Department of Defense July 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District, the State of California, and Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB) are preparing a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft Supplemental EIS/EIR) for the American River Contract 2 (Proposed Action) of the American River Common Features (ARCF) Levee Improvement Project authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 2016. This Draft Supplemental EIS/ EIR supplements the ARCF General Reevaluation Report (GRR) Final EIS/ EIR (May 2016). The Proposed Action includes constructing erosion protection measures at Lower American River (LAR) sites 2-2 (river mile 7.5 right bank), and 2-3 (river mile 5.9 right bank), transporting excavated materials from site 2-3 to the Arden Pond mitigation site for construction of shallow water fish habitat for juvenile salmon, construction of a berm to separate the restored Arden Pond from the adjacent bass pond, and planting of emergent and riparian vegetation to provide Shaded Riverine Aquatic (SRA) habitat. The Proposed Action is necessary to protect the levee from erosion damage that could reduce its reliability to protect against flooding, and to mitigate loss of fish and riparian habitat for the American River Common Features Project Endangered Species Act consultation requirements. Conceptual components of the Proposed Action were analyzed (erosion protection measures) in the ARCF GRR Final EIS/EIR, but some elements of the Proposed Action (Arden Pond and SRA habitat mitigation) were not analyzed in the ARCF GRR Final EIS/EIR because habitat mitigation locations and designs were still in formulation at the time the Final EIS/EIR was completed. The USACE has now developed levee erosion protection and habitat mitigation designs in sufficient detail to analyze their environmental effects.

The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for USS MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL (LCS 21). Due to the special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (DAJAG)(Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined it is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and purpose, cannot comply fully with the navigation lights provisions of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) without interfering with its special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this notice is to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate project alternatives and the public interest review factors, as well as the effects on 129 acres of forested wetlands for the proposed landfill expansion.

The DoD has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Department of Army (Army) announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed implementation of an Area Development Plan (ADP) for Davison Army Airfield (DAAF) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Draft EIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts associated with implementing the construction, modernization, and demolition projects at DAAF recommended in the ADP (Proposed Action). A Draft Finding of No Practicable Alternative (FONPA) addressing potential impacts on floodplains and wetlands is also available for comment with the Draft EIS.

The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Board on Coastal Engineering Research. This meeting is open to the public.

The Corps of Engineers (Corps) is amending its danger zone regulations to establish a danger zone in the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the existing Finegayan Small Arms Range at Naval Base Guam telecommunication site on the northwestern coast of Guam. The danger zone is located entirely within the Pacific Ocean, comprising 892 acres and extending 2.36 miles into the ocean from the high tide line. Establishment of the danger zone will intermittently prohibit vessels from lingering in the danger zone when the small arms range is in active use in order to ensure public safety.

The DoD has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The DoD has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the charter for the Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery (``the Committee'').

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are promulgating discharge performance standards for 11 discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces in the navigable waters of the United States, the territorial seas, and the contiguous zone. When implemented, the discharge performance standards will reduce the adverse environmental impacts associated with the vessel discharges, stimulate the development of improved vessel pollution control devices, and advance the development of environmentally sound vessels of the Armed Forces. The 11 discharges addressed by the final rule include the following: Catapult water brake tank and post-launch retraction exhaust, controllable pitch propeller hydraulic fluid, deck runoff, firemain systems, graywater, hull coating leachate, motor gasoline and compensating discharge, sonar dome discharge, submarine bilgewater, surface vessel bilgewater/oil-water separator effluent, and underwater ship husbandry.

The Department of the Army is rescinding six Human Resource (HR) SORNs. The notices consist of the: Individual Ready, Standby, and Retired Reserve Personnel Information System, A0600-8 AHRC; Standard Installation/Division Personnel System, A0600-8-23; Integrated Personnel and Pay SystemArmy Records, A0600-8a PEO EIS; Classification and Reclassification of Soldiers, A0614-200 AHRC; Officer Personnel Management Information System, A0680-31a; and Enlisted Personnel Management Information System, A0680-31b. These notices are incorporated into the Privacy Act SORN, ``A0600-8-104 AHRC, Army Personnel Systems (APS).''

This document is issued under the joint authority of DOD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rule appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-08, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). An asterisk (*) next to a rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared. Interested parties may obtain further information regarding this rule by referring to FAC 2020-08, which precedes this document. These documents are also available via the internet at https:// www.regulations.gov.

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-08. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Health Board (DHB) will take place.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision and renewal of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding acquisition of helium.

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of Actuaries (the Board) will take place.

The USA is modifying an existing System of Records titled, Mobilization Common Operating Picture (MOBCOP), A0500-5 DAMO. This System of Records will become the DoD Mobilization Deployment Management Information System (MDMIS). The MDMIS supports operational exercises, deployments and mission movements of military forces. The modification will expand the System of Records for use by all the military services, remove duplication of effort, improve efficiency within the department, and enhance public transparency.

The NRO is rescinding a System of Records, Health and Fitness Evaluation Records, QNRO-01. The purpose of this System of Records was to provide fitness assessments and design individual wellness programs. The NRO Health and Fitness Evaluation Program was discontinued and the supporting information system was decommissioned. The system records were destroyed in accordance with the record retention and disposal policy as specified in the SORN.

This final rule removes DoD's regulation concerning the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Privacy Program. On April 11, 2019, the Department of Defense published a revised DoD-level Privacy Program rule, which contains the necessary information for an agency-wide privacy program regulation under the Privacy Act and now serves as the single Privacy Program rule for the Department. That revised Privacy Program rule also includes all DoD component exemption rules. Therefore, this part is now unnecessary and may be removed from the CFR.