Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees, 29985-29986 [2012-12145]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense
Federal Advisory Committees
DoD.
Renewal of Federal Advisory
Committee.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Under the provisions of 10
U.S.C. 1074g(c), the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.
Appendix), the Government in the
Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b),
and 41 CFR 102–3.50(a), the Department
of Defense gives notice that it is
renewing the charter for the Uniform
Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Panel’’).
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The Panel is a non-discretionary
federal advisory committee that shall
provide the Secretary of Defense
through the Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness, the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs, and the Director,
TRICARE Management Activity,
independent advice and
recommendations on development of
the uniform formulary. The Secretary of
Defense shall consider the comments of
the Panel before implementing the
uniform formulary or implementing
changes to the uniform formulary.
The Panel shall report to the Secretary
of Defense through the Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs, and the Director,
TRICARE Management Activity. The
Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness or designated
representative, may act upon the Panel’s
advice and recommendations. The
Panel, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1074g(c)(2),
shall be comprised of no more than 15
members. The Panel shall include
members that represent:
a. Non-governmental organizations
and associations that represent the
views and interests of a large number of
eligible covered beneficiaries;
b. Contractors responsible for the
TRICARE retail pharmacy program;
c. Contractors responsible for the
national mail-order pharmacy program;
and
d. TRICARE network providers.
Panel members, who are not full-time
or permanent part-time Federal officers
or employees, shall be appointed to
serve as experts and consultants under
the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 and shall
serve as special government employees.
All Panel members shall be appointed
by the Secretary of Defense and their
appointments shall be renewed on an
annual basis.
The Panel membership shall select
the Panel’s Chairperson from the total
membership. With the exception of
travel and per diem for official Panel
related travel, Panel members shall
serve without compensation.
The Secretary of Defense may approve
the appointment of Panel members for
one to four year terms of service;
however, no member, unless authorized
by the Secretary of Defense, may serve
more than two consecutive terms of
service. This same term of service
limitation also applies to any DoD
authorized subcommittees.
Each Panel member is appointed to
provide advice on behalf of the
government on the basis of his or her
best judgment without representing any
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particular point of view and in a manner
that is free from conflict of interest.
The Department, when necessary, and
consistent with the Panel’s mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may
establish subcommittees to support the
Panel. Establishment of subcommittees
will be based upon a written
determination, to include terms of
reference, by the Secretary of Defense,
the Deputy Secretary of Defense or the
Panel’s sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work
independently of the chartered Panel,
and shall report all their
recommendations and advice to the
Panel for full deliberation and
discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions on behalf of
the chartered Panel; nor can any
subcommittee or its members update or
report directly to the DoD or any Federal
officers or employees.
All subcommittee members shall be
appointed in the same manner as the
Panel members; that is, the Secretary of
Defense shall appoint subcommittee
members even if the member in
question is already a Panel member.
Subcommittee members, with the
approval of the Secretary of Defense,
may serve a term of service on the
subcommittee of one to four years.
Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or part-time government
employees, shall be appointed to serve
as experts and consultants under the
authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and shall
serve as special government employees,
whose appointments must be renewed
by the Secretary of Defense on an
annual basis. With the exception of
travel and per diem for official Panel
related travel, subcommittee members
shall serve without compensation.
All subcommittees operate under the
provisions of FACA, the Government in
the Sunshine Act, governing Federal
statutes and regulations, and governing
DoD policies/procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–692–5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel
shall meet at the call of the Panel’s
Designated Federal Officer, in
consultation with the Panel’s
Chairperson. The estimated number of
Panel meetings is four per year.
In addition, the Designated Federal
Officer is required to be in attendance
at all Panel and subcommittee meetings
for the entire duration of each and every
meeting; however, in the absence of the
Designated Federal Officer, a properly
approved Alternate Designated Federal
Officer shall attend the entire duration
of the Panel or subcommittee meeting.
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The Designated Federal Officer, or the
Alternate Designated Federal Officer,
shall call all of the Panel’s and
subcommittees’ meetings; prepare and
approve all meeting agendas; adjourn
any meeting when the Designated
Federal Officer, or the Alternate
Designated Federal Officer, determines
adjournment to be in the public interest
or required by governing regulations or
DoD policies/procedures; and chair
meetings when directed to do so by the
official to whom the Panel reports.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
statements to Uniform Formulary
Beneficiary Advisory Panel membership
about the Panel’s mission and functions.
