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that offers of products of Italy would
continue to be exempt from the U.S.
Buy American Act and Balance of
Payments Program policy that would
otherwise require DoD to add 50 percent
to the price of the foreign products
when evaluating offers. This also means
that U.S. products should be exempt
from any analogous ‘‘Buy Italian’’ law or
policy applicable to procurements by
the Italian Ministry of Defense or Armed
Forces. DoD is interested in comments
relating to the transparency, integrity,
and general fairness of Italy’s public
(defense) procurement processes. DoD is
also interested in comments relating to
the degree of reciprocity that exists
between the United States and Italy
when it comes to the openness of
defense procurements to offers of
products of the other country.
DATES: Comments must be received by
November 16, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
to: Office of the Director, Defense
Procurement and Acquisition Policy,
ATTN: OUSD (AT&L) DPAP (CPIC),
3060 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC
20301–3060; or by e-mail to
nancy.dowling@osd.mil.
Ms.
Nancy Dowling, telephone 703–697–
9352.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Reciprocal Defense Procurement MOUs
DoD has with 21 countries are signed at
the level of the Secretary of Defense and
his counterpart. The purpose of RDP
MOUs is to promote rationalization,
standardization, and interoperability of
defense equipment with allies and
friendly governments. It provides a
framework for ongoing communication
regarding market access and
procurement matters that affect effective
defense cooperation. Based on the
MOU, each country affords the other
certain benefits on a reciprocal basis
consistent with national laws and
regulations. For 19 of the 21 RDP MOU
countries, including Italy, these benefits
include evaluation of offers without
applying price differentials otherwise
required by the Buy American Act and
the Balance of Payments Program. For
all RDP MOU countries, two additional
benefits are that (1) the specialty metals
restriction in 10 U.S.C. 2533b does not
apply to products manufactured in the
RDP MOU partner country, and (2) the
United States does not include customs,
taxes, and duties in the evaluation of
offers and waives charges for customs
and duties for procurements to which
the RDP MOU applies.
The United States and Italy originally
entered into a RDP MOU on September
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11, 1978. All of the countries with
which DoD has RDP MOUs are
identified in DFARS 225.872–1. If DoD
determines that it would continue to be
inconsistent with the public interest to
apply the restrictions of the Buy
American Act to the acquisition of
Italian defense equipment and supplies,
Italy would remain on the list in DFARS
225.872–1(a).
RDP MOUs generally include
language by which the parties agree that
their defense procurements will be
conducted in accordance with certain
implementing procedures. These
procedures relate to publication of
notices of proposed purchases; the
content and availability of solicitations
for proposed purchases; notification to
each unsuccessful offeror; feedback,
upon request, to unsuccessful offerors
concerning the reasons they were not
allowed to participate in a procurement
or were not awarded a contract; and
providing for the hearing and review of
complaints arising in connection with
any phase of the procurement process to
ensure that, to the extent possible,
complaints are equitably and
expeditiously resolved.
While DoD is evaluating Italy’s laws
and regulations in this area, DoD would
benefit from U.S. industry’s experience
in participating in Italy’s public defense
procurements. Therefore, DoD is asking
U.S. firms that have participated or
attempted to participate in
procurements by or on behalf of Italy’s
Ministry of Defense or Armed Forces to
provide input as to whether the
procurements were conducted in
accordance with published procedures
with transparency, integrity, fairness,
and due process, and if not, the nature
of the problems encountered.
Michele P. Peterson,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations
System.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Guidance Memoranda for the
Comprehensive Everglades
Restoration Plan
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers
and the South Florida Water
Management District have developed
the six guidance memoranda required
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by the programmatic regulations for the
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration
Plan for approval by the Secretary of the
Army. The public is invited to review
and comment on the revised final draft
of the guidance memoranda prepared by
the Army Corps of Engineers and the
South Florida Water Management
District.
We will accept comments until
December 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment on
the guidance memoranda, you may
submit your comments by either of
these methods:
1. You may submit written comments
to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
ATTN: Stu Appelbaum, P.O. Box 4970,
Jacksonville, FL 32232–0019.
2. You may send comments by
electronic mail (e-mail) to:
GMComments@usace.army.mil.
If submitting comments by electronic
format, please submit them in ASCII file
format or Word file format and avoid the
use of special characters and any form
of encryption. Please include your name
and return e-mail address in your e-mail
message. Please note that your e-mail
address will not be retained at the
termination of the public comment
period.
