39778 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

Reserve Forces Policy Board will take 

place. 

DATES: Open to the public Wednesday, 

September 13, 2017 from 9:25 a.m. to 

4:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The address for the Open 

Session of the meeting is the Army Navy 

Country Club, 1700 Army Navy Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexander Sabol, (703) 681–0577 

(Voice), 703–681–0002 (Facsimile), 

Alexander.J.Sabol.Civ@Mail.Mil (Email). 

Mailing address is Reserve Forces Policy 

Board, 5113 Leesburg Pike, Suite 601, 

Falls Church, VA 22041. Web site: 

http://rfpb.defense.gov/. The most upto-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. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of the meeting is to obtain, review and 

evaluate information related to 

strategies, policies, and practices 

designed to improve and enhance the 

capabilities, efficiency, and 

effectiveness of the Reserve 

Components. The Department of 

Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice 

to announce that the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

Reserve Forces Policy Board will take 

place. 

Agenda: The RFPB will hold an open 

meeting to the public Wednesday, 

September 13, 2017 from 9:25 a.m. to 

4:15 p.m. The meeting will focus on 

discussions with the Editor at US Army 

War College Quarterly who will discuss 

an Army War College integrated 

research project entitled ‘‘Great Power 

War’’ that addressed the issue of full 

mobilization for the Army; the Director 

of Training, Office of the Deputy Chief 

of Staff in the Army G–3/5/7 who will 

discuss the Army Sustainable Readiness 

Model as it pertains to the Army’s 

process for training, mobilizing, and 

deploying its Reserve Component units 

as an element of an operational Reserve 

Force; the National Chair, Employer 

Support of the Guard and Reserve 

(ESGR) who will discuss the ESGR’s 

mission of facilitating and promoting a 

cooperative culture of employer support 

for National Guard and Reserve services; 

the Director of Manpower Legislation 

and Systems, DASD Military Personnel 

Policy, who will provide the progress on 

the Department of Defense’s Duty Status 

Reform efforts; the Director of Military 

Compensation Policy, DASD Military 

Personnel Policy, who will discuss the 

General and Flag Officer Requirements 

Working Group, the Report to Congress 

on the feasibility and advisability of 

converting Military Technician 

positions, and other critical Reserve 

Component related provisions of the 

2017 National Defense Authorization 

Act; and a Reserve Component Senior 

Enlisted Advisor Panel that will discuss 

their priorities and views regarding the 

readiness of their respective 

component’s challenges for the 

‘‘Operational Reserve’’ as part of the 

Total Force. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and 

subject to the availability of space, the 

meeting is open to the public from 9:25 

a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Seating is based on a 

first-come, first-served basis. All 

members of the public who wish to 

attend the public meeting must contact 

Mr. Alex Sabol, the Designated Federal 

Officer, not later than 12:00 p.m. on 

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, as listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140 and 

section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, interested 

persons may submit written statements 

to the RFPB at any time about its 

approved agenda or at any time on the 

Board’s mission. Written statements 

should be submitted to the RFPB’s 

Designated Federal Officer at the 

address or facsimile number listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. If statements pertain to a 

specific topic being discussed at the 

planned meeting, then these statements 

must be submitted no later than five (5) 

business days prior to the meeting in 

question. Written statements received 

after this date may not be provided to 

or considered by the RFPB until its next 

meeting. The Designated Federal Officer 

will review all timely submitted written 

statements and provide copies to all the 

committee members before the meeting 

that is the subject of this notice. Please 

note that since the RFPB operates under 

the provisions of the FACA, all 

submitted comments and public 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including, but not 

limited to, being posted on the RFPB’s 

Web site. 

Dated: August 16, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17653 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2017–OS–0040] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Defense Security Service, DoD. 

ACTION: 60-day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Defense Security Service announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Department of Defense, Office 

of the Deputy Chief Management 

Officer, Directorate for Oversight and 

Compliance, Regulatory and Advisory 

Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 


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Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the DSS Office of 

Information Management, Russell Knox 

Building, 27130 Telegraph Rd., 

Quantico, VA 22134 or email dss.niss@

mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: National Industrial Security 

System (NISS); OMB Control Number 

0704–XXXX. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary for 

DSS to oversee the National Industrial 

Security Program (NISP) pursuant to 

Executive Order 12829. The National 

Industrial Security System (NISS) will 

become the repository of records related 

to the maintenance of information 

pertaining to contractor facility security 

clearances (FCL) and contractor 

capabilities to protect classified 

information in its possession. 

