Department of the Navy – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with section 2330a of Title 10 United States Code as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008 (FY 08) section 807, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for Acquisition and Logistics Management (A&LM) and the Office of the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) will make available, to the public, an inventory of activities performed pursuant to contracts for services. The inventory will be published to the ASN (RDA) Web site at the following location: https:// acquisition.navy.mil/NDAAsection807.

The Department of the Navy 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 (Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined that USS NEW MEXICO (SSN 779) 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 hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Sanofi Pasteur S.A., a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice worldwide the Government owned inventions described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11/340,003 with inventor Stephen J. Savarino filed on 10 January 2006, entitled ``Adhesin as Immunogen Against Enterotoxigenic E. coli'' and its related PCT/US2006/000660 National Phase applications in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and India filed 11 July 2007; and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11/988,598 with inventors Stephen J. Savarino, Randall K. Holmes and Michael Jobling filed on 11 January 2007, entitled ``Adhesin-Enterotoxin Chimera Based Composition Against Enterotoxigenic E. coli'' and its related PCT/US2007/000712 National Phase applications in Australia, Canada, Europe, and Japan filed 10 January 2008 in the field of ``Protection against ETEC (Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli) associated diarrhea in both endemic zones and for travelers, including the military.''

The United States (U.S.) Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully weighing the environmental consequences of the installation and operation of the proposed action, announces its decision to develop an undersea warfare training range (USWTR) within the Preferred Alternative Site, the Jacksonville Operating Area (JAX OPAREA). At this time the Navy is implementing only a portion of the proposed action, a decision to move forward with installation of the USWTR, which consists of installing undersea cables and up to 300 nodes over a 500 square- nautical-mile area of the ocean. This location is approximately 50 nm from the northeast coast of Florida. The underwater nodes will be linked by underwater cable to a cable termination facility located ashore on Naval Station Mayport, Florida.

The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy. The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Southern Indiana Innovators, LLC, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the United States, the Government-owned invention described below:

The Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) will hold its third regularly scheduled meeting of the year. 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 Board of Advisors (BOA) to the President, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) will be held. This meeting will be open to the public.

Pursuant to Section (102)(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 United States Code [U.S.C.] 4321); the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500-1508); Department of Navy Procedures for Implementing NEPA (32 CFR Part 775); and Marine Corps NEPA directives (Marine Corps Order P5090.2A), the Marine Corps has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which evaluates the potential environmental consequences that may result from implementing the Grow the Force initiative in North Carolina in accordance with the President's mandate and Congressional direction to increase end strength across the Marine Corps war-fighting organizations by the end of Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington district, is a cooperating agency for the EIS. A Notice of Intent for this EIS was published in the Federal Register on December 14, 2007 (Vol. 72, No. 240, p. 71128).

The Department of the Navy is amending its regulations to reflect the name change of the Naval Council of Personnel Boards to the Secretary of the Navy Council of Review Boards and to update other administrative information pertaining to the Naval Discharge Review Board.

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel will deliberate on the findings and proposed recommendations of the Subcommittee on Diversity. The matters to be discussed include: Female and minority male officer accessions, retention, development, command climate, evaluation and mentoring programs, and accountability.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Application Number 11/417,283 filed on June 1, 2006, Navy Case Number 83036 entitled ``Imagery Analysis Tool''; U.S. Patent Application Number 10/956,522 filed on September 23, 2004, Navy Case Number 83683 entitled ``Method for Comparing Tabular Data''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/251,535 filed on September 29, 2005, Navy Case Number 85000 entitled ``Just In Time Wiring Information System''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/357,460 filed on February 14, 2006, Navy Case Number 96400 entitled ``Apparatus and Method to Amalgamate Substances''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/482,303 filed on July 11, 2006, Navy Case Number 97495 entitled ``Hoisting Harness Assembly Tool''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/998,863 filed on November 28, 2007, Navy Case Number 97722 entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Non- Invasively Estimating Body Core Temperature''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/481,227 filed on July 7, 2006, Navy Case Number 97763 entitled ``Portable Medical Equipment Suite''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/296,723 filed on December 6, 2006, Navy Case Number 97798 entitled ``Global Visualization Process for Personal Computer Platforms (GVP+); U.S. Patent Application Number 11/789,118 filed on April 5, 2007, Navy Case Number 98491B entitled ``Method of Producing and Controlling the Atomization of an Output Flow from a C-D Nozzle''; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/432,019 filed on April 28, 2009, Navy Case Number PAX06 entitled ``Method for Producing Nanoparticles''; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/469,197 filed on May 20, 2009, Navy Case Number PAX14 entitled ``Fast Rope''; U.S. Patent Number 5,520,331 entitled ``Liquid Atomizing Nozzle'' issued May 28, 1996; U.S. Patent Number 6,233,740 entitled ``Aircrew Integrated Recovery Survival Vest'' issued May 22, 2001; U.S. Patent Number 6,240,742 entitled ``Modular Portable Air-Conditioning System'' issued June 5, 2001; U.S. Patent Number 6,241,164 entitled ``Effervescent Liquid Fine Mist Apparatus and Method'' issued June 5, 2001; U.S. Patent Number 6,484,072 entitled ``Embedded Terrain Awareness Warning System for Aircraft'' issued November 19, 2002; U.S. Patent Number 6,598,802 entitled ``Effervescent Liquid Fine Mist Apparatus and Method'' issued July 29, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 6,659,963 entitled ``Apparatus for Obtaining Temperature and Humidity Measurements'' issued December 9, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,176,812 B1 entitled ``Wireless Blade Monitoring System and Process'' issued February 13, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,225,999 entitled ``Spray Array Apparatus'' issued June 5, 2007; U.S. Patent Number 7,331,183 B2 entitled ``Personal Portable Environmental Control System'' issued February 19, 2008; U.S. Patent Number 7,380,467 B2 entitled ``Bond Integrity Tool'' issued June 3, 2008; U.S. Patent Number 7,494,670 B2 entitled ``Composition and Process for Removing and Preventing Mildew and Fungal Growth'' issued February 24, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,523,876 entitled ``Adjustable Liquid Atomization Nozzle'' issued April 28, 2009.

The Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully weighing the operational and environmental consequences of the proposed action, announces its decision to support and conduct current, emerging, and future military readiness activities in the Navy Cherry Point Range Complex as necessary to achieve and sustain Fleet readiness, including Navy training; Department of Defense or other Federal agency research, development, test, and evaluation activities; and investment in range resources and range infrastructure, all in furtherance of the Navy's statutory obligations under Title 10 of the United States Code governing the roles and responsibilities of the Navy.

The Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully weighing the operational and environmental consequences of the proposed action, announces its decision to support and conduct current, emerging, and future military readiness activities in the Jacksonville Range Complex as necessary to achieve and sustain Fleet readiness, including Navy training; Department of Defense or other Federal agency research, development, test, and evaluation activities; and investment in range resources and range infrastructure, all in furtherance of the Navy's statutory obligations under Title 10 of the United States Code governing the roles and responsibilities of the Navy.

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

The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) will meet to discuss classified, For Official Use Only (FOUO) information from government organizations, and proprietary information from commercial organizations. With the exception of the sessions on Monday June 22, 2009, the morning of Tuesday June 23, 2009, and the morning of Thursday July 2, 2009, all sessions of the meeting will be devoted to classified, unclassified, FOUO and vendor proprietary briefings, discussions and technical examination of information related to the study of Future Naval Use of Commercially Off The Shelf (COTS) Networking Infrastructure (FNCOTS), Immersive Simulations for U.S. Marine Corps Small Units (ISUSMC), Tactical Jet Noise Reduction (TJNR) and The Role of Unmanned Undersea Vehicles in Critical Undersea Infrastructure (UUV).

The Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully weighing the operational and environmental consequences of the proposed action, announces its decision to provide unimpeded access to the Laurelwood housing area located at Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Earle, Colts Neck, New Jersey, as required by its agreement with the developer of the Laurelwood housing area. Unimpeded access will be accomplished through implementing Alternative Alignment 4, described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) as the preferred alternative, which will access NWS Earle via a new entrance south of the main gate along New Jersey Route 34 and terminate at the Laurelwood housing area. This will require the issuance of an easement to the Laurelwood developer over the path of the access road, construction of the access road, construction of a bridge over Esperance Road, and installation of perimeter fencing.

The CNO Executive Panel will report on the findings and recommendations to the Chief of Naval Operations of the Subcommittee on Navy's Industrial Baseline in the Economic Downturn. The discussion of such information would be exempt from public disclosure as set forth in section 552b(c)(5), (6), and (7) of title 5, United States Code. For this reason the executive session of this meeting will be closed to the public.

The Department of the Navy 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 (Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined that USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) 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 U.S. Marine Corps is proposing to add a new system of records notice to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel will meet to receive ethics training and discuss top areas of concern that the Secretary of

The Department of the Navy (Navy) announces the availability of its report to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on the value and effectiveness of the Alternative Arrangements for the U.S. Navy's Composite Training Unit Exercises (COMPTUEXs) and Joint Task Force Exercises (JTFEXs) that occurred between January 15, 2008 and January 23, 2009, in the Southern California (SOCAL) Operating Area. The full text of the Navy's report to the CEQ is available for public viewing on the Web site established for the SOCAL Range Complex Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) at https:// www.socalrangecomplexeis.com.

An amended notice of availability was published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register (74 FR 8940) on February 27, 2009 for the Northwest Training Range Complex (NWTRC) Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) extending the public comment period to March 11, 2009. This notice announces a further extension of the public comment period until April 13, 2009.

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

The Department of the Navy (Navy) announces its decision to revise the Record of Decision (ROD) issued on June 26, 2008, and published on July 7, 2008 (73 FR 38424) on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS) for the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC). These revisions address the authorizations recently issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in December 2008 and January 2009 under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the incidental harassment of marine mammals resulting from Navy training and Department of Defense (DoD) research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities conducted within the HRC for the proposed action presented in Alternative 3. The Revised ROD is effective February 26, 2009. Except as discussed in the Revised ROD, all other provisions of the June 26, 2008 ROD remain in full force and effect. Implementation of the preferred alternative, initiated in June 2008 will continue. Because the Navy is required by section 5062 of Title 10 of the United States Code to organize, train, equip, and maintain combat-ready forces, ongoing training and RDT&E activities within the HRC will continue at current levels in the event that the proposed action is not implemented.