DATES:
Stu
Appelbaum, Corps of Engineers,
Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970,
Jacksonville, Florida 32232–0019,
phone (904) 232–2584; fax (904) 232–
1251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
On
November 12, 2003 the Department of
the Army published the final rule in the
Federal Register that established the
programmatic regulations required by
the Water Resources Development Act
of 2000 as 33 CFR Part 385. Section
385.5 of the programmatic regulations
requires that the Army Corps of
Engineers and the South Florida Water
Management District develop, in
consultation with the Department of the
Interior, the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Department of Commerce,
the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of
Florida, the Seminole Tribe of Florida,
the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, and other
Federal, State, and local agencies, six
guidance memoranda for approval by
the Secretary of the Army. Guidance
memoranda are program-wide
procedures and processes needed to
guide implementation of the
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration
Plan and to ensure that the goals and
purposes of the Plan are achieved. The
programmatic regulations require that
the Secretary of the Army afford the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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public an opportunity to comment on
the Guidance Memoranda prior to their
approval. On May 6, 2005, a Notice of
Availability was placed in the Federal
Register (70 FR 24008) inviting the
public to comment on the final draft of
the Guidance Memoranda. As a result of
public comment we received on the
final draft, we have revised the
Guidance Memoranda and invite the
public to comment on the revised final
draft. The programmatic regulations also
require the concurrence of the Secretary
of the Interior and the Governor of
Florida on the Guidance Memoranda
prior to their approval. An electronic
copy of the guidance memoranda
document is available at: https://
www.evergladesplan.org/pm/
progr_regs_guidance_memoranda.aspx.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Environmental Management;
Advance Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
Area IV of the Santa Susana Field
Laboratory and Public Involvement
Activities
Department of Energy.
Advance Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is providing an Advance
Notice of its Intent (ANOI) to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for remediation of Area IV of the Santa
Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL). DOE is
preparing the EIS in response to a May
2, 2007, decision by the U.S. District
Court of Northern California that a 2003
DOE decision to prepare a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) and conduct
remediation of Area IV on the basis of
an environmental assessment, rather
than prepare an EIS, violated the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). DOE is also requesting early
comments from the public and other
stakeholders on the scope of the EIS and
issues to be considered in EIS analysis.
To facilitate collaboration on these EIS
issues, DOE also is announcing plans for
public involvement activities to be held
this fall, to provide information to its
stakeholders and to receive comments
from them.
DOE is issuing this ANOI, pursuant to
10 CFR 1021.311(b), in order to inform
and request early comments and
assistance from Federal and State
agencies, State and local governments,
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natural resource trustees, the general
public, and other interested parties on
the appropriate scope of the EIS,
possible environmental issues, and the
potential environmental impacts related
to DOE’s proposed activities for Area IV.
Following the issuance of this ANOI,
DOE intends to collect updated
information that it will incorporate into
the EIS analysis.
DOE will conduct community and
regulator interviews through November
2007. These public involvement
opportunities will focus on consultation
with the public about the process for
EIS scoping, the development of the
range of reasonable alternatives to be
analyzed in the EIS, and related public
concerns about the remediation. If,
based on community input, DOE
decides to hold a public meeting, DOE
will notify the community through local
media. Early comments on the scope of
the EIS and issues to be considered are
due by December 14, 2007. Though DOE
will attempt to consider comments
received after this date, it will only be
able to do so to the extent practicable.
DOE plans to issue a Notice of Intent
(NOI) for this EIS in the spring of
calendar year 2008.
ADDRESSES: Please direct requests to be
notified of interviews or a public
meeting, comments on the scope of the
EIS, and questions concerning the
proposed project to: Stephanie Jennings,
NEPA Document Manager, Office of Site
Support and Small Projects (EM–3.2),
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy
Technology Engineering Center, P.O.
Box 10300, Canoga Park, CA 91309,
telephone: 818–466–8162, fax: 818–
466–8730, or e-mail to:
Stephanie.Jennings@em.doe.gov (use
‘‘ANOI comments’’ for the subject).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request further information about this
EIS or about the public involvement
activities, or to be placed on the EIS
distribution list, use any of the methods
listed under ADDRESSES above. For
general information concerning the DOE
NEPA process, contact Carol Borgstrom,
Director, Office of NEPA Policy and
Compliance (GC–20), U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0119, email to: AskNEPA@hq.doe.gov,
telephone: 202–586–4600, leave a
message at 1–800–472–2756, or fax:
202–586–7031.
