[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34241]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Meeting 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 July 21-23, 1998, meeting. The DERTF will discuss
Department of Defense (DoD) and state experience with land use
controls, Native American issues in Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
environmental cleanup, public involvement in BRAC environmental
cleanup, and the DERTF's FY99 Report to Congress.
Members of the public are invited to provide written comments on
the topics being considered by the DERTF. If desired, members of the
public may also provide a brief oral summary of their comments, not to
exceed five minutes, during the public comment periods at the DERTF
meeting in San Francisco. These public comment periods are scheduled
for Tuesday, February 2, 1999, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., and Wednesday,
February 3, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The deadline for both receipt of written
comments and notification of intent to provide an oral summary is
January 20, 1999. All communications should be sent to the attention of
Mr. Shah Choudhury at the point of contact address listed below.
We anticipate that individuals who have provided input according to
the above procedures and deadlines will be given preference.
Additional information about the DERTF meeting, an agenda, and
directions to the meeting site are available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.dtic.mil/envirodod/brac/dertf.html.
DATES: February 2, 1999: 12:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., February 3, 1999:
8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD:
February 2, 1999: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., February 3, 1999: 5:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco,
CA 94109-6986.
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
choudhsa@acq.osd.mil.
Dated: December 21, 1998.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-34241 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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