, 901 North Stuart Street, 

Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Herb Nelson, 571–372–6400 (Voice), 

herbert.h.nelson10.civ@mail.mil 

(Email). Mailing address is SERDP 

Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 

17D03, Alexandria, VA 22350–3605. 

Web site: https://www.serdp-estcp.org/ 

About-SERDP-and-ESTCP/AboutSERDP/Scientific-Advisory-Board. The 

most up-to-date changes to the meeting 

agenda can be found on the Web site. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) 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 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463). 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of the September 13–14, 2017 meeting is 

to review new start research and 

development projects requesting 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program funds as required 

by the SERDP Statute, U.S. Code—Title 

10, Subtitle A, Part IV, Chapter 172, 

§ 2904. 

Agenda: 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017: 8:30 

a.m. Convene/Opening Remarks—Dr. 

Joseph Hughes, Chair; 8:40 a.m. 

Weapons Systems and Platforms 

Overview—Dr. Robin Nissan, Weapons 

Systems and Platforms Program 

Manager; 8:50 a.m. WP18–C1–1074 

(WP18–1074): Formation of Detergent 

Stabilized Oil-Water Emulsion in Bilge 

Water and a Method to Thwart the Same 

(FY18 New Start)—Dr. Manoj 

Chaudhury, Lehigh University; 9:35 

a.m. WP18–C1–1215 (WP18–1215): 

Relating the Phase, Flow, and 

Coalescence Behavior of Complex 

Shipboard Emulsions to the Physical 

and Chemical Properties of Model 

Surfactant-Oil-Water Systems (FY18 

New Start)—Dr. John Howarter, Purdue 

University; 10:20 a.m. Break; 10:35 a.m. 

WP18–C1–1031 (WP18–1031): 

Understanding Shipboard Oil/Water 

Emulsions Using Macro- and Microscale Flows (FY18 New Start)—Dr. Cari 

Dutcher, University of Minnesota; 11:20 

a.m. Weapons Systems and Platforms 

Overview—Dr. Robin Nissan, Weapons 

Systems and Platforms Program 

Manager; 11:30 a.m. WP18–C3–1203 

(WP18–1203): MTNI-based Replacement 

for Comp B in a Printed M67 Grenade 

(FY18 New Start)—Dr. Karl Oyler, U.S. 

Army RDECOM–ARDEC; 12:15 p.m. 

Lunch; 1:15 p.m. WP18–C3–1299 

(WP18–1299): A ‘‘Green’’ 

Propylnitroguanidine (PrNQ) Based 

Solution for Comp B Applications 

(FY18 New Start)—Dr. Chase Munson, 

U.S. Army Research Laboratory; 2:00 

p.m. WP18–F3–1468 (WP18–1468): 

Tactical Solid Rocket Motor Propellant 

Systems that Eliminate Isocyanates and 

Ammonium Perchlorate (Follow-On to 

FY14 SEED Project)—Dr. Andrew 

Guenthner, Air Force Research 

Laboratory; 2:45 p.m. Break; 3:00 p.m. 

Weapons Systems and Platforms 

Overview—Dr. Robin Nissan, Weapons 

Systems and Platforms Program 

Manager; 3:10 p.m. WP18–C4–1176 

(WP18–1176): From Waste Steel to 

Weapons: Additive Manufacturing 

Enabled Agile Manufacturing (FY18 

New Start)—Dr. Diran Apelian, 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 3:55 

p.m. Environmental Restoration 

Overview—Dr. Andrea Leeson, 

Environmental Restoration Program 

Manager; 4:05 p.m. ER18–C3–1303 

(ER18–1303): Treatment Media for 

Control of Persistent Organic Pollutants 

and Metals in Stormwater (FY18 New 

Start)—Dr. Birthe Kjellerup, University 

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of Maryland; 4:50 p.m. Public 

Discussion/Adjourn for the day. 

Thursday, September 14, 2017: 8:30 

a.m. Convene—Dr. Joseph Hughes, 

Chair; 8:40 a.m. Environmental 

Restoration Overview—Dr. Andrea 

Leeson, Environmental Restoration 

Program Manager; 8:50 a.m. ER18–C3– 

1371 (ER18–1371): Development of 

Tools to Inform the Selection of 

Stormwater Controls at DoD Bases to 

Limit Potential Sediment 

Recontamination (FY18 New Start)—Dr. 

