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be concerned with matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140(c), the public or 

interested organizations may submit 

written statements to the membership of 

the Strategic Advisory Group at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of a planned meeting. Written 

statements should be submitted to the 

Strategic Advisory Group’s Designated 

Federal Officer; the Designated Federal 

Officer’s contact information can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. Written 

statements that do not pertain to a 

scheduled meeting of the Strategic 

Advisory Group may be submitted at 

any time. However, if individual 

comments pertain to a specific topic 

being discussed at a planned meeting, 

then these statements must be submitted 

no later than five business days prior to 

the meeting in question. The Designated 

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submitted written statements and 

provide copies to all the committee 

members. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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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: 1st meeting: Open to the public 

Tuesday, October 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:50 p.m. 2nd meeting: Day 1—Open to 

the public Wednesday, October 18, 

2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. Day 

2—Open to the public Thursday, 

October 19, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:55 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The address for both 

meetings 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 

17D08, 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 both the October 17, 2017 and the 

October 18–19, 2017 meetings are 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: Tuesday, October 17, 2017: 

8:30 a.m. Convene/Opening Remarks 

Approval of September 2017 Minutes— 

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

Program Update—Dr. Herb Nelson, 

Acting Executive Director; 9:00 a.m. 

Environmental Restoration Overview— 

Dr. Andrea Leeson, Environmental 

Restoration Program Manager; 9:10 a.m. 

ER18–C1–1259 (ER18–1259): A 

Mechanistic Understanding of PFASs in 

Source Zones: Characterization and 

Control (FY18 New Start)—Dr. Jennifer 

Field, Oregon State University; 9:55 a.m. 

ER18–C1–1204 (ER18–1204): Insights 

into the Long-Term Mass Discharge & 

Transformation of AFFF in the 

Unsaturated Zone (FY18 New Start)— 

Dr. Charles Schaefer, CDM Smith; 10:40 

a.m. Break; 10:55 a.m. ER18–C1–1280 

(ER18–1280): Evaluating the Importance 

of Precursor Transport and 

Transformation for Groundwater 

Contamination with Poly- and 

Perfluoroalkyl Substances (FY18 New 

Start)—Dr. Elsie Sunderland, Harvard 

University; 11:40 a.m. ER18–C2–1063 

(ER18–1063): Regenerable Resin Sorbent 

Technologies with Regenerant Solution 

Recycling for Sustainable Treatment of 

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances 

(PFASs) (FY18 New Start)—Dr. Timothy 

Strathmann, Colorado School of Mines; 

12:25 p.m. Lunch; 1:25 p.m. 

Environmental Restoration Overview— 

Dr. Andrea Leeson, Environmental 

Restoration Program Manager; 1:35 p.m. 

ER18–C1–1149 (ER18–1149): 

Development and Laboratory Validation 

of Mathematical Modeling Tools for 

Prediction of PFAS Transformation, 

Transport, and Retention in AFFF 

Source Areas (FY18 New Start)—Dr. 

Linda Abriola, Tufts University; 2:20 

p.m. ER18–C2–1027 (ER18–1027): Ex 

Situ Treatment of PFAS Contaminated 

Groundwater Using Ion Exchange with 

Regeneration (FY18 New Start)—Dr. 

Mark Fuller, Aptim Federal Services; 

3:05 p.m. Break; 3:20 p.m. ER18–C2– 

1289 (ER18–1289): Treatment of Legacy 

and Emerging Fluoroalkyl Contaminants 

in Groundwater with Integrated 

Approaches: Rapid and Regenerable 

Adsorption and UV-Induced 

Defluorination (FY18 New Start)—Dr. 

Jinyong Liu, UC Riverside; 4:05 p.m. 

ER18–C2–1306 (ER18–1306): Combined 

In Situ/Ex Situ Treatment Train for 

Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl 

Substance (PFAS) Contaminated 

Groundwater (FY18 New Start)—Dr. 

Michelle Crimi, Clarkson University; 

4:50 p.m. Public Discussion/Adjourn for 

the day. Wednesday, October 18, 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. ER–C2– 

1026 (ER18–1026): Rational Design and 

Implementation of Novel Polymer 

Adsorbents for Selective Uptake of Perand Polyfluoroalkyl Substances From 

Groundwater—Dr. Damian Helbling, 

Cornell University; 9:35 a.m. Resource 

Conservation and Resiliency 

Overview—Dr. Kurt Preston, Resource 

Conservation and Resiliency Program 

Manager; 9:45 a.m. RC18–C2–1006 

(RC18–1006): Understanding and 

Assessing Riparian Habitat 

Vulnerability to Drought-Prone Climate 

Regimes on DoD Bases in the 

Southwestern USA (FY18 New Start)— 

Dr. Michael Singer, UC Santa Barbara; 

10:30 a.m. Break; 10:45 a.m. RC18–C2– 

1346 (RC18–1346): Climate-Driven 

Landscape Disturbance Assessment 

(FY18 New Start)—Dr. Adam Atchley, 

Los Alamos National Laboratory; 11:30 

a.m. RC18–C2–1183 (RC18–1183): 

Resiliency and Vulnerability of Boreal 

Forest Habitat to the Interaction of 

Climate and Fire Disturbance across 

DoD Lands of Interior Alaska (FY18 

New Start)—Dr. Scott Goetz, Northern 

Arizona University; 12:15 p.m. Lunch; 

1:15 p.m. RC18–C2–1322 (RC18–1322): 

Forecasting Dryland Ecosystem 

Vulnerability to Change: A Cross-system 

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Responses to Disturbance and Climate 

Variability on DoD Lands (FY18 New 

Start)—Dr. Scott Ferrenberg, United 

States Geological Survey; 2:00 p.m. 

