[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37442-37443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16840]


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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.

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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: Open to the public Tuesday, September 12, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:25 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The address of the open meeting 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), 
[email protected] (Email). Mailing address is SERDP 
Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 17D03, Alexandria, VA 22350-3605. 
Web site: https://www.serdp-estcp.org/About-SERDP-and-ESTCP/About-SERDP/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 the September 12, 2017 
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, section 2904.
    Agenda: 8:30 a.m. Convene/Opening Remarks/Approval of June 2017 
Minutes--Dr. Joseph Hughes, Chair; 8:40 a.m. Program Update--Dr. Herb 
Nelson, Acting Executive Director; 9:10 a.m. Resource Conservation and 
Resiliency Overview--Dr. Kurt Preston, Resource Conservation and 
Resiliency Program Manager; 9:20 a.m. RC18-C1-1065 (RC18-1065): 
Managing Metapopulations of Threatened Species Across Jurisdictional 
Boundaries: Quantifying Effects of Climate Change, Environmental 
Synchrony, Dispersal, and Corridors (FY18 New Start)--Dr. William 
Morris, Duke University; 10:50 a.m. Break; 10:05 a.m. RC18-C1-1348 
(RC18-1348): Engaging a Crowd-Sourced eDNA Database to Enhance DoD-
relevant Conservation Goals (FY18 New Start)--Dr. Michael Schwarz, USDA 
& U.S. Forest Service National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish 
Conservation; 11:05 a.m. RC18-C1-1103 (RC18-1103): Critical Habitat 
Breadth for Gopherus Tortoises: A New Paradigm for Managing Threatened 
and Endangered Species in a Non-Stationary World (FY18 New Start)--Dr. 
Kevin Shoemaker, University of Nevada; 11:50 a.m. Lunch; 12:50 p.m. 
RC18-C1-1207 (RC18-1207): The Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on 
Mojave Desert Tortoise Gene Flow Dynamics and Corridor Functionality 
(FY18 New Start)--Dr. Jill Heaton, University of

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Nevada; 1:35 p.m. RC18-C1-1034 (RC18-1034): A Data-Driven Decision 
Support System to Identify Optimal Land Use Alternatives for Protecting 
Species of Concern on DoD and Surrounding Lands (FY18 New Start)--Dr. 
Charles Hawkins, Utah State University; 2:20 p.m. Break; 2:35 p.m. 
Resource Conservation and Resiliency Overview--Dr. Kurt Preston, 
Resource Conservation and Resiliency Program Manager; 2:45 p.m. RC18-
C2-1170 (RC18-1170): Interior Alaska DoD Training Land Wildlife Habitat 
Vulnerability to Permafrost Thaw, an Altered Fire Regime, and 
Hydrologic Changes (FY18 New Start)--Dr. Thomas Douglas, U.S. Army ERDC 
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; 3:30 p.m. Resource 
Conservation and Resiliency Overview--Dr. Kurt Preston; Resource 
Conservation and Resiliency Program Manager; 3:40 p.m. RC17-F2-1004 
(RC17-1004): Resilience of Boreal Ecosystems Assessed Using High-
frequency Records of Dissolved Organic Matter and Nitrate in Streams 
(Follow-On to FY15 Limited Scope Project)--Dr. Tamara Harms, University 
of Alaska; 4:25 p.m. Public Discussion/Adjourn Meeting.
    Meeting Accessibility: The meeting location has proper and working 
facilities for those with disabilities. Please contact the 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 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. Time is allotted at 
the close of each meeting day for the public to make comments.
    Oral Section: Oral comments are allowed during the public 
discussion portion of the meeting agenda. Oral comments are limited to 
5 minutes per person.

    Dated: August 4, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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