[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48837-48839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20066]


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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). This meeting will 
be open to the public.

DATES: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 4:55 p.m. and 
Thursday, September 10, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 4:55 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Anne Andrews, SERDP Office, 4800 
Mark Center Drive, Suite 17D08, Alexandria, VA 22350-3605; or by 
telephone at (571) 372-6565.

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

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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 September 9-10, 2015 meeting is 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, 
Sec.  2904. The full agenda follows:

 
 
 
                      Agenda for September 9, 2015
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8 a.m.                Convene/Opening Remarks......  Dr. Joseph Hughes,
                                                      Chair.
8:10 a.m.             Program Update...............  Dr. Anne Andrews,
                                                      Acting Executive
                                                      Director.
8:25 a.m.             Resource Conservation and      Dr. John Hall,
                       Climate Change Overview.       Resource
                                                      Conservation and
                                                      Climate Change,
                                                      Program Manager.
8:35 a.m.             16 RC01-012 (RC-2634):         Dr. Tonie Rocke,
                       Effects of Climate Change on   USGS National
                       Plague Exposure Pathways and   Wildlife Health
                       Resulting Disease Dynamics     Center, Madison,
                       (FY16 New Start).              WI.
9:20 a.m.             16 RC01-020 (RC-2635):         Dr. James Lloyd-
                       Leptospirosis in Endangered    Smith, University
                       Island Foxes and California    of California, Los
                       Sea Lions: Outbreak            Angeles, Los
                       Prediction and Prevention in   Angeles, CA.
                       a Changing World (FY16 New
                       Start).
10:05 a.m.            Break
10:20 a.m.            16 RC01-027 (RC-2636):         Dr. Brian Allan,
                       Climate Changes Impacts on     University of
                       Fire Regimes, Plant            Illinois Urbana-
                       Invasions, and Tick-Borne      Champaign, Urbana,
                       Diseases (FY16 New Start).     IL.
11:05 a.m.            16 RC01-031 (RC-2637):         Dr. Richard
                       Understanding Climatic         Ostfeld, Cary
                       Controls of Blacklegged        Institute of
                       Ticks and Lyme Disease:        Ecosystem Studies,
                       Experiments and Models to      Millbrook, NY.
                       Quantify Risk in a Changing
                       Climate (FY16 New Start).
11:50 a.m.            Lunch
12:50 p.m.            16 RC01-044 (RC-2638):         Dr. Corinne
                       Effects of Climate on Host-    Richards-Zawacki,
                       Pathogen Interactions in       Tulane University,
                       Chytridiomycosis (FY16 New     New Orleans, LA.
                       Start).
1:35 p.m.             16 RC01-045 (RC-2639): The     Dr. Sharon Bewick,
                       Role of Phenology and          University of
                       Phenology Change in the        Maryland, College
                       Transmission of Arthropod-     Park, College
                       Borne Diseases: Implications   Park, MD.
                       for Management on Military
                       Lands (FY16 New Start).
2:20 p.m.             Break
2:35 p.m.             Resource Conservation and      Dr. John Hall,
                       Climate Change Overview.       Resource
                                                      Conservation and
                                                      Climate Change,
                                                      Program Manager.
2:45 p.m.             16 RC03-001 (RC-2644):         Dr. John Marra,
                       Advancing Best Practices for   NOAA NESDIS NCEI,
                       the Analysis of the            Honolulu, HI.
                       Vulnerability of Military
                       Installations in the Pacific
                       Basin to Coastal Flooding
                       Under a Changing Climate
                       (FY16 New Start).
3:30 p.m.             Resource Conservation and      Dr. John Hall,
                       Climate Change Overview.       Resource
                                                      Conservation and
                                                      Climate Change,
                                                      Program Manager.
3:40 p.m.             15 RC02-034 (RC-2546): Next-   Dr. Mark Wigmosta,
                       Generation Intensity-          Pacific Northwest
