Arms Sales Notification, 15654-15656 [2021-06047]
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AH-64D to AH-64E conversion training
support; personnel training and training
equipment; weapon system and
software support; U.S. Government and
contractor technical, engineering, and
logistics personnel services; and other
related elements of logistical and
program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (NE-BWJP)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid,
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology
Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold:
None
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
Congress: March 16, 2021
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the
Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
The Netherlands—AH-64 Pilot Training
and Logistics Support
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
The Government of the Netherlands
has requested support for the Royal
Netherlands Air Force AH-64 training
program, to include fuel; base operating
support; facilities; publications and
technical documentation; pilot training;
AH-64D to AH-64E conversion training
support; personnel training and training
equipment; weapon system and
software support; U.S. Government and
contractor technical, engineering, and
logistics personnel services; and other
related elements of logistical and
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program support. The total overall
estimated value is $190 million.
This proposed sale will support the
foreign policy and national security of
the United States by helping to improve
the security of a NATO ally which is an
important force for political stability
and economic progress in Europe.
The proposed sale will improve the
Netherlands’ capability to maintain a set
of highly trained and deployment-ready
Royal Netherlands Air Force Apache
units via continued training activities at
Fort Hood, Texas. This training includes
the AMERICAN FALCON exercise,
which serves as a certifying event for
Dutch military units and personnel to
deploy abroad, often supporting U.S.led coalition operations. The
Netherlands will have no difficulty
absorbing this training and support into
its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
This proposed sale does not contain
any principal contractor. There are no
known offset agreements proposed in
connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale
will not require the assignment of any
additional U.S. Government or
contractor representatives to the
Netherlands.
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There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 21–28]
Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of an
arms sales notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karma Job at karma.d.job.civ@mail.mil
or (703) 697–8976.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
published to fulfill the requirements of
section 155 of Public Law 104–164
dated July 21, 1996. The following is a
copy of a letter to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Transmittal
21–28 with attached Policy Justification.
SUMMARY:
Dated: March 19, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 21–28
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of
Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the
Arms Export Control Act, as amended
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government
of the Netherlands
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment* ..
Other ......................................
$ 0 million
$125 million
TOTAL ...............................
$125 million
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(iii) Description and Quantity or
Quantities of Articles or Services under
Consideration for Purchase: Foreign
Military Sales Case NE-B-WJO,
implemented on December 28, 2016,
was below congressional notification
threshold at $59.8 million for the Royal
Netherlands Air Force CH-47 pilot
training program and logistics support
at Fort Hood, Texas. The Netherlands
has requested the case be amended to
include additional support, which will
push the current case above the
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notification threshold and thus requires
notification of the entire case.
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
None
Non-MDE: Support for the Royal
Netherlands Air Force CH-47 training
program, to include fuel; base operating
support; facilities; publications and
technical documentation; pilot training;
personnel training and training
equipment; weapon system and
software support; U.S. Government and
contractor technical, engineering, and
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logistics personnel services; and other
related elements of logistical and
program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (NE-BWJO)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid,
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology
Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold:
None
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
Congress: March 16, 2021
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the
Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
The Netherlands—CH-47 Pilot Training
and Logistics Support
The Government of the Netherlands
has requested support for the Royal
Netherlands Air Force CH-47 training
program, to include fuel; base operating
support; facilities; publications and
technical documentation; pilot training;
personnel training and training
equipment; weapon system and
software support; U.S. Government and
contractor technical, engineering, and
logistics personnel services; and other
related elements of logistical and
program support. The total overall
estimated value is $125 million.
This proposed sale will support the
foreign policy and national security of
the United States by helping to improve
the security of a NATO ally which is an
important force for the political stability
and economic progress in Europe.
The proposed sale will improve the
Netherlands’ capability to maintain a set
of highly trained and deployment-ready
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook
units via continued training activities at
Fort Hood, Texas. This training includes
the AMERICAN FALCON exercise,
which serves as a certifying event for
Dutch military units and personnel to
deploy abroad, often supporting U.S.led coalition operations. The
Netherlands will have no difficulty
absorbing this training and support into
its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
This proposed sale does not contain
any principal contractor. There are no
known offset agreements proposed in
connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale
will not require the assignment of any
additional U.S. Government or
contractor representatives to the
Netherlands.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
16:30 Mar 23, 2021
Jkt 253001
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
[FR Doc. 2021–06047 Filed 3–23–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Army Corps of Engineers
National Wetland Plant List
AGENCY:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
DoD.
ACTION:
Notice.
The National Wetland Plant
List (NWPL) provides plant species
indicator status ratings, which are used
in determining whether the hydrophytic
vegetation factor is met when
conducting wetland delineations under
the Clean Water Act and wetland
determinations under the Wetland
Conservation Provisions of the Food
Security Act. Other applications of the
NWPL include wetland restoration,
establishment, and enhancement
projects. To update the NWPL, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), as
part of an interagency effort with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), is
announcing the availability of the draft
changes to the 2020 NWPL and its web
address to solicit public comments. The
public will now have the opportunity to
comment on the proposed changes to
wetland indicator status ratings for five
plant species in select regions and the
addition of 22 new plant species to the
NWPL.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Attn: CECW–CO–R, 441 G
Street NW, Washington, DC 20314–
1000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brianne McGuffie, Headquarters, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Operations
and Regulatory Community of Practice,
Washington, DC 20314–1000, by phone
at 202–761–4750 or by email at
brianne.e.mcguffie@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
USACE administers the NWPL for the
United States (U.S.) and its territories.
