[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59480-59481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23474]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, 
Scientific Advisory Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce an open meeting of the Strategic Environmental Research and 
Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). This meeting will 
be open to the public.

DATES: Wednesday, October 22, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Anne Andrews, SERDP Office, 4800 
Mark Center Drive, Suite 17D08, Alexandria, VA 22350-3605; or by 
telephone at (571) 372-6565.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. 
Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 
U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150. This notice is 
published in accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, 
and the availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. 
Seating is on a first-come basis.
    The purpose of the October 22, 2014 meeting is to review new start 
research and development projects requesting Strategic Environmental 
Research and Development Program funds as required by the SERDP 
Statute, U.S. Code--Title 10, Subtitle A, Part IV, Chapter 172, Sec.  
2904. The full agenda follows:

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8:30 a.m. Convene..........................  Dr. Joseph Hughes, Chair.
8:40 a.m. Resource Conservation and Climate  Dr. John Hall, Resource
 Change Overview.                             Conservation and Climate
                                              Change, Program Manager.
8:50 a.m. 15 RC01-035 (RC-2510): Global      Dr. Craig Allen, University
 Change, Vulnerability and Resilience:        of Nebraska-Lincoln,
 Management Options for an Uncertain Future   Lincoln NE.
 (FY15 New Start).
9:35 a.m. 15 RC01-012 (RC-2508): Conserving  Dr. Dov Sax, Brown
 Threatened Plants in a Non-stationary        University, Providence,
 World: A Predictive Framework for            RI.
 Assessing Risks and Guiding Management
 (FY15 New Start).
10:20 a.m. Break                             ...........................
10:35 a.m. 15 RC01-157 (RC-2509): Empirical  Dr. George Sugihara,
 Dynamics: A New Paradigm for Understanding   Scripps Institution of
 and Managing Species and Ecosystems in a     Oceanography, La Jolla,
 Non-Stationary Nonlinear World (FY15 New     CA.
 Start).
11:20 a.m. 15 RC01-087 (RC-2511): Flow-      Dr. David Lytle, Oregon
 Population Models for Tracking Non-          State University,
 Stationary Changes in Riparian and Aquatic   Corvallis, OR.
 Ecosystems (FY15 New Start).
12:05 p.m. Lunch                             ...........................
1:05 p.m. Resource Conservation and Climate  Dr. John Hall, Resource
 Change Overview.                             Conservation and Climate
                                              Change, Program Manager.
1:15 p.m. 15 RC01-096 (RC-2512) :            Dr. Brian Hudgens,
 Evaluating the Use of Spatially Explicit     Institute for Wildlife
 Population Models to Predict Conservation    Studies, Arcata, CA.
 Reliant Species in Nonanalogue Future
 Environments on DoD Lands (FY15 New Start).
2:00 p.m. 14 RC01-031 (RC-2447): Control     Dr. Michael Blum, Tulane
 and Mitigation of Aquatic Invasive Species   University, New Orleans,
 in Pacific Island Streams (FY14 New Start).  LA.
2:45 p.m. Public Discussion/Adjourn          ...........................
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    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the public or interested organizations 
may submit written statements to the Strategic Environmental Research 
and

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Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board. Written statements may 
be submitted to the committee at any time or in response to an approved 
meeting agenda.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development 
Program, Scientific Advisory Board. The DFO will ensure that the 
written statements are provided to the membership for their 
consideration. Contact information for the DFO can be obtained from the 
GSA's FACA Database at http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
    Time is allotted at the close of each meeting day for the public to 
make comments. Oral comments are limited to 5 minutes per person.

    Dated: September 29, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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