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Methodology
The Department is conducting this
CVD review in accordance with section
751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Import Administration’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
iaaccess.trade.gov, and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Internet at https://
www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed and
electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an
individual subsidy rate for each
producer/exporter subject to this
administrative review, for the period
January 1, 2011, through December 31,
2011.4
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the
countervailable subsidy rates to be:
Company
Dongbu Steel Co.,
Ltd.
Hyundai HYSCO .......
Pohang Iron & Steel
Co., Ltd./Pohang
Coated Steel Co.,
Ltd.
Subsidy rate
0.10 percent or de
minimis.5
0.45 percent or de
minimis.
0.34 percent or de
minimis.
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Assessment and Cash Deposit
Requirements
The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days
after the date of publication of the final
results of this review. If the final results
remain the same as these preliminary
results, the Department will instruct
CBP to liquidate without regard to CVDs
all shipments of subject merchandise
produced by HYSCO, POSCO, and
Dongbu, entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption from
4 See
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1).
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January 1, 2011, through December 31,
2011.
The Department notified CBP to
discontinue the collection of cash
deposits on entries of the subject
merchandise, entered or withdrawn
from warehouse, on or after February
14, 2012, the effective date of the
revocation of this Order.6
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with these
preliminary results within five days
after the date of publication of these
preliminary results.7 Interested parties
may submit written comments no later
than 30 days after the date of
publication of these preliminary results
of review. Rebuttals briefs, limited to
issues raised in case briefs, may be filed
no later than five days after the time
limit for filing the case briefs, as
specified by 19 CFR 351.309(d).8
Interested parties that wish to request
a hearing, or participate if one is
requested, must submit a written
request to the Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, filed electronically using
IA ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by the Department’s IA
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time within 30 days of publication of
this notice.9 Hearing requests should
contain the following information: (1)
The party’s name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of the issues
to be discussed. Oral presentations will
be limited to issues raised in the briefs.
If a request for a hearing is made, parties
will be notified of the time and date for
the hearing to be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230.10
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, the Department will issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised by the parties in their
comments, within 120 days after
publication of these preliminary results.
These preliminary results of review
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
6 See Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Germany and the Republic of Korea:
Revocation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Orders, 78 FR 16832 (March 19, 2013).
7 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(c); 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
9 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
10 Id.
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Dated: September 3, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Subsidies Valuation Information
5. Programs Determined To Be
Countervailable
A. Promotion of Specialized Enterprises for
Parts and Materials
B. Restriction of Special Taxation Act
(‘‘RSTA’’) Article 26
C. Asset Revaluation (TERCL Article 56(2)
of the Tax Reduction and Exemption
Control Act (‘‘TERCL’’))
D. Exemption of VAT on Imports of
Anthracite Coal
E. Other Subsidies Related to Operations at
Asan Bay: Provision of Land and
Exemption of Port Fees Under Harbor
Act
F. Document Acceptance (‘‘D/A’’)
Financing Provided Under KEXIM’s
Trade Rediscount Program and D/A
Loans issued by the KDB and Other
Government-Owned Banks
G. Reduction in Taxes for Operation in
Regional and National Industrial
Complexes
H. RSTA 22: Corporation Tax Exemption
on Dividend Income from Investment in
Overseas Resource Development
6. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To
Confer a Benefit During the POR
A. Overseas Resource Development
Program: Loan from Korea Resources
Corporation (‘‘KORES’’)
B. Overseas Resource Development
Program: Loan from Korea National Oil
Corporation (‘‘KNOC’’)
C. Pre-1992 Direct Credit
D. R&D Grants Under the Special Act on
Balanced National Development
E. Research and Development Grants
Under the Industrial Technology
Innovation Promotion Act (‘‘ITIPA’’)
7. Programs Preliminarily Determined To Be
Not Used 11
8. Other Program
A. Tax Credits Received Under the
Restriction of Special Taxation Act
(‘‘RSTA’’)
9. Conclusion
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11 For a list of the programs preliminarily
determined to be not used, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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Renewal of Federal Advisory
Committee.
ACTION:
The Department of Defense
gives notice that it is renewing the
charter for the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program
Scientific Advisory Board. The
Advisory Board may make
recommendations to the Strategic
Environmental Research and
Development Program Council
regarding technologies, research,
projects, programs, activities, and, if
appropriate, funding within the scope of
the Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program Scientific
Advisory Board.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–601–6128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
committee is being renewed under the
provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2904, 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.
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(a), the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of Energy, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, shall jointly
establish the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program
Scientific Advisory Board. The
Advisory Board, pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
2904, shall operate and comply with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.
Appendix), and 41 CFR 102–3.50(a).