Written statements may be submitted at
any time or in response to the stated
agenda of planned meeting of Uniform
Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel.
All written statements shall be
submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Uniform Formulary
Beneficiary Advisory Panel, and this
individual will ensure that the written
statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration.
Contact information for the Uniform
Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel’s
Designated Federal Officer can be
obtained from the GSA’s FACA
Database—https://www.fido.gov/
facadatabase/public.asp.
The Designated Federal Officer,
pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the
Uniform Formulary Beneficiary
Advisory Panel. The Designated Federal
Officer, at that time, may provide
additional guidance on the submission
of written statements that are in
response to the stated agenda for the
planned meeting in question.
Dated: May 15, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SAFETY BOARD
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[Recommendation 2012–1]
Savannah River Site Building 235–F
Safety
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board.
ACTION: Notice, recommendation.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as Amended, the
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
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has made a recommendation to the
Secretary of Energy concerning safety at
the Savannah River Site Building
235–F.
DATES: Comments, data, views, or
arguments concerning the
recommendation are due on or before
June 20, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send comments concerning
this notice to: Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW.,
Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004–2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Grosner or Andrew L. Thibadeau
at the address above or telephone
number (202) 694–7000.
Dated: May 15, 2012.
Peter S. Winokur,
Chairman.
RECOMMENDATION 2012–1 TO THE
SECRETARY OF ENERGY Savannah
River Site Building 235–F Safety
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2286a(a)(5),
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, As
Amended
Dated: May 9, 2012
Background
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board (Board) believes that the
Department of Energy (DOE) needs to
take action to remove and/or immobilize
the residual contamination within
Building 235–F because of the potential
dose consequences to collocated
workers and the public. Furthermore,
the Board believes that DOE must also
take near-term action to more effectively
prevent a major fire in Building 235–F.
Building 235–F at the Savannah River
Site (SRS) houses several partially
deactivated processing lines including
the Plutonium Fuel Form (PuFF)
facility, Actinide Billet Line, Plutonium
Experimental Facility, and the old
metallography lab glovebox. Building
235–F no longer has a DOE mission. It
is currently operated in a surveillance
and maintenance mode and is normally
unoccupied.
With the exception of residual
contamination, Building 235–F has been
de-inventoried of special nuclear
material. The remaining residual
contamination is the principal hazard
posed by Building 235–F and includes
a significant quantity of plutonium-238
(Pu-238). More than 95 percent of the
Pu-238 is located in the PuFF facility;
approximately 82 percent is
concentrated in 2 of the 9 PuFF facility
cells. It should be noted that the
residual Pu-238 contamination is a fine
ball-milled powder that is in a highly
dispersible form, which increases the
potential dose consequences associated
with a radiological release.
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The responsible SRS contractor,
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
(SRNS), has determined that the
unmitigated consequences of a
seismically-induced full-facility fire are
greater than 10 rem offsite and 27,000
rem to the collocated worker at 100
meters. F-Area routinely has more than
a thousand site workers who are
normally in the facilities, construction
sites, and trailers located adjacent to
Building 235–F. Some of the trailers that
house workers are located within the
Building 235–F fence line.
While DOE does not conduct any
operations within Building 235–F, fires
could start inside the building if
energized electrical equipment or wiring
failed or was damaged during a seismic
or other natural hazard event. Electrical
sparks or heat from electrical equipment
could ignite adjacent combustible
material. Two of the key preventive
controls for fire scenarios are
eliminating potential ignition sources
and controlling the amount of
combustibles. In September 2011,
during a walkdown of Building 235–F,
the Board’s staff identified a significant
quantity of transient and fixed
combustibles and unnecessary electrical
equipment that had not been air gapped.
DOE has taken action to remove the
transient combustible material and to
limit access to Building 235–F.
However, no actions are currently
planned to remove the fixed
combustibles or unneeded electrical
equipment.