This Advance Notice of Intent (ANOI)
will be available on the Internet at:
https://www.eh.doe.gov/NEPA. Further
information about Area IV and the
Energy Technology Engineering Center
(ETEC) can be found at https://
apps.em.doe.gov/etec/.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL),
located on approximately 2,850 acres in
the hills between Chatsworth and Simi
Valley, CA, was developed as a remote
site to test rocket engines and conduct
nuclear research. The Atomics
International Unit of Rockwell
International’s Canoga Park-based
Rocketdyne Division began testing in
1947, and conducted an estimated
17,000 open-air rocket tests in support
of the space program. In 1996, Rockwell
International sold its aerospace and
defense business, including the SSFL to
The Boeing Company (Boeing).
SSFL is divided in four administrative
areas—Area I, Area II, Area III, and Area
IV—along with two buffer zones. Area I
is about 713 acres, of which 671 acres
is owned and operated by Boeing and 42
acres is owned by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) and operated for it by Boeing.
Area II, about 410 acres, is owned by
NASA and operated for it by Boeing.
Area III, about 114 acres, is owned and
operated by Boeing. Area IV, about 290
acres, is owned by Boeing, which
operates it for DOE. Boeing also owns a
contiguous buffer zone of 1143 acres to
the south and a contiguous buffer zone
of 182 acres to the north.
Starting in the mid-1950s, the Atomic
Energy Commission (AEC), a
predecessor agency of DOE, funded
nuclear energy research on a 90-acre
parcel of Area IV leased from
Rocketdyne. The Energy Technology
and Engineering Center (ETEC) was
established by the AEC on this parcel in
the early 1960s as a ‘‘center of
excellence’’ for liquid metals
technology.
The AEC built a small nuclear power
plant to deliver energy to the
commercial grid at the ETEC. Research
also included testing of nuclear
powered systems, for example, using
liquid metals for space vehicles and a
sodium coolant medium in 10 small
reactors. All reactor operations ended in
1980 and nuclear research work was
completed in 1988. Cleanup of ETEC
began in the 1960s and was performed
in an ongoing manner as unnecessary
facilities were decommissioned when
there was no longer a use for them. DOE
continues to lease the 90 acre parcel in
Area IV from Boeing.
In March 2003, DOE issued an
Environmental Assessment (EA),
Environmental Assessment for Cleanup
and Closure of the Energy Technology
Engineering Center, DOE/EA–1345.
Based on the results of the EA, DOE
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Guidance Memoranda for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration
Plan
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water
Management District have developed the six guidance memoranda required
by the programmatic regulations for the Comprehensive Everglades
Restoration Plan for approval by the Secretary of the Army. The public
is invited to review and comment on the revised final draft of the
guidance memoranda prepared by the Army Corps of Engineers and the
South Florida Water Management District.
DATES: We will accept comments until December 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment on the guidance memoranda, you may
submit your comments by either of these methods:
1. You may submit written comments to: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, ATTN: Stu Appelbaum, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232-
0019.
2. You may send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to:
GMComments@usace.army.mil.
If submitting comments by electronic format, please submit them in
ASCII file format or Word file format and avoid the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Please include your name and
return e-mail address in your e-mail message. Please note that your e-
mail address will not be retained at the termination of the public
comment period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stu Appelbaum, Corps of Engineers,
Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019,
phone (904) 232-2584; fax (904) 232-1251.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 12, 2003 the Department of the
Army published the final rule in the Federal Register that established
the programmatic regulations required by the Water Resources
Development Act of 2000 as 33 CFR Part 385. Section 385.5 of the
programmatic regulations requires that the Army Corps of Engineers and
the South Florida Water Management District develop, in consultation
with the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Department of Commerce, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of
Florida, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, and other Federal, State, and local agencies,
six guidance memoranda for approval by the Secretary of the Army.
Guidance memoranda are program-wide procedures and processes needed to
guide implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
and to ensure that the goals and purposes of the Plan are achieved. The
programmatic regulations require that the Secretary of the Army afford
the
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public an opportunity to comment on the Guidance Memoranda prior to
their approval. On May 6, 2005, a Notice of Availability was placed in
the Federal Register (70 FR 24008) inviting the public to comment on
the final draft of the Guidance Memoranda. As a result of public
comment we received on the final draft, we have revised the Guidance
Memoranda and invite the public to comment on the revised final draft.
The programmatic regulations also require the concurrence of the
Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Florida on the Guidance
Memoranda prior to their approval. An electronic copy of the guidance
memoranda document is available at: https://www.evergladesplan.org/pm/
progr_regs_guidance_memoranda.aspx.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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