                       Duration-Frequency Curves      National
                       Considering Spatiotemporal     Laboratory,
                       Non-Stationarity in Climate,   Richland, WA.
                       Intense Precipitation
                       Events, and Snowmelt (FY15
                       New Start).
4:25 p.m.             Strategy Session.............  Dr. Anne Andrews,
                                                      Acting Executive
                                                      Director.
4:40 p.m.             Update From SERDP Climate      SAB Members.
                       Change Program Review and
                       NOAA Partnership Meeting.
4:55 p.m.             Public Discussion/Adjourn for
                       the day
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                      Agenda for September 10, 2015
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9 a.m.                Convene/Opening Remarks......  Dr. Joseph Hughes,
                                                      Chair.
9:10 a.m.             Environmental Restoration      Dr. Andrea Leeson,
                       Overview.                      Environmental
                                                      Restoration,
                                                      Program Manager.
9:20 a.m.             16 ER01-006 (ER-2617):         Dr. Pei Chiu,
                       Measuring and Predicting the   University of
                       Natural and Enhanced Rate      Delaware, Newark,
                       and Capacity of Abiotic        DE.
                       Reduction of Munition
                       Constituents (FY16 New
                       Start).
10:05 a.m.            16 ER01-010 (ER-2618):         Dr. William Arnold,
                       Compound Specific Isotope      University of
                       Analysis of Mineral-Mediated   Minnesota,
                       Abiotic Reduction of Nitro     Minneapolis, MN.
                       Compounds (FY16 New Start).
10:50 a.m.            Break
11:05 a.m.            16 ER01-018 (ER-2619):         Dr. Jim Szecsody,
                       Characterization of Enhanced   Pacific Northwest
                       Subsurface Abiotic             National
                       Reactivity With Electrical     Laboratory,
                       Resistivity Tomography/        Richland, WA.
                       Induced Polarization (FY16
                       New Start).
11:50 a.m.            Lunch
12:20 p.m.            16 ER01-020 (ER-2620):         Dr. Paul Tratnyek,
                       Emerging Core Concepts for     Oregon Health &
                       Assessment and Enhancement     Science
                       of Abiotic Natural             University,
                       Attenuation of Groundwater     Portland, OR.
                       Contaminants (FY16 New
                       Start).
1:05 p.m.             16 ER01-029 (ER-2622):         Dr. David Freedman,
                       Abiotic Transformation of      Clemson
                       Chloroethenes in Low           University,
                       Permeability Formations        Clemson, SC.
                       (FY16 New Start).
1:50 p.m.             Break
2:05 p.m.             16 ER01-027 (ER-2621): Field   Dr. Richard
                       Assessment of Abiotic          Johnson, OHSU,
                       Attenuation Rates Using        Portland, OR.
                       Chemical Reactivity Probes
                       and Cryogenic Core
                       Collection (FY16 New Start).
2:50 p.m.             Weapons Systems and Platforms  Dr. Robin Nissan,
                       Overview.                      Weapons Systems
                                                      and Platforms,
                                                      Program Manager.
3 p.m.                16 WP01-004 (WP-2600):         Mr. Jason Kiiskila,
                       Acoustic and Flowfield         GE Aviation,
                       Measurements for a Military    Cincinnati, OH.
                       Tactical Aircraft
                       Afterburning Turbofan Engine
                       (FY16 New Start).

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3:45 p.m.             Break
4 p.m.                Weapons Systems and Platforms  Dr. Robin Nissan,
                       Overview.                      Weapons Systems
                                                      and Platforms,
                                                      Program Manager.
4:10 p.m.             16 WP03-002 (WP-2604):         Dr. Eric Beckel,
                       Alternative Mixing             U.S. Army ARDEC,
                       Technology for                 Picatinny Arsenal,
                       Environmentally Friendly       NJ.
                       Plastic Bonded Explosive
                       Formulations (FY16 New
                       Start).
4:55 p.m.             Public Discussion/Adjourn
 

    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 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://www.facadatabase.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: August 11, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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