[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 221 (Friday, November 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68825-68826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27378]



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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: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce an open meeting of the Strategic Environmental Research and 
Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The purpose of 
the meeting is to review new start research and development projects 
requesting Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program 
funds in excess of $1 million over the proposed length of the project.

DATES: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:05 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn Ballston, 4610 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, 
VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jonathan Bunger, SERDP Office, 
4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 17D08, Alexandria, VA 22350-3605; or by 
telephone at (571) 372-6384.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held 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. This notice is 
published in accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, 
and the availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. 
Seating is on a first-come basis.
    The purpose of the December 17-18, 2013 meeting is to review new 
start research and development projects requesting Strategic 
Environmental Research and Development Program funds in excess of $1 
million over the proposed length of the project as required by the 
SERDP Statute, U.S. Code--Title 10, Subtitle A, Part IV, Chapter 172, 
Sec.  2904. The full agenda follows:

                                           Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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9:00 a.m..............................  Convene/Opening Remarks, Approval of      Mr. Joseph Francis, Chair.
                                         September 2013 Minutes.
9:10 a.m..............................  Program Update..........................  Dr. Anne Andrews, Acting
                                                                                   Executive Director.
9:25 a.m..............................  Munitions Response Overview.............  Dr. Herb Nelson, Munitions
                                                                                   Response Program Manager.
9:35 a.m..............................  14 MR01-017 (MR-2410)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Marcelo Garcia, University
                                         Large-Scale Laboratory Experiments of     of Illinois at Urbana-
                                         Incipient Motion, Transport, and Fate     Champaign, Urbana, IL.
                                         of Underwater Munitions under Waves,
                                         Currents, and Combined-Flows.
10:20 a.m.............................  Break.                                    ..............................
10:35 a.m.............................  14 MR01-009 (MR-2439)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Jermaine Kennedy, NSWC-
                                         Multipass and Non-Concentric Target       PCD, Panama City Beach, FL.
                                         CSAS.
11:20 a.m.............................  Resource Conservation and Climate Change  Dr. John Hall, Resource
                                         Overview.                                 Conservation and Climate
                                                                                   Change Program Manager.
11:30 a.m.............................  14 RC01-015 (RC-2434)--FY14 Re-Brief,     Dr. Jeffrey Foster, Northern
                                         Seed Dispersal Networks and Novel         Arizona University,
                                         Ecosystem Functioning in Hawaii.          Flagstaff, AZ.
12:00 p.m.............................  Lunch.                                    ..............................
1:00 p.m..............................  Environmental Restoration Overview......  Dr. Andrea Leeson,
                                                                                   Environmental Restoration
                                                                                   Program Manager.
1:05 p.m..............................  14 ER02-023 (ER-2423)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Michelle Crimi, Clarkson
                                         In Situ Treatment Train for Remediation   University, Potsdam, NY.
                                         of Perfluoroalkyl Contaminated
                                         Groundwater: In Situ Chemical Oxidation
                                         of Sorbed Contaminants (ISCO-SC).
1:55 p.m..............................  14 ER02-030 (ER-2424)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Charles Schaefer, CB&I
                                         Investigating Electrocatalytic and        Federal Services,
                                         Catalytic Approaches for In Situ          Lawrenceville, NJ.
                                         Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl
                                         Contaminants in Groundwater.
2:40 p.m..............................  Break.                                    ..............................
2:55 p.m..............................  14 ER02-031 (ER-2425)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Matt Simcik, University of
                                         Development of a Novel Approach for In    Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
                                         Situ Remediation of PFC Contaminated
                                         Groundwater Systems.
3:40 p.m..............................  14 ER02-041 (ER-2426)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Linda Lee, Purdue
                                         Quantification of In Situ Chemical        University, West Lafayette,
                                         Reductive Defluorination (ISCRD) of       IN.
                                         Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Ground Water
                                         Impacted by AFFFs.
4:25 p.m..............................  Strategy Session........................  Dr. Anne Andrews, Acting
                                                                                   Executive Director.
5:00 p.m..............................  Public Discussion/Adjourn for the day.    ..............................
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                                          Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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8:30 a.m..............................  Convene.................................  Mr. Joseph Francis, Chair.
8:40 a.m..............................  Weapons Systems and Platforms Overview..  Dr. Anne Andrews, Acting
                                                                                   Executive Director.
8:50 a.m..............................  14 WP04-002 (WP-2405)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Joost van Lingen, TNO,
                                         Proof of Concept Novel Low-Toxicity       Rijswijk, Netherlands.
                                         Obscurant.
9:35 a.m..............................  Weapons Systems and Platforms Overview..  Dr. Anne Andrews, Acting
                                                                                   Executive Director.
9:45 a.m..............................  14 WP01-009 (WP-2400)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Gary Holland, Aerojet
                                         Environmentally Sustainable Liquid Gas    General Corporation, Redmond,
                                         Generator Formulations.                   WA.
10:30 a.m.............................  Break.                                    ..............................
10:45 a.m.............................  14 WP01-011 (WP-2401)--FY14 New Start,    Mr. Joseph Clubb, Naval Air
                                         Development of Low-Toxicity Liquid        Warfare Center, China Lake,
                                         Propellant System for Orbital/Sub-        CA.
                                         Orbital Applications.
11:30 a.m.............................  Lunch.                                    ..............................
12:30 p.m.............................  Environmental Restoration Overview......  Dr. Andrea Leeson,
                                                                                   Environmental Restoration
                                                                                   Program Manager.