Responsibility for the NWPL was
transferred to USACE from the FWS in
2006. The NWPL has undergone several
revisions since its inception in 1988.
Additions or deletions to the NWPL
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represent new records, range extensions,
nomenclatural and taxonomic changes,
and newly proposed species. The latest
review process began in 2020 and
included review by Regional Panels
(RPs) and the National Panel (NP).
Wetland Indicator Status Ratings
On the NWPL, there are five
categories of wetland indicator status
ratings, used to indicate a plant’s
likelihood for occurrence in wetlands
versus non-wetlands: Obligate Wetland
(OBL), Facultative Wetland (FACW),
Facultative (FAC), Facultative Upland
(FACU), and Upland (UPL). These rating
categories are defined by the NP as
follows: OBL—almost always occur in
wetlands; FACW—usually occur in
wetlands, but may occur in nonwetlands; FAC—occur in wetlands and
non-wetlands; FACU—usually occur in
non-wetlands, but may occur in
wetlands; UPL—almost always occur in
non-wetlands. These category
definitions are qualitative descriptions
that better reflect the qualitative
supporting information, rather than
numeric frequency ranges. The
percentage frequency categories used in
the older definitions are only used for
testing problematic or contested species
being recommended for indicator status
changes. Plus and minus designations
and wetland indicator designations such
as No Indicator (NI), No Occurrence
(NO), and No Agreement (NA) were
removed in 2012 and are no longer used
on the NWPL. More information on the
specifics of how to use these ratings is
available on the NWPL website at https://
wetland-plants.usace.army.mil/.
The NWPL is utilized in conducting
wetland delineations under the
authority of Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) and Section
10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
(3 3 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) and wetland
determinations under the authority of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3801 et seq.). For the purposes of
determining how often a species occurs
in wetlands, wetlands are defined as
either (1) those areas that are inundated
or saturated by surface or ground water
at a frequency and duration sufficient to
support, and under normal
circumstances do support, a prevalence
of vegetation typically adapted for life
in saturated soil conditions (33 CFR
328.3) or (2) ‘‘except when such term is
part of the term ‘converted wetland,’
means land that has a predominance of
hydric soils; is inundated or saturated
by surface or groundwater at a
frequency and duration sufficient to
support a prevalence of hydrophytic
vegetation typically adapted for life in
saturated soil conditions; and under
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 21-28]
Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text
of an arms sales notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karma Job at [email protected]
or (703) 697-8976.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-
164 dated July 21, 1996. The following is a copy of a letter to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Transmittal 21-28 with
attached Policy Justification.
Dated: March 19, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 21-28
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of the Netherlands
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment*................. $ 0 million
Other.................................... $125 million
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TOTAL.................................. $125 million
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase: Foreign Military Sales Case
NE-B-WJO, implemented on December 28, 2016, was below congressional
notification threshold at $59.8 million for the Royal Netherlands Air
Force CH-47 pilot training program and logistics support at Fort Hood,
Texas. The Netherlands has requested the case be amended to include
additional support, which will push the current case above the
notification threshold and thus requires notification of the entire
case.
Major Defense Equipment (MDE): None
Non-MDE: Support for the Royal Netherlands Air Force CH-47 training
program, to include fuel; base operating support; facilities;
publications and technical documentation; pilot training; personnel
training and training equipment; weapon system and software support;
U.S. Government and contractor technical, engineering, and
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logistics personnel services; and other related elements of logistical
and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (NE-B-WJO)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be
Paid: None
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: None
(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: March 16, 2021
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
The Netherlands--CH-47 Pilot Training and Logistics Support
The Government of the Netherlands has requested support for the
Royal Netherlands Air Force CH-47 training program, to include fuel;
base operating support; facilities; publications and technical
documentation; pilot training; personnel training and training
equipment; weapon system and software support; U.S. Government and
contractor technical, engineering, and logistics personnel services;
and other related elements of logistical and program support. The total
overall estimated value is $125 million.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national
security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a
NATO ally which is an important force for the political stability and
economic progress in Europe.
The proposed sale will improve the Netherlands' capability to
maintain a set of highly trained and deployment-ready Royal Netherlands
Air Force Chinook units via continued training activities at Fort Hood,
Texas. This training includes the AMERICAN FALCON exercise, which
serves as a certifying event for Dutch military units and personnel to
deploy abroad, often supporting U.S.-led coalition operations. The
Netherlands will have no difficulty absorbing this training and support
into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
This proposed sale does not contain any principal contractor. There
are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this
potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor
representatives to the Netherlands.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
[FR Doc. 2021-06047 Filed 3-23-21; 8:45 am]
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