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2902 and
2904(e), the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program
Council (hereafter referred to as the
Council), shall refer to the Advisory
Board, and the Advisory Board shall
review, each proposed research project
including its estimated cost, for research
in and development of technologies
related to environmental activities in
excess of $1,000,000. The Council,
pursuant to its responsibilities under 10
U.S.C. 2902(d)(1) and in an effort to
enhance the Advisory Board’s review
process, has lowered the Advisory
Board’s dollar threshold to any
proposed research projects in excess of
$900,000. The Advisory Board shall
make any recommendations to the
Council that the Advisory Board
considers appropriate regarding such
project or proposal.
The Advisory Board may make
recommendations to the Council
regarding technologies, research,
projects, programs, activities, and, if
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appropriate, funding within the scope of
the Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program. In addition,
the Advisory Board shall assist and
advise the Council in identifying the
environmental data and analytical
assistance activities that should be
covered by the policies and procedures
prescribed pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
2902(d)(1).
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(e), the
Advisory Board shall make any
recommendations to the Council that
the Advisory Board considers
appropriate regarding projects or
proposals. The Advisory Board,
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(a), shall be
comprised of not more than 14
members. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(b),
the Advisory Board membership shall
be comprised of the following:
a. Permanent members of the
Advisory Board are the Science Advisor
to the President, the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, or their designees;
b. Non-permanent members of the
Advisory Board shall be appointed from
among persons eminent in the fields of
basic sciences, engineering, ocean and
environmental sciences, education,
research management, international and
security affairs, health physics, health
sciences, or social sciences, with due
regard given to the equitable
representation of scientists and
engineers who are women or who
represent minority groups. One such
member of the Advisory Board shall be
a representative of environmental public
interest groups, and one such member
shall be a representative of the interests
of State governments.
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(b)(3), the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of Energy, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, shall request that
the:
a. Head of the National Academy of
Science, in consultation with the head
of the National Academy of Engineering
and the head of the Institutes of
Medicine of the National Academy of
Sciences, nominate persons for
appointment to the Advisory Board;
b. Council of Environmental Quality
nominate for appointment to the
Advisory Board at least one person who
is a representative of environmental
public interest groups; and
c. National Association of Governors
nominate for appointment to the
Advisory Board at least one person who
is a representative of the interests of
State governments.
The Advisory Board, pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 2904(d), shall develop
procedures for carrying out its
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responsibilities. Such procedures shall
define a quorum as a majority of the
members, and shall provide for the
annual election of the Advisory Board’s
chairperson.
The permanent Advisory Board
members, defined above, shall be
appointed as regular government
employee members, and their
appointments shall be based upon their
official position in the Federal
government. Both individuals may
designate another regular government
officer or employee from their offices to
represent their interests before the
Advisory Board.
Advisory Board members appointed
by the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Energy, who are not fulltime or permanent part-time federal
officers or employees, shall be
appointed as experts and consultants
under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and serve as special government
employee members.
While the Council of Environmental
Quality and the National Association of
Governors nominate individuals to
represent certain interests, these
individuals are appointed by the
Secretary of Defense and, these
individuals, along with the other
members, to include the regular
government employee members, are
appointed to provide advice on the basis
of their best judgment without
representing any particular point of
view and in a manner that is free from
conflict of interest. Pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 2904(h), each member of the
Advisory Board shall be required to file
a financial disclosure report under title
I of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
With the exception of those experts
and consultants that are appointed
members of the Advisory Board, all
others, to include subject matter experts
that are invited by the Advisory Board
or experts and consultants that are from
the general public attending meetings
are not authorized to participate in the
Advisory Board’s deliberations.
The terms of member appointments
shall not be less than two but not more
than four years, as provided in 10 U.S.C.
2904(b)(4) and approved by the
Secretary of Defense. All appointments
shall be reviewed by the Secretary of
Defense on an annual basis.
With the exception of travel and per
diem for official travel, Advisory Board
members shall serve without
compensation.
With DoD approval, the Advisory
Board is authorized to establish
subcommittees, as necessary and
consistent with its mission, and these
subcommittees shall operate under the
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provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the Government
in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C.
552b), and other appropriate Federal
regulations.
Such subcommittees shall not work
independently of the chartered
Advisory Board, and shall report all
their recommendations and advice to
the Advisory Board for full deliberation
and discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions on behalf of
the chartered Advisory Board; nor can
they report directly to the Department of
Defense or any Federal officers or
employees who are not Advisory Board
members.
Subcommittee members, who are not
Advisory Board members, shall be
appointed in the same manner as the
Advisory Board members. Such
individuals, 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 serve as special
government employee members, whose
appointments must be renewed on an
annual basis. With the exception of per
diem for official travel, subcommittee
members shall serve without
compensation.
