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Economic and Social Affairs. The UN
Office of Legal Affairs actively engages
on judicial management issues. For
example, that office recommended that
the Pre-Trial Chamber sit on a full-time
basis in order to improve the ECCC’s
efficiency and to expedite its decisionmaking, and the ECCC accepted the
recommendation.
Embassy Phnom Penh was notified of
allegations of financial misconduct at
the ECCC in September 2012, but a full
UN investigation, including an
independent audit, later proved the
allegations false. In September, an
outside observer approached an
Embassy officer alleging that ECCC staff
paid kickbacks on salaries and that
large-scale financial misconduct
occurred with donor money. The source
did not offer any evidence and quoted
only anonymous sources, but the
Embassy assessed that the allegations
were serious enough to warrant
notification of ECCC officials. Within
days of receiving the Embassy’s
information, UN Special Expert on the
ECCC David Scheffer traveled to Phnom
Penh to investigate the allegations. The
result of his initial investigation, which
he shared with the UN in September
2012, showed small-scale misuse of
resources, such as the use of a common
television in a private office and the use
of a vehicle for a single employee when
it should have been designated to the
motorpool. These misuses of resources
were immediately corrected.
The ECCC subsequently retained the
independent accounting firm Ernst &
Young to conduct a spot audit of the
Victim Support Section, where the
anonymous sources had alleged that
major misconduct had taken place. The
spot audit examined financial assets and
expenditures during the April–June
2012 time period and the inventory of
physical assets. The results of the audit,
made available to the U.S. government
in December 2012, revealed that no
major irregularities occurred. The spot
audit found that ‘‘no exceptions were
noted’’ when comparing receipts of
funds and disbursements of funds.
Some computer equipment did not
display correct serial numbers, but there
was no evidence that any equipment
was misused. While the spot audit was
limited, it was sufficient to examine the
allegations presented.
The ECCC took additional
precautionary steps to help prevent (or
reveal) corruption. As of October 2012,
the tribunal reinstituted weekly office
hours for the Independent Counselor at
the ECCC itself (rather than at the
Independent Counselor’s office) to
receive allegations of corruption. The
Independent Counselor could also
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receive allegations outside scheduled
office hours. Embassy Phnom Penh is
not aware of any reported allegations
since that time. In addition, ECCC
administrative leadership conducted an
all-staff meeting in October to announce
the availability of the Independent
Counselor and highlight procedures to
report corruption confidentially. ECCC
section heads were also brought together
to examine allegations of staff
kickbacks. These efforts have not
produced any evidence of corruption.
Based on the efforts of the ECCC
officials and the independent auditors,
no credible evidence of corruption or
major mismanagement was discovered.
With the appointment of Mark
Harmon as the new international CoInvestigating Judge in 2012, there has
been renewed progress in Case 003 and
004 investigations. Since his arrival in
October 2012, Judge Harmon has nearly
fully staffed an office that had been
affected by departures and established a
constructive working relationship with
his counterpart You Bunleng. While
Judge Bunleng has not publicly agreed
that the Case 003 and 004 investigations
should go forward, he is also not
obstructing Judge Harmon’s
investigative efforts. The Case 003 and
004 investigations under Judge Harmon
are proceeding expeditiously, and ECCC
officials expect that they will be
completed in the first half of 2014
absent unexpected delays.
The ECCC’s jurisdiction over suspects
in the Cases 003/004 has yet to be
resolved; therefore the co-investigating
judges have not made a final
determination on whether these
individuals should be indicted. Should
the national and international coinvestigating judges disagree on an
indictment at the conclusion of the
investigation, there is a formal process
under the governing documents of the
ECCC for resolving this disagreement in
the Pre-Trial Chamber.
Certification and United States Policy
Objectives
This certification recognizes the
efforts of the UN and the RGC to address
allegations of corruption and
mismanagement within the ECCC. It is
not an indication, however, that their
responsibilities have concluded. Both
parties must continue to exercise
oversight of the ECCC’s operations, and
the donor community and NGOs must
continue their vigilant engagement with
the UN and the RGC to ensure that the
ECCC remains judicially independent,
corruption-free and well-managed.