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12:40 p.m.............................  14 ER03-002 (ER-2427)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Anna Knox, Savannah River
                                         Understanding the Relationships Among     National Laboratory, Aiken,
                                         Low Level Metal Influx, Remediated        SC.
                                         Sediments, and Biological Receptors.
1:25 p.m..............................  14 ER03-025 (ER-2428)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Danny Reible, Texas Tech
                                         Assessment and Management of Stormwater   University, Lubbock, TX.
                                         Impacts on Sediment Recontamination.
2:10 p.m..............................  Break.                                    ..............................
2:25 p.m..............................  14 ER03-028 (ER-2429)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Philip Gschwend,
                                         Combining Mass Balance Modeling with      Massachusetts Institute of
                                         Passive Sampling at Contaminated          Technology, Cambridge, MA.
                                         Sediment Sites to Evaluate Continuing
                                         Inputs and Food Web Responses to
                                         Remedial Actions.
3:10 p.m..............................  14 ER03-035 (ER-2431)--FY14 New Start,    Dr. Todd Bridges, USACE-ERDC-
                                         Quantitative Thermodynamic Exposure       EL, Vicksburg, MS.
                                         Assessment (Q-TEA) Supporting Resilient
                                         Contaminated Sediment Site Restoration.
3:55 p.m..............................  Break.                                    ..............................
4:10 p.m..............................  Environmental Restoration Overview......  Dr. Andrea Leeson,
                                                                                   Environmental Restoration
                                                                                   Program Manager.
4:20 p.m..............................  14 ER04-001 (ER-2135)--FY14 Follow On,    Dr. Birthe Kjellerup, Goucher
                                         Application of Biofilm Covered            College, Baltimore, MD.
                                         Activated Carbon Particles as a
                                         Microbial Inoculum Delivery System in
                                         Weathered PCB Contaminated Sediment.
5:05 p.m..............................  Public Discussion/Adjourn.                ..............................
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    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 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. Contact information for the DFO can be obtained from the 
GSA's FACA Database at http://facasms.fido.gov/.
    Time is allotted at the close of each meeting day for the public to 
make comments. Oral comments are limited to 5 minutes per person.

    Dated: November 12, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-27378 Filed 11-14-13; 8:45 am]
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