[Federal Register: December 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 248)]
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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.
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