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Meeting of the Regional Energy
Resource Council
Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA).
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:
The TVA Regional Energy
Resource Council (RERC) will hold an
orientation meeting on Wednesday and
Thursday, January 22 and 23, 2014,
regarding regional energy related issues
in the Tennessee Valley.
The RERC was established to advise
TVA on its energy resource activities
and the priorities among competing
objectives and values. Notice of this
meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5
U.S.C. App. 2.
The meeting agenda includes the
following:
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. TVA updates regarding recent
Board of Directors decisions
3. Presentations and discussion
concerning TVA’s Integrated Resource
Planning process, focusing on TVA’s
business objectives including rates,
reliability, resiliency and environmental
responsibility.
4. Public Comments
5. Council Discussion on the
balancing of TVA’s business objectives
during Integrated Resource Planning.
The RERC will hear opinions and
views of citizens by providing a public
comment session. The public comment
session will be held at 10:00 a.m. EST,
on January 23. Persons wishing to speak
are requested to register at the door by
9:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 23 and
will be called on during the public
comment period. Handout materials
should be limited to one printed page.
Written comments are also invited and
may be mailed to the Regional Energy
Resource Council, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT–11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, January 22, from 12:45 to
4:45 p.m. and Thursday, January 23
from 8:00 a.m. to noon EST.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Tennessee Valley Authority, 400
West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN
37902 and will be open to the public.
Anyone needing special access or
accommodations should let the contact
below know at least a week in advance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth
Keel, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT–
11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, (865)
632–6113.
SUMMARY:
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Dated: December 19, 2013.
Joseph J. Hoagland,
Vice President, Stakeholder Relations,
Tennessee Valley Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Connected Vehicle Research Program
Public Meeting; Notice of Public
Meeting
ITS Joint Program Office,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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John Augustine,
Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office.
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The U.S. Department of
Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent
Transportation System Joint Program
Office (ITS JPO) will host a public
meeting seeking stakeholder input and
public sector guidance to the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) and
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration (RITA) Connected
Vehicle Systems. The meeting will take
place Thursday, January 16, 2014, from
1:00 p.m. (EST) to 4:00 p.m. (EST) in the
Hampton Room at the Omni Shoreham
Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW in
Washington, DC. Remote participation
will be available via webinar. Persons
planning to attend the meeting or
participate in the webinar should
register online at www.itsa.org/
policy2014.
The USDOT would like input from
transportation infrastructure owner/
operators on their needs for guidelines,
tools, resources, and policies that will
support the successful implementation
and operations of connected vehicle
technologies. The primary target
audience for the meeting is State and
local Departments of Transportation,
transit operators, other operating
agencies, and infrastructure owners who
are starting to plan for the deployment
and use of connected vehicle
technologies in their area. While the
meeting is specifically focused for an
audience that has followed connected
vehicle research and is formulating
plans for implementation, it is open to
other stakeholders in the connected
vehicle community, including national
associations and the general public.
Attendees will be asked to discuss
their needs for guidelines, tools, and
resources to best support their decisions
and deployments. Attendees will also be
asked to identify anticipated
institutional challenges. The results of
the meeting will be used as input for
FHWA’s development of Connected
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Vehicle guidance that is expected in
2015 and will also inform the Federal
Transit Administration.
For more information, please contact
Robert Arnold, FHWA, Director, Office
of Transportation Management at
robert.arnold@dot.gov or by telephone
at 202–366–1285. Agenda items for the
meeting are subject to change. Meeting
information will be posted to the Web
site https://www.its.dot.gov/.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space
Transportation; Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), Open a Public
Scoping Period, and Conduct a Public
Scoping Meeting.
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is the lead
Federal agency. The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, and National Park
Service are cooperating agencies.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an
EIS, Open a Public Scoping Period, and
Conduct a Public Scoping Meeting
AGENCY:
This Notice provides
information to Federal, State, and local
agencies, Native American tribes, and
other interested persons regarding the
FAA’s intent to prepare an EIS that will
evaluate the potential environmental
impacts associated with the issuance of
a Launch Site Operator License to Space
Florida. Space Florida, an independent
special district and a subdivision of the
State of Florida, proposes to construct
and operate a commercial space launch
site (the ‘‘Shiloh Launch Complex’’) and
two off-site operations support areas.
