Department of the Navy – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined that USS SAN DIEGO (LPD 22) is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and purpose, cannot fully comply with certain provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with its special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this rule is to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined that USS CALIFORNIA (SSN 781) is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and purpose, cannot fully comply with certain provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with its special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this rule is to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy. U.S. Patent Number 6,664,915 entitled ``Identification Friend or Foe System Including Short Range UV Shield'' issued on December 16, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,661,271 entitled ``Integrated Electric Gas Turbine'' issued on February 16, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 6,600,694 entitled ``Digital Signal Processor Based Torpedo Counter-measure'' issued on July 29, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 6,717,525 entitled ``Tactical Vectoring Equipment (TVE)'' issued on April 6, 2004; U.S. Patent Number 6,624,780 entitled ``False Target Radar Image Generator for Countering Wideband and Imaging Radars'' issued on September 11, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,725,595 entitled ``Embedded Communications System and Method'' issued on May 25, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 7,074,697 entitled ``Doping- assisted Defect Control in Compound Semiconductors'' issued on July 11, 2006; U.S. Patent Number 7,675,198 entitled ``Inductive Pulse Forming Network for High-current, High-power applications'' issued on March 9, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 7,627,003 entitled ``Automatic Clock Synchronization and Distribution Circuit for Counter Clock Flow Pipelined Systems'' issued on December 1, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,811,918 entitled ``Electric Current Induced Liquid Metal Flow and Metallic Conformal Coating of Conductive Templates'' issued on October 12, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/987,873 filed on January 20, 2011, Case Number 20090009 entitled ``Data Compression Methods''; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 61/446,770 filed on February 25, 2011, Case Number 20110005 entitled ``Near Lossless Data Compression Method Using Nonuniform Sampling''.

The Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully weighing the operational and environmental consequences of the proposed action as presented in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)/ Overseas Environmental Impact Statement, announces its decision to conduct Navy training activities within the Temporary Maritime Activities Area within the Gulf of Alaska in furtherance of the Navy's statutory obligations under Title 10 of the United States Code governing the roles and responsibilities of the Navy. In its decision, the Navy considered applicable laws and executive orders, including an analysis of the effects of its actions in compliance with the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act, and the requirements of Executive Order (EO) 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low Income Populations and EO 13045, Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks.

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel will deliberate on the findings and proposed recommendations of the Resource Sponsorship Subcommittee study. The meeting will consist of discussions regarding the current Navy functional organization and the effectiveness and efficiency of its resulting Program Objective Memorandum (POM) versus other previous and potential future organizational structures.

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

A notice of availability was published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on March 18, 2011 (76 FR 14968) for the Department of the Navy's (Navy) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for constructing and operating the TRIDENT Support Facilities Explosives Handling Wharf (EHW-2) at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, Silverdale, WA. The public review period ends on May 2, 2011. This notice announces a fifteen-day extension of the public comment period until May 17, 2011.

The Department of the Navy is reinstating an exemption rule that was inadvertently deleted for system of records notice N03834-1, entitled ``Special Intelligence Personnel Access File (April 28, 1999, 64 FR 22840)''. This direct final rule makes nonsubstantive changes to the Department of the Navy Privacy Program rules. These changes will allow the Department to exempt records from certain portions of the Privacy Act. This will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of DoD's program by preserving the exempt status of the records when the purposes underlying the exemption are valid and necessary to protect the contents of the records. This rule is being published as a direct final rule as the Department of Defense does not expect to receive any adverse comments, and so a proposed rule is unnecessary.

The Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.

The Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Industry Sub-Panel will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.

The Department of the Navy (Navy) is extending the public comment period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPS), San Francisco, California until Friday, May 6, 2011. A Notice of Availability (NOA) and Notice of Public Hearing (NOPH) for the Draft SEIS were published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 (Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 36, Pages 10012-10014/ Wednesday, February 23, 2011/Notices). Those notices announced the initial public comment period, including a public hearing that took place on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, and also provided additional information on the background and scope of the Draft SEIS. The initial public comment period requested the submission of all comments on the Draft SEIS to the Navy by Tuesday, April 12, 2011. In response to a request from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Navy is extending the public comment period until Friday, May 6, 2011.

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel will deliberate on the findings and proposed recommendations of the Agile IT Subcommittee study. The meeting will consist of discussions of current and future Navy strategy and plans in support of the development, assessment, procurement and fielding of Information Technology (IT) capabilities for current and future operations.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Quest Integrated, Inc. a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the fields of use of cable, guy wire and other structural wire rope inspections in the United States and its territories, for the Government-owned invention represented by U.S. Statutory Invention Registration No. 13/038,574 entitled, ``Onboard Data Recorder for a Nondestructive Test Wire Rope Sensor Head'' (Navy Case No. 100986).

The Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.

Pursuant to the provisions of The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meeting of the Subcommittee Meeting of the Board of Advisors (BOA) to The President, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) will be held. This meeting will be open to the public.

The invention listed below is a CRADA Subject Invention, jointly-made under NCRADA-NAWCWDCL-03-111, and is assigned to Reynolds Systems, Inc. The United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, has an undivided interest in this invention. U.S. Patent No. 7,661,362: Energetic material initiation device utilizing exploding foil initiated ignition system with secondary explosive material.

The Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet to review, develop and provide recommendations on all aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the University; examine all aspects of professional military education operations; and provide such oversight and advice, as is necessary, to facilitate high educational standards and cost effective operations. The Board will be focusing primarily on the internal procedures of Marine Corps University. All sessions of the meeting will be open to the public.

The Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.

Pursuant to section (102)(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, and regulations implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500-1508), Department of Navy (DoN) NEPA regulations (32 CFR part 775) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) NEPA directives (Marine Corps Order P5090.2A, changes 1 and 2), the DoN has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluates potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed establishment of a large-scale training range at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (``Combat Center'') at Twentynine Palms, California. This proposed action would accommodate sustained, combined-arms, live-fire and maneuver training exercises for all elements of a Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB). With the filing of the Draft EIS, the DoN is initiating a 90-day public comment period and has scheduled three public open house meetings to receive oral and written comments on the Draft EIS. Federal, state and local agencies and interested parties are encouraged to provide comments in person at any of the public open house meetings, or in writing anytime during the public comment period. This notice announces the dates and locations of the public meetings and provides supplementary information about the environmental planning effort.

The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary, into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Academy. The executive session of this meeting from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on March 7, 2011, will include discussions of disciplinary matters, law enforcement investigations into allegations of criminal activity, and personnel issues at the Naval Academy, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. For this reason, the executive session of this meeting will be closed to the public.

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of the Navy announces a new proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's 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 through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy) announces its decision to dispose of the Naval Air Station (NAS) Brunswick property and its outlying properties (defined as the McKeen Street Housing Annex, East Brunswick Radio Transmitter Site, and Sabino Hill Rake Station) in a manner consistent with the Brunswick Naval Air Station Reuse Master Plan as outlined in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) under Alternative 1, the Preferred Alternative.

Pursuant to Section (102)(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 United States Code 4321), as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500-1508), and Marine Corps NEPA directives (Marine Corps Order P5090.2A), the Department of the Navy announces the availability of, and invites public comments on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (Draft PEA) for the development and operation of small-scale wind energy projects at United States Marine Corps (USMC) facilities throughout the Continental United States (CONUS). A PEA evaluates a major action on a broad, programmatic basis. Thus, site-specific NEPA analysis may be tiered off this document as appropriate. Dates and Addresses: The public comment period begins upon publication of a Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft PEA in the Federal Register. The comment period will last for 30 days thereafter. The Draft PEA is available for electronic viewing at https:// marines.mil/unit/marforres/MFRHQ/FACILITIES/FACILITIES.aspx, or by sending a request to Alain Flexer, USMC Marine Forces Reserves (MARFORRES), by telephone 504-678-8489, by fax 504-678-6823, by e-mail to alain.flexer@usmc.mil or by writing to: MARFORRES, Facilities, Attn: Alain Flexer, 4400 Dauphine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70146-5400. Comments: All comments, written or submitted via the internet, are treated equally, become part of the public record on the Draft PEA, and will be considered in the Final PEA. During the 30-day comment period, all written comments should be mailed to MARFORRES, Facilities, Attn: Alain Flexer, 4400 Dauphine Street, New Orleans, LA 70146-5400. Please submit all comments by the end of the 30-day comment period.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to PNI Sensor Corporation a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,820,025: Method and Apparatus for Motion Tracking of an Articulated Rigid Body, Navy Case No. 82,816.//U.S. Patent No. 7,089,148: Method and Apparatus for Motion Tracking of an Articulated Rigid Body, Navy Case No. 96,580.// and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof in the field of use of consumer electronics in the United States.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to NanoDynamics Life Sciences, Inc. a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5,492,696: Controlled Release Microstructures, Navy Case No. 76,896.//U.S. Patent No. 5,651,976: Controlled Release of Active Agents using Inorganic Tubules, Navy Case No. 76,652.//U.S. Patent No. 5,705,191: Sustained Delivery of Active Compounds from Tubules, with Rational Control, Navy Case No. 77,037.// U.S. Patent No. 6,280,759: Method of Controlled Release and Controlled Release Microstructures, Navy Case No. 78,215 and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof in the field of use of metal related industry and a co-exclusive license to practice the field of use of building materials. The field of use of building materials means the use of Halloysite Microtubles for the elution from them of any and all biocidal substances into building materials including, but not limited to: Grouts, cements, parging materials, stuccos, mortars, wallboards; cellulose-based materials (such as particleboard, paneling, medium density fiberboard (MDF) paneling, plywood, lumber, chipboard, and ceiling tile); caulks, sealants and adhesives; high pressure laminates; wall, counter top and floor coverings or components thereof; ceramics, cultured marbles, tiles; non-cellulose (i.e. polymer) based wallpapers, paneling, and other wall, counter top, and floor coverings or components; and insulations. The field of use of paint means the use of Halloysite Microtubules for the elution of any and all substances in paints, sealers, fillers, varnishes, shellac, polyurethane coatings, and any and all ``paint- like'' coatings applied in liquid form to any and all surfaces for the beautification or protection of surfaces in structures or components thereof, including but not limited to, buildings, marine structures (including boats), furniture and other normally ``painted'' materials in the United States.