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Advanced Military Studies (SAMS). 

This will be an informational meeting 

with particular focus on the possibility 

of establishing additional degree 

programs at CGSC. 

Agenda: November 6–7: The 

subcommittee will review the results of 

the accreditation visit to CGSC in spring 

2016 by the Higher Learning 

Commission and receive information 

briefings on potential opportunities to 

introduce additional degree programs at 

the College. No official 

recommendations will be forthcoming 

from this meeting. The committee will 

also complete certain administrative 

and training requirements associated 

with the service of individual 

subcommittee members. Summary 

minutes of the meeting will be provided 

to the Army Education Advisory 

Committee for consideration under the 

open-meeting rules. 

Public Accessibility to the Meeting: 

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, this meeting is open to the 

public. Seating is on a first to arrive 

basis. Attendees are requested to submit 

their name, affiliation, and daytime 

phone number seven business days 

prior to the meeting to Dr. Baumann, via 

electronic mail, the preferred mode of 

submission, at the address listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

Because the meeting of the 

subcommittee will be held in a Federal 

Government facility on a military base, 

security screening is required. A photo 

ID is required to enter base. Please note 

that security and gate guards have the 

right to inspect vehicles and persons 

seeing to enter and exit the installation. 

Lewis and Clark Center is fully 

handicap accessible. Wheelchair access 

is available in front at the main entrance 

of the building. For additional 

information about public access 

procedures, contact Dr. Baumann, the 

subcommittee’s Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer, at the email address or 

telephone number listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Written Comments or Statements: 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written comments or statements 

to the subcommittee, in response to the 

stated agenda of the open meeting or in 

regard to the subcommittee’s mission in 

general. Written comments or 

statements should be submitted to Dr. 

Baumann, the subcommittee Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer, via 

electronic mail, the preferred mode of 

submission, at the address listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Each page of the comment or 

statement must include the author’s 

name, title or affiliation, address, and 

daytime phone number. The Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer will review 

all submitted written comments or 

statements must include the author’s 

name, title or affiliation, address, and 

daytime phone number. Written 

comments or statements being 

submitted in response to the agenda set 

forth in this notice must be received by 

the Alternate Designated Federal Officer 

at least seven business days prior to the 

meeting to be considered by the 

subcommittee. Written comments or 

statements received after this date may 

not be provided to the subcommittee 

until its next meeting. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140d, the 

Committee is not obligated to allow a 

member of the public to speak or 

otherwise address the Committee during 

the meeting. Members of the public will 

be permitted to make verbal comments 

during the Committee meeting only at 

the time and in the manner described 

below. If a member of the public is 

interested in making a verbal comment 

at the open meeting, that individual 

must submit a request, with a brief 

statement of the subject matter to be 

addressed by the comment, at least 

seven business days in advance to the 

subcommittee’s Alternate Designated 

Federal Official, via electronic mail, the 

preferred mode of submission, at the 

address listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. The 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer 

will log each request, in the order 

received, and in consultation with the 

Subcommittee Chair, determine whether 

the subject matter of each comment is 

relevant to the Subcommittee’s mission 

and/or the topics to be addressed in this 

public meeting. A 15-minute period 

near the end of the meeting will be 

available for verbal public comments. 

Members of the public who have 

requested to make a verbal comment 

and whose comments have been 

deemed relevant under the process 

described above, will be allotted no 

more than three minutes during the 

period, and will be invited to speak in 

the order in which their requests were 

received by the Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

U.S. Strategic Command Strategic 

Advisory Group; Notice of Federal 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Chairman Joint 

Chiefs of Staff, 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 U.S. 

Strategic Command Strategic Advisory 

Group will take place. 

DATES: Day 1—Closed to the public 

Tuesday, October 16, 2017, from 8:00 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Day 2—Closed to 

the public Wednesday, October 17, 

2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Dougherty Conference 

Center, Building 432, 906 SAC 

Boulevard, Offutt AFB, Nebraska 68113. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Trefz, (402) 294–4102 (Voice), (402) 

294–3128 (Facsimile), john.l.trefz.civ@

mail.mil (Email). Mailing address is 901 

SAC Boulevard, Suite 1F7, Offutt AFB, 

NE 68113–6030. 

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 provide advice on 

scientific, technical, intelligence, and 

policy-related issues to the Commander, 

U.S. Strategic Command, during the 

development of the Nation’s strategic 

war plans. 

Agenda: Topics include: Policy 

Issues, Space Operations, Nuclear 

Weapons Stockpile Assessment, 

Weapons of Mass Destruction, 

Intelligence Operations, Cyber 

Operations, Global Strike, Command 

and Control, Science and Technology, 

Missile Defense. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the 

Department of Defense has determined 

that the meeting shall be closed to the 

public. Per delegated authority by the 

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General 

John E. Hyten, Commander, U.S. 

Strategic Command, in consultation 

with his legal advisor, has determined 

in writing that the public interest 

requires that all sessions of this meeting 

be closed to the public because they will 


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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 

Federal Officer will review all 

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 

Assessment of Vegetation and Process 


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