In the event of a fire, Building 235–
F has several vulnerabilities. First, the
Building 235–F fire detection system is
not credited, does not provide complete
coverage, nor is the building normally
occupied; consequently, a fire could
smolder and burn undetected. Second,
Building 235–F does not have a fire
suppression system to prevent an
incipient stage fire from growing into a
room fire. Third, Building 235–F does
not have fire barriers with a qualified
fire rating to prevent the spread of a fire
to adjacent rooms. The Building 235–F
Fire Hazards Analysis notes that the
subdividing walls and floors are in
many places incomplete or penetrated
and are not adequately sealed to achieve
a qualified fire rating. In addition, some
of the existing walls contain cellulose,
which is combustible and could allow a
room fire to spread to other portions of
the building. Fourth, the absence of
standpipes or hose connections inhibits
the ability of the fire department to fight
a fire inside Building 235–F. To combat
a fire, firefighters would need to prop
open the exterior doors to allow the
passage of fire hoses; this would allow
smoke and firewater, potentially
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: DoD.
ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 1074g(c), the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in
the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a), the
Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for
the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel (hereafter referred to
as ``the Panel'').
The Panel is a non-discretionary federal advisory committee that
shall provide the Secretary of Defense through the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs, and the Director, TRICARE Management Activity,
independent advice and recommendations on development of the uniform
formulary. The Secretary of Defense shall consider the comments of the
Panel before implementing the uniform formulary or implementing changes
to the uniform formulary.
The Panel shall report to the Secretary of Defense through the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and the Director, TRICARE
Management Activity. The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness or designated representative, may act upon the Panel's advice
and recommendations. The Panel, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1074g(c)(2),
shall be comprised of no more than 15 members. The Panel shall include
members that represent:
a. Non-governmental organizations and associations that represent
the views and interests of a large number of eligible covered
beneficiaries;
b. Contractors responsible for the TRICARE retail pharmacy program;
c. Contractors responsible for the national mail-order pharmacy
program; and
d. TRICARE network providers.
Panel members, who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees, shall be appointed to serve as experts and
consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 and shall serve as
special government employees. All Panel members shall be appointed by
the Secretary of Defense and their appointments shall be renewed on an
annual basis.
The Panel membership shall select the Panel's Chairperson from the
total membership. With the exception of travel and per diem for
official Panel related travel, Panel members shall serve without
compensation.
The Secretary of Defense may approve the appointment of Panel
members for one to four year terms of service; however, no member,
unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service. This same term of service limitation also
applies to any DoD authorized subcommittees.
Each Panel member is appointed to provide advice on behalf of the
government on the basis of his or her best judgment without
representing any particular point of view and in a manner that is free
from conflict of interest.
The Department, when necessary, and consistent with the Panel's
mission and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees to
support the Panel. Establishment of subcommittees will be based upon a
written determination, to include terms of reference, by the Secretary
of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense or the Panel's sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered
Panel, and shall report all their recommendations and advice to the
Panel for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions on behalf of the chartered Panel; nor can
any subcommittee or its members update or report directly to the DoD or
any Federal officers or employees.
All subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as
the Panel members; that is, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint
subcommittee members even if the member in question is already a Panel
member. Subcommittee members, with the approval of the Secretary of
Defense, may serve a term of service on the subcommittee of one to four
years.
Subcommittee members, if not full-time or part-time government
employees, shall be appointed to serve as experts and consultants under
the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and shall serve as special government
employees, whose appointments must be renewed by the Secretary of
Defense on an annual basis. With the exception of travel and per diem
for official Panel related travel, subcommittee members shall serve
without compensation.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Government in the Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and
regulations, and governing DoD policies/procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel shall meet at the call of the
Panel's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Panel's
Chairperson. The estimated number of Panel meetings is four per year.
In addition, the Designated Federal Officer is required to be in
attendance at all Panel and subcommittee meetings for the entire
duration of each and every meeting; however, in the absence of the
Designated Federal Officer, a properly approved Alternate Designated
Federal Officer shall attend the entire duration of the Panel or
subcommittee meeting.
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The Designated Federal Officer, or the Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, shall call all of the Panel's and subcommittees' meetings;
prepare and approve all meeting agendas; adjourn any meeting when the
Designated Federal Officer, or the Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, determines adjournment to be in the public interest or
required by governing regulations or DoD policies/procedures; and chair
meetings when directed to do so by the official to whom the Panel
reports.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Uniform
Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel membership about the Panel's
mission and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time
or in response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of Uniform
Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel, and this
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the Uniform
Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel's Designated Federal Officer can
be obtained from the GSA's FACA Database--https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/public.asp.
The Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory
Panel. The Designated Federal Officer, at that time, may provide
additional guidance on the submission of written statements that are in
response to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in question.
Dated: May 15, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-12145 Filed 5-18-12; 8:45 am]
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