Danny Reible, Texas Tech University; 

9:35 a.m. ER18–C3–1145 (ER18–1145): 

Prevention of Sediment 

Recontamination by Improved BMPs to 

Remove Organic and Metal 

Contaminants from Stormwater Runoff 

(FY18 New Start)—Dr. Richard Luthy, 

Stanford University; 10:20 a.m. Break; 

10:35 a.m. ER18–C3–1230 (ER18–1230): 

Development, Evaluation, and 

Technology Transfer of BMPs for 

Optimizing Removal of PAHs, PCBs, 

PFASs, and Metals from Stormwater at 

DoD Sites (FY18 New Start)—Dr. Staci 

Simonich, Oregon State University; 

11:20 a.m. Environmental Restoration 

Overview—Dr. Andrea Leeson, 

Environmental Restoration Program 

Manager; 11:30 a.m. ER18–C4–1428 

(ER18–1428): Drinking Water Treatment 

Residuals as Material for In Situ 

Capping of Metal Contaminated 

Sediments (FY18 New Start)—Dr. JeanClaude Bonzongo, University of Florida; 

12:15 p.m. Lunch; 1:15 p.m. Munitions 

Response Overview—Dr. Herbert 

Nelson, Munitions Response Program 

Manager; 1:25 p.m. MR18–C1–1051 

(MR18–1051): Simulation, Signal 

Extraction, and Augmented 

Visualization for 3D BOSS data (FY18 

New Start)—Dr. Timothy Marston 

University of Washington; 2:10 p.m. 

MR18–C1–1406 (MR18–1406): 

Demonstration of Physics-Based 

Inversions of Multibeam Echosounder 

for Sediment Properties (FY18 New 

Start)—Dr. Brian Hefner, University of 

Washington; 2:55 p.m. Break; 3:10 p.m. 

Strategy Session; 3:40 p.m. Public 

Discussion/Adjourn meeting. 

Meeting Accessibility: The meeting 

location has proper and working 

facilities for those with disabilities. 

Please contact the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) if there are any issues. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Strategic 

Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board. Written statements may 

be submitted to the committee at any 

time or in response to an approved 

meeting agenda. All written statements 

shall be submitted to the DFO for the 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board. The DFO will ensure 

that the written statements are provided 

to the membership for their 

consideration. Time is allotted at the 

close of each meeting day for the public 

to make comments. 

Oral Statements: Oral comments are 

allowed during the public discussion 

portion of the meeting agenda. Oral 

comments are limited to 5 minutes per 

person. 

Dated: August 7, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2017–16897 Filed 8–9–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–420] 

Amended Application for Presidential 

Permit; Nogales Interconnection 

Project 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of amended application. 

SUMMARY: Nogales Transmission, L.L.C. 

(Nogales Transmission, or the 

Applicant) has submitted two 

amendments to its application for a 

Presidential permit to construct, 

operate, maintain, and connect an 

electric transmission line across the 

United States border with Mexico. 

DATES: Comments or motions to 

intervene must be submitted on or 

before September 11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or motions to 

intervene should be addressed as 

follows: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability (OE–20), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at 202–586–5260 or via electronic mail 

at Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov; 

Rishi Garg (Program Attorney) at 202– 

586–0258. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country requires a Presidential permit 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

(E.O.) 10485, as amended by E.O. 12038. 

On April 8, 2016, Nogales 

Transmission filed an application with 

the Office of Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability of the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) for a 

Presidential permit for the proposed 

Nogales Interconnection Project (the 

Project). Nogales Transmission has its 

principal place of business in Dallas, 

Texas. It is a subsidiary of Hunt Power, 

L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, 

which in turn is a subsidiary of Hunt 

Consolidated, Inc. 

On May 19, 2016, DOE published a 

Notice of Application in the Federal 

Register for the proposed Project. In the 

initial application, the proposed Project 

would originate at the existing UNS 

Electric, Inc. (UNSE) Valencia 

Substation in Nogales, Arizona. A new, 

approximately 3-mile, overhead, 138-kV 

alternating current (AC) transmission 

line would be constructed from the 

Valencia Substation west to the 

proposed Gateway Substation. An 

approximately two-mile, overhead, 230- 

kV AC line would be constructed from 

the proposed Gateway Substation to the 

proposed international border crossing 

at the U.S.-Mexico border. 

A 300 MW bi-directional back-to-back 

high-voltage direct current (HVDC) 

converter (i.e., DC tie) would be located 

at the proposed Gateway Substation, 

which would allow for an asynchronous 

connection between the U.S. and 

Mexico. The DC tie would be 

constructed in two phases, with each 

phase capable of 150 megawatts (MW) 

of bi-directional flow, for a total of up 

to 300 MW. Minor modifications within 

the existing Valencia Substation would 

be made to accommodate the 

connection of the proposed 138-kV 

transmission line. 

In the initial application, the U.S. 

portion of the proposed Project would 

cross the U.S.-Mexico border at 

31°19′57.844′′ N., 110°58′35.908′′ W., 

which is just west of the Mariposa Port 

of Entry. On January 9, 2017, Nogales 

Transmission amended its application 

to modify the proposed international 

border crossing to a location 

approximately 25 feet to the east at 

31°19′57.846′′ N., 110°58′35.620′′ W. A 

portion of the new, approximately twomile, overhead, 230-kV AC transmission 

line extending south from the proposed 

Gateway Substation to the proposed 

international border crossing was also 

proposed to be shifted approximately 25 

feet to the east (the location of the 

proposed right-of-way [ROW] was not 

proposed to be changed). 

On May 31, 2017, DOE received a 

letter from Nogales Transmission 

amending its initial Presidential permit 

application a second time to reflect 

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