40572 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 164 / Friday, August 25, 2017 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of intent to issue an 

exclusive patent license. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

agency regulations, the Department of 

the Air Force announces its intention to 

grant Sensible Spreader Technologies, 

LLC, a corporation of New Hampshire 

having a place of business at 844 Elm 

Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 

03101, an exclusive license in any right, 

title and interest the United States Air 

Force has in: In U.S. Patent 8,428,993 

entitled ‘‘Method and Apparatus for 

Risk Identification and Mitigation in 

Shift Work Fatigue’’, issued on April 23, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An 

exclusive license for this patent will be 

granted unless a written objection is 

received within fifteen (15) days from 

the date of publication of this Notice. 

Written objections should be sent to: Air 

Force Research Laboratory, Office of the 

Staff Judge Advocate, AFRL/RIJ, 26 

Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York 

13441–4514. Telephone: (315) 330– 

2087; Facsimile (315) 330–7583. 

Henry Williams, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Special Use Airspace Optimization 

Project, Holloman Air Force Base, New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

The U.S. Air Force is issuing this 

notice of intent (NOI) (40 CFR 1508.22) 

to advise the public of its intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to assess the potential 

environmental consequences associated 

with modifying existing or creating new 

special use airspace (SUA), and 

relinquishing to the National Airspace 

System (NAS) SUA incompatible for 

today’s Air Force mission. SUA used by 

Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) dates 

back more than 30 years ago and was 

designed to support different aircraft 

with significantly different mission 

profiles and performance characteristics 

than the current aircraft (F–16C/D) 

flown at Holloman AFB. Optimizing Air 

Force controlled SUA would provide 

the scheduling flexibility necessary to 

conduct multiple, simultaneous training 

missions needed by the aircrews 

stationed at Holloman AFB, New 

Mexico to meet the pilot initial 

qualification training requirements. Two 

action alternatives identified as meeting 

the purpose and need for this proposed 

action will be analyzed in the EIS. 

Alternative 1 would reconfigure and 

expand the existing Talon Military 

Operations Area (MOA) and associated 

Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace 

(ATCAA). Alternative 2 would modify 

the existing Cato/Smitty MOA/ATCAA 

and create a new Lobos MOA to the 

west of White Sands Missile Range. 

Each alternative includes aircraft 

activity down to 500 feet above ground 

level (AGL), supersonic activity at or 

above 30,000 feet mean sea level (MSL), 

and the use of defensive chaff and flares 

within certain parameters. The resulting 

SUA would provide adequate volumes 

of SUA to allow for more efficient and 

simultaneous training activities that 

currently occur disjointedly throughout 

several airspace areas in New Mexico 

and return sub-optimal airspace to the 

NAS for use by the public. 

A No Action Alternative will be 

included in the EIS, whereby aircrews at 

Holloman AFB would continue to 

utilize existing SUA as it is currently 

configured. Aircrews would continue to 

be limited to SUA that was developed 

for legacy aircraft more than 30 years 

ago and does not have the optimum 

volume, proximity to the installation, 

availability, or other attributes to 

efficiently support the Holloman AFB 

flying mission. The analysis of the No 

Action Alternative will provide a 

benchmark to enable Air Force decisionmakers to compare the magnitude of the 

environmental effects of the proposed 

action. 

Scoping and Agency Coordination: To 

effectively define the full range of issues 

and alternatives to be evaluated in the 

EIS, the Air Force will determine the 

scope of the analysis by soliciting 

comments from interested local, state 

and federal elected officials and 

agencies, as well as interested members 

of the public and others. The public and 

interested parties can submit their 

comments through the project Web site 

www.HollomanAFBAirspaceEIS.com, by 

mailing comments to Holloman 

Airspace EIS, c/o Cardno, 501 Butler 

Farm Rd., Suite H, Hampton, VA 23666, 

or by attending one of the public 

meetings. The Air Force will also 

pursue government-to-government 

consultations with interested Native 

American tribes and pueblos. 

Public Meeting Dates and Locations: 

Public scoping meetings will be held in 

Carlsbad, Truth or Consequences and 

Las Cruces, New Mexico at the 

following dates, times, and locations: 

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 6:00 p.m. 

to 8:00 p.m., Carlsbad Public Library, 

101 S. Halagueno Street, Carlsbad, 

NM 88220. 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 6:00 

p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Truth or 

Consequences Civic Center, Ralph 

Edwards Auditorium, 400 W. 4th 

Avenue, Truth or Consequences, NM 

87901. 

Thursday, September 14, 2017, 6:00 

p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 

2550 S. Don Roser Dr., Las Cruces, 

NM 88001. 

Although comments can be submitted 

to the Air Force any time during the EIS 

process, scoping comments are 

requested by September 25, 2017 to 

ensure full consideration in the draft 

EIS. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Air 

Force has preliminarily identified two 

broad alternatives to optimize existing 

training airspace at Holloman AFB. 

While the alternatives are independent 

of each other, the decision-maker may 

choose to implement one, both, or none 

of the alternatives based on the analysis 

provided in the EIS. 

Alternative 1 would evaluate an 

expansion to the east of Holloman AFB 

of the Talon MOA and associated 

ATCAA. The Talon MOA is located in 

the vicinity of Carlsbad, New Mexico 

and covers approximately 1,848 square 

nautical miles. Under this alternative, 

the dimensions of the existing MOA/ 

ATCAA would be expanded 

approximately 1,375 square nautical 

miles generally to the east. The floor of 

the MOA would be raised to 500 feet 

AGL from the current 300 feet AGL. 

Training within the expanded MOA/ 

ATCAA would include supersonic flight 

at or above 30,000 feet and use of chaff 

and flares above 2,000 feet AGL. 