The Shiloh Launch Complex would
include two vertical launch facilities
that would accommodate up to 24
launches per year (12 launches per
vertical launch facility), as well as up to
24 static fire engine tests or wet dress
rehearsals per year (12 static fire engine
tests or wet dress rehearsals per vertical
launch facility). The launch vehicles
would include liquid fueled, mediumto heavy-lift class orbital and suborbital
vehicles. In addition to the 24 launches
per year, the first stage of the launch
vehicle could return to and land at the
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Shiloh Launch Complex. The proposed
commercial space launch site is located
on the west side of Kennedy Parkway
North (State Road [SR] 3), which
straddles Brevard and Volusia counties,
Florida. Space Florida would be
required to apply for a Launch Site
Operator License to be issued by the
FAA. The FAA will prepare the EIS in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA; 42 United States Code [U.S.C.]
4321 et seq.), the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations for
Implementing the Procedural Provisions
of NEPA (40 Code of Federal
Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–1508),
and FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures, as part of its licensing
process. Concurrent with the NEPA
process, the FAA is initiating National
Historic Preservation Act Section 106
Consultation to determine the potential
effects of the Proposed Action on
historic properties. The FAA will also
consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) under Section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act regarding
potential impacts to federally-listed
threatened and endangered species.
Pursuant to the U.S. Department of
Transportation Act of 1966, this EIS will
comply with the requirements of
Section 4(f).
The FAA invites interested
agencies, organizations, Native
American tribes, and members of the
public to submit comments or
suggestions to assist in identifying
significant environmental issues and in
determining the appropriate scope of
the EIS. The public scoping period starts
with the publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. To ensure sufficient
time to consider issues identified during
the public scoping period, comments
should be submitted to Ms. Stacey M.
Zee, FAA Environmental Specialist, by
one of the methods listed below no later
than February 21, 2014. All comments
will receive the same attention and
consideration in the preparation of the
EIS.
DATES:
Comments, statements, or
questions concerning scoping issues or
the EIS process should be mailed to: Ms.
Stacey M. Zee, FAA Environmental
Specialist, Shiloh EIS c/o Cardno TEC
Inc., 2496 Old Ivy Road, Suite 300,
Charlottesville, VA 22903.
Comments can also be sent by email
to faashiloheis@cardnotec.com or by fax
to (434) 295–5535.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Meeting of the Regional Energy Resource Council
AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The TVA Regional Energy Resource Council (RERC) will hold an
orientation meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, January 22 and 23, 2014,
regarding regional energy related issues in the Tennessee Valley.
The RERC was established to advise TVA on its energy resource
activities and the priorities among competing objectives and values.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
The meeting agenda includes the following:
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. TVA updates regarding recent Board of Directors decisions
3. Presentations and discussion concerning TVA's Integrated
Resource Planning process, focusing on TVA's business objectives
including rates, reliability, resiliency and environmental
responsibility.
4. Public Comments
5. Council Discussion on the balancing of TVA's business objectives
during Integrated Resource Planning.
The RERC will hear opinions and views of citizens by providing a
public comment session. The public comment session will be held at
10:00 a.m. EST, on January 23. Persons wishing to speak are requested
to register at the door by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 23 and will
be called on during the public comment period. Handout materials should
be limited to one printed page. Written comments are also invited and
may be mailed to the Regional Energy Resource Council, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT-11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee
37902.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 22, from 12:45 to
4:45 p.m. and Thursday, January 23 from 8:00 a.m. to noon EST.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902 and will be open to the
public. Anyone needing special access or accommodations should let the
contact below know at least a week in advance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Keel, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT-11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, (865) 632-6113.
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Dated: December 19, 2013.
Joseph J. Hoagland,
Vice President, Stakeholder Relations, Tennessee Valley Authority.
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