[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 39123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18977]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Meeting of the Defense Environmental Response Task Force

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental 
Security), DOD.

ACTION: Notice of business meeting and hearing.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 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 about environmental restoration at 
military installations that are being closed or realigned. At the 
meeting the DERTF will address issues related to its 1996 Annual Report 
to Congress, future land use, and the environmental aspects of the base 
realignment and closure (BRAC) program. The DERTF also will be briefed 
on the cleanup program at the Defense Depot, Memphis, Tennessee. The 
business meeting and hearing will be open to the public. Public 
witnesses who wish to speak before the DERTF should contact Shah A. 
Choudhury, Executive Secretary, and prepare a written statement that 
can be summarized verbally before the DERTF at the time to be fixed for 
public comment as stated below. Written statements must be received by 
the close of business, September 5, 1996, at the Office of the Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security).

DATES: September 18, 1996--1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m; September 19, 1996--9:00 
a.m.-2:45 p.m.; September 20, 1996--9:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
    Public Comment Period: September 18, 1996--6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Wilson World Hotel, 2715 Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee 
38118.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Shah A. Choudhury, Executive Secretary, Office of the Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security), 3400 Defense Pentagon, 
Room 3C767, Washington, DC 20301-3400; telephone (703) 697-7475.

    Dated: July 22, 1996.
Particia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 96-18977 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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