Department of Defense July 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

After carefully weighing the operational and environmental consequences of the Proposed Action, the Department of Defense (DoD) Representative Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau (DoD REP), announces his decision to support and conduct current, emerging, and future military training and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) activities in the Mariana Islands Range Complex (MIRC), while enhancing training resources through investment in the MIRC. These training and RDT&E activities are conducted by the Department of the Navy (DoN), the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, Guam National Guard, the United States Coast Guard and other users based and deployed in the Western Pacific. The DoN is the Executive Agent for management of the MIRC.

The Defense Science Board Task Force on Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security will meet in closed session August 18-19, and September 20-21, 2010, in Arlington, VA.

The Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Treaty Monitoring and Verification will meet in closed session September 13- 14, and 25-26, 2010, in Arlington, VA.

The Department of the Navy proposes to amend a system of records in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The U.S. Marine Corps proposes to delete seven systems of records notices from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service proposes to delete a system of records notice from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (District), is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to ascertain compliance with and to lead to the production of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document in accordance with the President's Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Rules and Regulations, as defined and amended in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Parts 1500-1508, Corps principles and guidelines as defined in Engineering Regulation (ER) 1105-2-100, and other applicable Federal and State environmental laws for the proposed Mamaroneck and Sheldrake Rivers Flood Damage Risk Reduction Project. The study area consists of the Mamaroneck and Sheldrake Rivers Basin, which lies entirely within Westchester County, New York and contains portions of the Village and Town of Mamaroneck, the Cities of New Rochelle and White Plains, the Towns of Harrison and North Castle, and the Village of Scarsdale. The EIS process will identify the potential social, economic, cultural, and environmental affects through the implementation of the alternative plans. The District will work as part of a team to include the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and possibly the County of Westchester, and the Village and/or Town of Mamaroneck.

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, 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 Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are issuing a correction to FAR Case 2010-008, Recovery Act Subcontract Reporting Procedures (Item III), which was published in the Federal Register at 75 FR 38684, July 2, 2010.

The National Security Agency hereby gives notice of its intent to grant Doar, Pekuin, Sall Limited Liability Company a revocable, non- assignable, exclusive, license to practice the following Government- Owned inventions as described in the following: U.S. Patent No. 5,656,552 entitled ``Method of making a thin conformal high-yielding multi-chip module''; U.S. Patent No. 5,835,912 entitled ``Method of efficiency and flexibility storing, retrieving, and modifying data in any language representation''; U.S. Patent No. 6,005,986 entitled ``Method of identifying the script of a document irrespective of orientation''; U.S. Patent No. 6,070,175 entitled '' Method of file editing using framemaker enhanced by application programming interface clients''; U.S. Patent No. 6,144,189 entitled ``Device for and method of switching and monitoring batteries''; U.S. Patent No. 6,298,144 entitled ``Device for and method of detecting motion in an image''; U.S. Patent No. 6,391,744 entitled ``Method of fabricating a non-SOI device on an SOI starting wafer and thinning the same''; U.S. Patent No. 6,493,366 entitled ``Vertical cavity surface emitting laser with oxidized strain-compensated superlattice of group III-V semiconductor''; U.S. Patent No. 6,519,362 entitled ``Method of extracting text present in a color image''; U.S. Patent No. 6,531,414 entitled ``Method of oxidizing strain-compensated superlattice of group III-V semiconductor''; U.S. Patent No. 6,704,449 entitled ``Method of extracting text from graphical images''; U.S. Patent No. 6,941,013 entitled ``Method of image binarization using histogram modeling''; U.S. Patent No. 6,977,212 entitled ``Fabricating a semiconductor device using fully cured bisbenzocyclobutene''; U.S. Patent No. 7,232,740 entitled ``Method for bumping a thin wafer''; U.S. Patent No. 7,286,359 entitled ``Use of thermally conductive vias to extract heat from microelectronic chips and method of manufacturing''; U.S. Patent No. 7,320,937 entitled ``Method of reliably electroless-plating integrated circuit die,''; and U.S. Patent No. 7,351,608 entitled ``Method of precisely aligning components in flexible integrated circuit module.''

The Department of the Air Force is proposing to amend a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Department of the Navy proposes to add a new system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of five section 36(b)(1) arms sales notifications to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164, dated 21 July 1996.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning reporting purchases from sources outside the United States.

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of DoD, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved this information collection requirement for use through November 30, 2010. DoD proposes that OMB extend its approval for these collections to expire three years after the approval date.

Pursuant to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500- 1508), and Executive Order 12114, the Department of the Navy (DON) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Overseas EIS (OEIS) to evaluate the potential environmental effects associated with military readiness training and research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities (hereinafter referred to as ``training and testing'' activities) conducted within the Hawaii- Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) study area. The HSTT study area combines the at-sea portions of the Hawaii Range Complex, the Southern California Range Complex (including the San Diego Bay); the Silver Strand Training Complex; areas where vessels transit between the Hawaii Range Complex and the Southern California Range Complex; and select Navy pierside locations. This EIS and OEIS is being prepared to renew and combine current regulatory permits and authorizations;

The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to delete a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

DoD is making a technical amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to correct the date of DFARS clause 252.222-7006.

DoD is issuing an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement section 820 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub. L. 111-84, enacted October 28, 2009).

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Rio del Oro Specific Plan Project, a proposed master-planned, mixed use development within south-eastern Sacramento County.

Announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the invention set forth in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/149,076, entitled ``Combinations of Gene Deletions for Live Attenuated Shigella Vaccine Strains,'' filed April 25, 2008. Foreign rights are also available for licensing (PCT/US2008/005342). The United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, has rights to this invention.

Announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the invention set forth in U.S. Patent 7,632,659, which issued on December 15, 2009, entitled ``Use of Shigella Invaplex to Transport Functional Proteins and Transcriptionally Active Nucleic Acids Across Mammalian Cell Membranes In Vitro and In Vivo,'' and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/563,794, entitled ``Use of Shigella Invaplex to Transport Functional Proteins and Transcriptionally Active Nucleic Acids Across Mammalian Cell Membranes In Vitro and In Vivo,'' filed September 21, 2009. U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/563,794 is a continuation application of U.S. Patent 7,632,659. Foreign rights are also available for licensing (PCT/US2004/039100). The United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, has rights to this invention.

The Department of the Army is proposing to amend a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The U.S. Marine Corps proposes to add a system of records to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.