Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 3.djvu/572

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106 STAT. 2366 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 (3) facilities for which the Secretary is responsible under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program established under section 2701 of title 10, United States Code. (b) SELECTION OF INSTALLATIONS AND FACILITIES.— (1) For participation in the pilot program, the Secretary shall select— (A) 2 military installations referred to in subsection (a)(l); (B) 4 military installations referred to in subsection (a)(2), consisting of— (i) 2 military installations scheduled for closure as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and (ii) 2 military installations included in the list transmitted by the Secretary no later than April 15, 1993, pursuant to section 2903(c)(l) of the Defense Base Closure and ReaHgnment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and recommended in a report transmitted by the President in that year pursuant to section 2903(e) of such Act and for which a jomt resolution disapproving such recommendations is not enacted by the deadline set forth in section 2904(b) of such Act; and (C) not less than 4 facilities referred to in subsection (a)(3) with respect to each military department. (2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the selections under paragraph (1) shall be made not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) The selections under paragraph (1) of military installations described in subparagraph (B)(ii) of such paragraph shall be made not later than 60 days after the date on which the deadline (set forth in section 2904{D) of such Act) for enacting a joint resolution of disapproval with respect to the report transmitted by the President has passed. (3) The installations and facilities selected under paragraph (1) shall be representative of— (A) a variety of the environmental restoration activities required for facilities under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program and for military installations scheduled for closure under the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note); and (B) the different sizes of such environmental restoration activities to provide, to the maximum extent practicable, opportunities for the full range of business sizes to enter into environmental restoration contracts with the Department of Defense and with prime contractors to perform activities under the pilot program. (c) EXECUTION OF PROGRAM.— Subject to subsection (d), and to the maximum extent possible, the Secretary shall, in order to eliminate redundant tasks and to accelerate environmental restoration at military installations, use the authorities granted in existing law to carry out the pilot program, including— (1) the development and use of innovative contracting techniques; (2) the use of all reasonable and appropriate methods to expedite necessary Federal and State administrative decisions, agreements, and concurrences; and (3) the use (including any necessary request for the use) of existing authorities to ensure that environmental restoration