RC18–C2–1021 (RC18–1021): Using 

Unmanned Aerial Systems to Model 

Spatially-Mediated Heterogeneity in 3D 

Microclimate Landscapes (FY18 New 

Start)—Dr. Anna Carter, Iowa State 

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

RC18–C2–1108 (RC18–1108): Aquatic 

Ecosystem Vulnerability to Fire and 

Climate Change in Alaskan Boreal 

Forests (FY18 New Start)—Dr. Jeffrey 

Falke, United States Geological Survey; 

3:45 p.m. Resource Conservation and 

Resiliency Overview—Dr. Kurt Preston, 

Resource Conservation and Resiliency 

Program Manager; 3:55 p.m. RC18–C1– 

1358 (RC18–1358): Using Remotelysensed Data and Light-level Geolocator 

Technology to Inform Off-Post 

Landscape-Scale Conservation Planning 

for a Migratory Species (FY18 New 

Start)—Dr. Ashley Long, Texas A&M 

AgriLife Research; 4:40 p.m. Public 

Discussion/Adjourn for the day. 

Thursday, October 19, 2017: 8:30 

a.m.: Convene—Dr. Joseph Hughes, 

Chair; 8:40 a.m. Weapons Systems and 

Platforms Overview—Dr. Robin Nissan, 

WP Program Manager; 8:50 a.m. WP18– 

C4–1047 (WP18–1047): Development of 

an Agile, Novel Expeditionary 

Battlefield Manufacturing Plant using 

Recycled and Reclaimed Thermoplastic 

Materials (FY18 New Start)—Dr. Prabhat 

Krishnaswamy, Engineering Mechanics 

Corporation of Columbus; 9:35 a.m. 

WP18–C4–1323 (WP18–1323): 

Recycling and Reuse of Metal Alloys by 

a Single Solid-State Additive 

Manufacturing and Repair Process 

(FY18 New Start)—Dr. Paul Allison, 

University of Alabama; 10:20 a.m. 

Break; 10:35 a.m. Weapons Systems and 

Platforms Overview—Dr. Robin Nissan, 

WP Program Manager; 10:45 a.m. 

WP18–C1–1114 (WP18–1114): Emulsion 

Characterization Study for Improved 

Bilgewater Treatment and Management 

(FY18 New Start)—Ms. Danielle 

Paynter, Naval Surface Warfare Center; 

11:30 a.m. Weapons Systems and 

Platforms Overview—Dr. Robin Nissan, 

WP Program Manager; 11:40 a.m. 

WP18–C3–1193 (WP18–1193): An 

Integral Hypergolic Hybrid-Solid Fuel 

Ramjet Concept for AP-Free High 

Performance Tactical Rocket Motors 

(FY18 New Start)—Dr. Mark Pfeil, U.S. 

Army Aviation & Missile Research, 

Development, and Engineering Center; 

12:25 p.m. Lunch; 1:25 p.m. Weapons 

Systems and Platforms Overview—Dr. 

Robin Nissan, WP Program Manager; 

1:35 p.m. WP18–F2–1439 (WP18–1439) 

Development and Evaluation of NonChromate LHE ZnNi Passivations for 

DoD Electrical Connectors (Follow-on to 

FY15 SEED Project)—Dr. Matthew 

O’Keefe, Missouri S&T; 2:20 p.m. 

Munitions Response Overview—Dr. 

Herbert Nelson, Munitions Response 

Program Manager; 2:30 p.m. MR18–C1– 

1233 (MR18–1233): Improved 

Penetrometer Performance in Stratified 

Sediment for Cost-Effective 

Characterization, Monitoring and 

Management of Submerged Munitions 

Sites (FY18 New Start)—Dr. Nina Stark, 

Virginia Tech; 3:15 p.m. Break; 3:30 

p.m. Environmental Restoration 

Overview—Dr. Andrea Leeson, ER 

Program Manager; 3:40 p.m. ER–2531: 

Role of Acidophilic Methanotrophs in 

Long Term Natural Attenuation of VOCs 

in Low pH Aquifers (Follow On to FY15 

Limited Scope Project)—Dr. Paul 

Hatzinger, Aptim Federal Services; 4:25 

p.m. Strategy Session—Dr. Herb Nelson, 

Acting Executive Director; 4:55 p.m. 

Public Discussion/Adjourn. 

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. 

Dated: September 15, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Extension of Scoping Period 

for the Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement/Overseas 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Northwest Training and Testing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: A notice of intent was 

published by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency in the Federal 

Register (82 FR 39779) on August 22, 

2017 for the supplement to the 2015 

Final Northwest Training and Testing 

(NWTT) Environmental Impact 

Statement/Overseas Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS). The 30- 

day scoping period ends on September 

21, 2017. This notice announces a 15- 

day extension of the scoping period 

until October 6, 2017. 

DATES: Public comments will be 

accepted during the 45-day scoping 

period from August 22, 2017 to October 

6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be provided 

via mail to the address provided below 

or through the project Web site at http:// 

nwtteis.com/. Comments must be 

postmarked or received online by 

October 6, 2017 for consideration during 

the development of the Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS. Anyone interested in 

receiving electronic project updates can 

subscribe on the project Web site to 

receive notifications via email for key 

milestones throughout the 

environmental planning process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Mosher, 360–257–3234, 

john.g.mosher@navy.mil. U.S. Pacific 

Fleet, Attention: NWTT Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS Project Manager, 3730 North 

Charles Porter Avenue, Building 385, 

Oak Harbor, Washington 98278–3500. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

S.E. Milewski, 

Deputy Division Director, Administrative Law 

Division, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Notice 

TIME AND DATE: 12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m., 

September 26, 2017. 

PLACE: Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board Headquarters, 625 Indiana 


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