Alternative 2 would evaluate the area 

west of Holloman AFB and White Sands 

Missile Range for reconfiguring and 

expanding the Cato/Smitty MOA and 

associated ATCAA and/or creating a 

new Lobos MOA/ATCAA. The Cato/ 

Smitty MOA is located in the vicinity of 

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico 

and covers approximately 2,680 square 

nautical miles. Under this alternative, 

the dimensions of the Cato/Smitty MOA 

would be reconfigured and expanded to 

the southeast. Reconfiguring this MOA 

would result in returning the northern 

portion of the existing Cato/Smitty 

MOA back to the NAS. The new Lobos 

MOA/ATCAA would be created south 

of the reconfigured Cato/Smitty MOA 

and west of White Sands Missile Range. 

The proposed floor of the reconfigured 


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Cato/Smitty MOA and the new Lobos 

MOA would be 500 feet AGL (2,000 feet 

AGL over designated wilderness areas 

as currently observed). Training within 

the reconfigured and expanded Cato/ 

Smitty and new Lobos MOAs would 

include supersonic flight above 30,000 

feet and use of chaff and flares above 

2,000 feet AGL. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions regarding the proposed action, 

scoping, and EIS development, contact 

Holloman AFB Public Affairs Office, at 

(575) 572–7383 or at: 49WG.PAOffice@

us.af.mil. 

Henry Williams, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory 

Board; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Air Force Scientific Advisory 

Board, Department of the Air Force. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Air Force 

Scientific Advisory Board plans to hold 

its Fall Board meeting on September 20, 

2017. A Portion of this meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting date is September 

20, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The CENTRA Conference 

Center, 4121 Wilson Blvd., Suite 200, 

Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Scientific Advisory Board meeting 

organizer, Major Mike Rigoni at 

michael.j.rigoni.mil@mail.mil or 703– 

695–4297, United States Air Force 

Scientific Advisory Board, 1500 West 

Perimeter Road, Ste. #3300, Joint Base 

Andrews, MD 20762. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act 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 102–3.150, the Department of 

Defense announces the United States 

Air Force (USAF) Scientific Advisory 

Board (SAB) Fall Board meeting will 

take place on 20 September 2017 at the 

The CENTRA Conference Center, 

located at 4121 Wilson Blvd., Suite 200, 

Arlington, VA 22203. The purpose of 

this Air Force Scientific Advisory Board 

quarterly meeting is to welcome new 

members, prepare for Science and 

Technology Reviews of the Air Force 

Research Laboratory, and apportion 

time for Air Force senior leaders to brief 

the SAB on their most vital S&T issues. 

The meeting will occur from 8:00 a.m.– 

5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 20 September 

2017. The session that will be open to 

the general public will be held from 

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on 20 September 

2017. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b, 

as amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, a 

number of sessions of the Air Force 

Scientific Advisory Board Fall Board 

meeting will be closed to the general 

public because they will discuss 

classified information and matters 

covered by Section 552b of Title 5, 

United States Code, subsection (c), 

subparagraph (1). 

Any member of the public that wishes 

to attend this meeting or provide input 

to the Air Force Scientific Advisory 

Board must contact the Scientific 

Advisory Board meeting organizer at the 

phone number or email address listed in 

this announcement at least five working 

days prior to the meeting date. Please 

ensure that you submit your written 

statement in accordance with 41 CFR 

102–3.140(c) and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Statements being submitted in response 

to the agenda mentioned in this notice 

must be received by the Scientific 

Advisory Board meeting organizer at 

least five calendar days prior to the 

meeting commencement date. The 

Scientific Advisory Board meeting 

organizer will review all timely 

submissions and respond to them prior 

to the start of the meeting identified in 

this notice. Written statements received 

after this date may not be considered by 

the Scientific Advisory Board until the 

next scheduled meeting. 

Henry Williams, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

U.S. Air Force Exclusive Patent 

License 

AGENCY: Air Force Research Laboratory 

Information Directorate, Department of 

the Air Force, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to issue an 

exclusive patent license. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

agency regulations, the Department of 

the Air Force announces its intention to 

grant The Curators of the University of 

Missouri, a public corporation of 

Missouri having a place of business at 

the Office of Technology Management 

and Industry Relations, 1601 S. 

Providence Road, #124, Columbia, 

Missouri 65211, an exclusive license in 

any right, title and interest the United 

States Air Force has in: In U.S. Patent 

Application No. 14/982,030 entitled 

‘‘Method for Fast Camera Pose 

Refinement for Wide Area Motion 

Imagery’’, filed December 19, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An 

exclusive license for this patent will be 

granted unless a written objection is 

received within fifteen (15) days from 

the date of publication of this Notice. 

Written objections should be sent to: Air 

Force Research Laboratory, Office of the 

Staff Judge Advocate, AFRL/RIJ, 26 

Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York 

13441–4514. Telephone: (315) 330– 

2087; Facsimile (315) 330–7583. 

Henry Williams, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Government-Industry Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and 

Logistics), Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Federal advisory committee 

meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce the 

following Federal advisory committee 

meeting of the Government-Industry 

Advisory Panel. This meeting is open to 

the public. 

DATES: The meetings will be held from 

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday 

and Thursday, September 6 and 7, 2017. 

Public registration will begin at 8:45 

a.m. on each day. For entrance into the 

meeting, you must meet the necessary 

requirements for entrance into the 

Pentagon. For more detailed 

information, please see the following 

link: http://www.pfpa.mil/access.html. 

Teleconference and direct connect 

information will be provided by the 

Designated Federal Officer and support 

staff at the contact information in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

ADDRESSES: Pentagon Library, 

Washington Headquarters Services, 


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