Affected Public: Cleared contractor 

companies participating in the NISP. 

Annual Burden Hours: 11,671. 

Number of Respondents: 11,671. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 11,671. 

Average Burden per Response: 60 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents are security 

professionals who provide information 

to DSS in order to process facility 

security clearances (FCL), report 

changes of the facility that may affect 

the FCL, and managing incident 

response. In addition to this standard 

processing, NISS will enable security 

staff to communicate with their DSS 

representative pursuant to requirement 

DoD 5220.22–M, National Industrial 

Security Program Operating Manual. 

The NISS will be an integrated 

automated solution that will facilitate 

efficient execution of the Agency’s core 

mission. NISS will allow users to 

manage large amounts of information 

through increased automated workflows 

to ensure accuracy, create linkages in 

data, and close the gap of missing data 

elements. 

Dated: August 16, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17686 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement/Overseas Environmental 

Impact Statement for Northwest 

Training and Testing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 and regulations implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality, 

the Department of the Navy (DoN) 

announces its intent to prepare a 

supplement to the 2015 Final Northwest 

Training and Testing (NWTT) 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS/OEIS). 

DATES: Public comments will be 

accepted during the 30-day scoping 

period from August 22, 2017 to 

September 21, 2017. Public scoping 

meetings will not be held. However, 

public meetings are planned to occur 

following the release of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS in early 2019. 

ADDRESSES: The DoN invites scoping 

comments on the NWTT Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS from all interested parties. 

Substantive comments may be provided 

by mail to the address below and 

through the project Web site at http://

nwtteis.com/. Comments must be 

postmarked or received online by 

September 21, 2017 for consideration 

during the development of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Mosher, (360) 257–3234, 

john.g.mosher@navy.mil. Naval 

Facilities Engineering Command 

Northwest, Attention: NWTT 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project 

Manager, 3730 North Charles Porter 

Avenue, Building 385, Oak Harbor, 

Washington 98278–3500. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoN 

will assess the potential environmental 

effects associated with ongoing and 

future at-sea military readiness activities 

conducted within the NWTT EIS/OEIS 

Study Area (hereafter known as the 

‘‘Study Area’’) beyond 2020. Military 

readiness activities include training and 

research, development, testing, and 

evaluation (hereafter known as 

‘‘testing’’). The Supplemental EIS/OEIS 

will include an analysis of training and 

testing activities using new information 

available after the release of the 2015 

Final EIS/OEIS. New information 

includes an updated acoustic effects 

model, updated marine mammal density 

data, and evolving and emergent best 

available science. Proposed activities 

are generally consistent with those 

analyzed in the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS 

and are representative of training and 

testing activities the DoN has been 

conducting in the Study Area for 

decades. 

The Study Area remains unchanged 

since the 2015 Final EIS/OEIS. The 

Study Area is comprised of established 

maritime operating areas and warning 

areas in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, 

including areas within the Strait of Juan 

de Fuca, Puget Sound, and the Western 

Behm Canal in southeastern Alaska. The 

Study Area includes air and water space 

within and outside Washington state 

waters, air and water space outside state 

waters of Oregon and Northern 

California, and DoN pierside locations 

where sound navigation and ranging 

(sonar) maintenance and testing occur. 

In the supplement to the 2015 Final EIS/ 

OEIS, the DoN will only analyze those 

training and testing activities conducted 

at sea within the Study Area. 

As part of this process, the DoN will 

seek the issuance of federal regulatory 

permits and authorizations under the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act and 

Endangered Species Act to support ongoing and future at-sea military 

readiness activities within the Study 

Area beyond 2020. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.6, the DoN 

will invite the National Marine 

Fisheries Service and the U.S. Coast 

Guard to be cooperating agencies in 

preparation of the Supplemental EIS/ 

OEIS. 

The DoN’s lead action proponent is 

Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. 

Additional action proponents include 

Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval 

Air Systems Command. 

The DoN’s Proposed Action is to 

conduct at-sea training and testing 

activities within the Study Area. 

Activities include the use of active 

sonar and explosives while employing 

marine species protective mitigation 

measures. The Proposed Action does 

not alter the DoN’s original purpose and 

need as discussed in the 2015 Final EIS/ 

OEIS. 

The purpose of the Proposed Action 

is to maintain a ready force, which is 

needed to ensure the DoN can 

accomplish its mission to maintain, 

train, and equip combat-ready naval 


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