[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58472-58473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24595]


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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: Tuesday, October 20, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 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 
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 October 20, 2015 meeting is to review new start 
research in the Resource Conservation and Climate Change field 
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 October 20, 2015
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8:30 a.m..............................  Convene/Opening Remarks, Approval of      Dr. Joseph Hughes, Chair.
                                         September 2015 Minutes.
8:40 a.m..............................  Program Update..........................  Dr. Anne Andrews, Acting
                                                                                   Executive Director.
8:55 a.m..............................  Resource Conservation and Climate Change  Dr. John Hall, Resource
                                         Overview.                                 Conservation and Climate
                                                                                   Change, Program Manager.
9:05 a.m..............................  16 RC01-006 (RC-2633): Assessing White-   Dr. Tonie Rocke, USGS National
                                         Nose Syndrome and Non-Stationary          Wildlife Health Center,
                                         Changes on Bat Populations on and Near    Madison, WI.
                                         DoD Installations in the West (FY16 New  Dr. James Lloyd-Smith,
                                         Start).                                   University of California, Los
                                                                                   Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
9:50 a.m..............................  Break.                                    ..............................
10:05 a.m.............................  Resource Conservation and Climate Change
                                         Overview.
10:15 a.m.............................  16 RC02-002 (RC-2640): Fundamental        Dr. Brian Allan, University of
                                         Measurements and Modeling of Prescribed   Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
                                         Fire Behavior in the Naturally            Urbana, IL.
                                         Heterogeneous Fuel Beds of Southern
                                         Pine Forests (FY16 New Start).
11:00 a.m.............................  16 RC02-016 (RC-2641): Multi-scale        Dr. Richard Ostfeld, Cary
                                         Analyses of Wildland Fire Combustion      Institute of Ecosystem
                                         Processes in Open-Canopied Forests        Studies, Millbrook, NY.
                                         Using Coupled and Iteratively Informed
                                         Laboratory-, Field-, and Model-Based
                                         Approaches (FY16 New Start).
11:45 a.m.............................  Lunch...................................
12:45 p.m.............................  16 RC02-015 (RC-2651): Ignition,          Dr. Corinne Richards-Zawacki,
                                         Propagation, and Emissions of             Tulane University, New
                                         Smoldering Combustion: Experimental       Orleans, LA.
                                         Analysis and Physics Based Modelling
                                         (FY16 New Start).

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1:30 p.m..............................  16 RC02-020 (RC-2642): Examination of     Dr. Sharon Bewick, University
                                         Wildland Fire Spread at Small Scales      of Maryland, College Park,
                                         Using Direct Numerical Simulations and    College Park, MD.
                                         Frequency Comb Laser Diagnostics (FY16
                                         New Start).
2:15 p.m..............................  Break...................................
2:30 p.m..............................  16 RC02-026 (RC-2643): Improving          Dr. John Hall, Resource
                                         Parameterization of Combustion            Conservation and Climate
                                         Processes in Coupled Fire-Atmosphere      Change, Program Manager.
                                         Models through Infrared Remote Sensing
                                         (FY16 New Start).
3:15 p.m..............................  Strategy Session........................  Dr. John Marra, NOAA NESDIS
                                                                                   NCEI, Honolulu, HI.
3:45 p.m..............................  Public Discussion/Adjourn for the day...  Dr. John Hall, Resource
                                                                                   Conservation and Climate
                                                                                   Change, Program Manager.
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    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: September 23, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-24595 Filed 9-28-15; 8:45 am]
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