Department of Defense April 9, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.65, the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (hereafter referred to as the Board of Regents). The Board of Regents, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2113, is a non- discretionary Federal advisory committee established to assist the Secretary of Defense in an advisory capacity in carrying out the Secretary's responsibility to conduct the business of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. While 10 U.S.C. 2113(a) does not provide precise objectives and scope for the Board of Regents' assistance to the Secretary of Defense, past practice has been for the Board of Regents to assist in the areas of advice on academic and administrative matters that are critical to the full accreditation and successful operation of the University. Specific DoD expectations are outlined in DoD Instruction 5105.45 and in bylaws and policies developed by the Board of Regents. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2113(a), the Board of Regents is composed of: (a) Nine persons in the fields of health and health education who shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (b) the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, who shall be an ex officio member; (c) the surgeons general of the uniformed services, who shall be ex officio members; and (d) the Dean of the University, who shall be a nonvoting ex officio member. The terms of the office for those members appointed by the President pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2113(b) shall be six years except that: (a) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; (b) the terms of office of the members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the President at the time of the appointment; and (c) any member whose term of office has expired shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed. The President shall designate one appointed member of the Board of Regents to serve as Chair. Members of the Board of Regents who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees shall serve as Special Government Employees under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2113(e), shall receive compensation of no more than $100 per day, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, in addition to travel expenses and per diem while serving away from their place of residence. The Board of Regents shall meet at the call of the Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Chair and the President of the University. The Designated Federal Officer shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee, and shall be appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and procedures. The Designated Federal Officer or Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall attend all Board of Regents' meetings and subcommittee meetings. The Board of Regents is authorized to establish subcommittees and workgroups, as necessary and consistent with its mission. Board of Regents subcommittees and workgroups shall operate under the provisions of 5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended, the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and other appropriate Federal regulations. Board of Regents subcommittees and workgroups shall not work independently of the Board of Regents and shall report all their recommendations and advice to the Board of Regents for full deliberation and discussion. Board of Regents subcommittees and workgroups have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the Board of Regents and may not report directly to the Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees who are not Board of regents members. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or interested organizations may submit written statements to the Board of Regents about its mission and functions. Written statements should be submitted to the advisory committee's Designated Federal Officer for consideration by the membership of the Board of Regents. The advisory committee's Designated Federal Officer contact information can be obtained from the GSA's FACA Databasehttps://www.fido.gov/ facadatabase/public.asp.

In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(I)(i), announcement is made of the intent to grant an exclusive, royalty- bearing, revocable license to U.S. provisional patent application filed January 15, 2007 entitled ``Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Filovirus Replication,'' to Functional Genetics, with its principal place of business at 708 Quince Orchard Rd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Wilmington District, Wilmington Regulatory Division has received a request for Department of the Army authorization, pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, from Western Wake Partners to construct Western Wake Regional Wastewater Management Facilities. This project will be a regional wastewater pumping, conveyance, treatment, and discharge project to serve the Towns of Apex, Cary, Holly Springs and Morrisville, as well as the Wake County portion of Research Triangle Park (service area), NC. The project is being proposed by the Western Wake Partners to provide wastewater service for planned growth and development in the project service area and to comply with two regulatory mandates. One regulatory mandate has been issued by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (EMC), and the second regulatory mandate has been issued by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NC DENR). In accordance with the two regulatory mandates, the proposed Project must be operational and discharging effluent to the Cape Fear River Basin by January 1, 2011.

The Transformation Advisory Group (TAG) will meet in closed session on 6-8 June 2007. The establishment date was already published in the Federal Register on 28 May 2003, in accordance with 41 CFR 102- 3.150. The mission of the TAG is to provide timely advice on scientific, technical and policy-related issues to the Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command as he develops and executes the DOD transformation strategy. Full development of the topics will require discussion of information classified in accordance with Executive Order 12958, dated 17 April 1995, as amended March 2003. Access to the information must be strictly limited to personnel having the requisite clearances and specific need-to-know. Unauthorized disclosure of the information to be discussed at the TAG meetings could cause serious damage to our national defense. The meeting will be closed for security reasons, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552, Exemption(b)1, Protection of National Security, and Exemption(b)3 regarding information protected under the Homeland Security Act of 2002. In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and 41 CFR 102-3.155 this meeting will be closed.