The Advisory Board shall meet at the
call of the Advisory Board’s Designated
Federal Officer, in consultation with the
Chairperson. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
2904(d), the minimum number of
Advisory Board meetings is four per
year.
The Designated Federal Officer,
pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a fulltime or permanent part-time DoD
employee, and shall be appointed in
accordance with governing DoD policies
and procedures. In addition, the
Designated Federal Officer is required to
be in attendance at all Advisory Board
and subcommittee meetings for the
entire duration of each and every
meeting; however, in the absence of the
Designated Federal Officer, the
Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend the entire duration of the
Advisory Board or subcommittee
meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
statements to the Strategic
Environmental Research and
Development Program Scientific
Advisory Board’s membership about the
Advisory Board’s mission and
functions. Written statements may be
submitted at any time or in response to
the stated agenda of planned meeting of
Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program Scientific
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All written statements shall be
submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program
Scientific Advisory Board, and this
individual will ensure that the written
statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration.
Contact information for the Strategic
Environmental Research and
Development Program Scientific
Advisory Board Designated Federal
Officer can be obtained from the GSA’s
FACA Database—https://
www.facadatabase.gov/.
The Designated Federal Officer,
pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the
Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program Scientific
Advisory Board. 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: September 4, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of Record of
Decision for Medical Facilities
Development and University
Expansion at Naval Support Activity
Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
The preferred alternative for the MFD
will fully meet the Congressional
mandate in the Fiscal Year 2010
National Defense Authorization Act to
achieve the new statutory world-class
standards for military medicine at the
Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center (WRNMMC) by providing
enduring medical facilities
commensurate in quality, capability and
condition as those provided by the 2005
Base Realignment and Closure
investment. The preferred alternative for
the University Expansion will provide
adequate education and research space
to meet Military Health System
commitments to deliver training and
post-graduate level education to the
military medical community and enable
USU to serve as the core academic
health research center at WRNMMC.
The proposed actions will enhance and
support but not add to the missions of
the installation, medical center, or the
USU.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
complete text of the Record of Decision
(ROD) is available on the project Web
site at https://www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil/
PatientVisitors/SitePages/EIS.aspx,
along with the Final EIS and supporting
documents. Single copies of the ROD
are available upon request by
contacting: NSA Bethesda Public Affairs
Office, Attn: Joseph Macri, 8901
Wisconsin Avenue, Building 11, Room
216, Bethesda, MD 20889, Telephone:
301–295–1803, and Email:
NNMC.NSABethesdaEIS@health.mil.
AGENCY:
Dated: September 3, 2013.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
ACTION:
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Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
The United States Department
of the Navy (DoN), after carefully
weighing the environmental
consequences of the proposed actions,
announces its decision to construct and
operate the Medical Facilities
Development (MFD) at Naval Support
Activity (NSA) Bethesda, Bethesda, MD.
DoN also announces its decision to
construct and operate the expansion of
the Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences (USU or the
University Expansion) at NSA Bethesda.
The DoN has decided to implement the
preferred alternatives for the MFD and
University Expansion, as described in
the MFD and University Expansion
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) dated July 2013. The preferred
alternatives are also the
Environmentally Preferable
Alternatives.
SUMMARY:
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SAFETY BOARD
Senior Executive Service Performance
Review Board; Membership
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
membership of the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Senior
Executive Service (SES) Performance
Review Board (PRB).
DATES: Effective September 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments concerning
this notice to: Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW.,
Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004–2001.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: DoD.
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ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the
charter for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program Scientific Advisory Board. The Advisory Board may make
recommendations to the Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program Council regarding technologies, research, projects, programs,
activities, and, if appropriate, funding within the scope of the
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Scientific
Advisory Board.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee is being renewed under the
provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2904, 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.
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(a), the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, shall jointly establish the Strategic
Environmental Research and Development Program Scientific Advisory
Board. The Advisory Board, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904, shall operate
and comply with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a).
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2902 and 2904(e), the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program Council (hereafter referred to as the
Council), shall refer to the Advisory Board, and the Advisory Board
shall review, each proposed research project including its estimated
cost, for research in and development of technologies related to
environmental activities in excess of $1,000,000. The Council, pursuant
to its responsibilities under 10 U.S.C. 2902(d)(1) and in an effort to
enhance the Advisory Board's review process, has lowered the Advisory
Board's dollar threshold to any proposed research projects in excess of
$900,000. The Advisory Board shall make any recommendations to the
Council that the Advisory Board considers appropriate regarding such
project or proposal.
