Meeting of the Defense Environmental Response Task Force (DERTF)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the Defense Environmental Response Task Force (DERTF)

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental

Security.

ACTION: Notice of business meeting and hearing.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of a

business meeting and hearing of the Defense Environmental Response Task

Force (DERTF). The DERTF is charged with studying and providing

findings and recommendations on environmental response actions at

military installations being closed or realigned. This meeting is a

follow-up to the June 17-19, 1997 meeting. The DERTF will discuss

issues related to natural and cultural resources at BRAC installations,

optimization of long-term operation and maintenance of cleanup

remedies, information management for BRAC properties, Superfund reform,

other matters related to cleanup at closing military installations, and

the DERTF's 1998 Report to Congress. The DERTF will also be briefed on

the cleanup program at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. The business

meeting and hearing will be open to the public. Public witnesses

desiring to speak before the DERTF should contact Shah Choudhury,

Executive Secretary, and prepare a written statement that can be

summarized orally before the DERTF at the time to be fixed for public

witnesses. Written statements must be received by the close of

business, December 19, 1997, at the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Environmental Security).

DATES: January 27, 1998; 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; January 28, 1998; 9 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m.; January 29, 1998; 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: A public comment period is scheduled for January

27, 1998, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Arizona State

University--East Campus in Mesa, Arizona.

ADDRESS OF MEETING SITE: The business meeting will be held in the

Embassy Suites Hotel, 1515 N. 44th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Shah Choudhury, Executive

Secretary, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

(Environmental Security), 3400 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-

3400; telephone (703) 697-7475; e-mail [email protected].

Dated: October 16, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97-28094 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]

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