The Advisory Board may make recommendations to the Council
regarding technologies, research, projects, programs, activities, and,
if appropriate, funding within the scope of the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program. In addition, the Advisory Board shall
assist and advise the Council in identifying the environmental data and
analytical assistance activities that should be covered by the policies
and procedures prescribed pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2902(d)(1).
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(e), the Advisory Board shall make any
recommendations to the Council that the Advisory Board considers
appropriate regarding projects or proposals. The Advisory Board,
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(a), shall be comprised of not more than 14
members. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(b), the Advisory Board membership
shall be comprised of the following:
a. Permanent members of the Advisory Board are the Science Advisor
to the President, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, or their designees;
b. Non-permanent members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed
from among persons eminent in the fields of basic sciences,
engineering, ocean and environmental sciences, education, research
management, international and security affairs, health physics, health
sciences, or social sciences, with due regard given to the equitable
representation of scientists and engineers who are women or who
represent minority groups. One such member of the Advisory Board shall
be a representative of environmental public interest groups, and one
such member shall be a representative of the interests of State
governments.
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(b)(3), the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, shall request that the:
a. Head of the National Academy of Science, in consultation with
the head of the National Academy of Engineering and the head of the
Institutes of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, nominate
persons for appointment to the Advisory Board;
b. Council of Environmental Quality nominate for appointment to the
Advisory Board at least one person who is a representative of
environmental public interest groups; and
c. National Association of Governors nominate for appointment to
the Advisory Board at least one person who is a representative of the
interests of State governments.
The Advisory Board, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(d), shall develop
procedures for carrying out its responsibilities. Such procedures shall
define a quorum as a majority of the members, and shall provide for the
annual election of the Advisory Board's chairperson.
The permanent Advisory Board members, defined above, shall be
appointed as regular government employee members, and their
appointments shall be based upon their official position in the Federal
government. Both individuals may designate another regular government
officer or employee from their offices to represent their interests
before the Advisory Board.
Advisory Board members appointed by the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of Energy, who are not full-time or permanent part-time
federal officers or employees, shall be appointed as experts and
consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as special
government employee members.
While the Council of Environmental Quality and the National
Association of Governors nominate individuals to represent certain
interests, these individuals are appointed by the Secretary of Defense
and, these individuals, along with the other members, to include the
regular government employee members, are appointed to provide advice on
the basis of their best judgment without representing any particular
point of view and in a manner that is free from conflict of interest.
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(h), each member of the Advisory Board shall
be required to file a financial disclosure report under title I of the
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
With the exception of those experts and consultants that are
appointed members of the Advisory Board, all others, to include subject
matter experts that are invited by the Advisory Board or experts and
consultants that are from the general public attending meetings are not
authorized to participate in the Advisory Board's deliberations.
The terms of member appointments shall not be less than two but not
more than four years, as provided in 10 U.S.C. 2904(b)(4) and approved
by the Secretary of Defense. All appointments shall be reviewed by the
Secretary of Defense on an annual basis.
With the exception of travel and per diem for official travel,
Advisory Board members shall serve without compensation.
With DoD approval, the Advisory Board is authorized to establish
subcommittees, as necessary and consistent with its mission, and these
subcommittees shall operate under the
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provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the
Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and other
appropriate Federal regulations.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered
Advisory Board, and shall report all their recommendations and advice
to the Advisory Board for full deliberation and discussion.
Subcommittees have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the
chartered Advisory Board; nor can they report directly to the
Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees who are not
Advisory Board members.
Subcommittee members, who are not Advisory Board members, shall be
appointed in the same manner as the Advisory Board members. Such
individuals, 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 serve as special government employee members, whose
appointments must be renewed on an annual basis. With the exception of
per diem for official travel, subcommittee members shall serve without
compensation.
The Advisory Board shall meet at the call of the Advisory Board's
Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Chairperson.
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2904(d), the minimum number of Advisory Board
meetings is four per year.
The Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a
full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee, and shall be appointed
in accordance with governing DoD policies and procedures. In addition,
the Designated Federal Officer is required to be in attendance at all
Advisory Board and subcommittee meetings for the entire duration of
each and every meeting; however, in the absence of the Designated
Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall attend
the entire duration of the Advisory Board or subcommittee meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to the Strategic
Environmental Research and Development Program Scientific Advisory
Board's membership about the Advisory Board's mission and functions.
Written statements may be submitted at any time or in response to the
stated agenda of planned meeting of Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program Scientific Advisory Board.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program Scientific Advisory Board, and this individual will ensure that
the written statements are provided to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program Scientific Advisory Board Designated
Federal Officer can be obtained from the GSA's FACA Database--https://www.facadatabase.gov/.
The Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program Scientific Advisory Board. 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: September 4, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-21917 Filed 9-9-13; 8:45 am]
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