Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 4.djvu/247

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PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2881 SEC. 1142. CHANGES IN NOTICE REQUIREMENTS UPON PENDING OR ACTUAL TERMINATION OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS. (a) TIME FOR NOTICE AFTER SUBMISSION OF BUDGET.— Subsection (a) of section 4471 of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2753; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended— (1) by striking out "As soon as reasonably practicable" and inserting in lieu thereof "Not later than 60 days"; and (2) by striking out "and not more than 180 days after such date,". (b) TIME FOR NOTICE AFTER ENACTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS ACT. —Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) by striking out "as soon as reasonably practicable" and inserting in lieu thereof "not later than 60 days"; and (2) by striking out "and not more than 180 days after such date,". (c) TIME FOR NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF NOTIFICATION. —Subsection (f)(1) of such section is amended by striking out "as soon as reasonably practicable" and inserting in lieu thereof "not later than 60 days". SEC. 1143. PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR DREDGING OF DUAL-USE PORTS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Secretary of Defense shall establish a plan for the Department of Defense to encourage the farther development and deployment of existing defense environmental technologies in support of the dredging requirements of dual-use ports, including— (1) the environmentally secure containment and management of contaminated dredged materials; and (2) the decontamination of dredged materials. (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED. —The plan to be established pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description of defense reinvestment and defense conversion programs under chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, that are available to facilitate the deplo5ment of defense environmental technologies in support of the dredging requirements of dual-use ports. (2) A description of existing defense environmental technologies and processes that are available to support the objectives of the plan to be established pursuant to subsection (a). (3) Recommendations for strategies to deploy such technologies and processes to ports of various sizes, including— (A) ports with projects requiring more than 5,000,000 cubic yards of sediment to be dredged annually; (B) ports with projects requiring more than 1,000,000 cubic yards of sediment to be dredged annually; (C) ports that have been affected by, or are likely to be affected by, the closure of one or more major military installations and that, as a result thereof, require substantial environmental remediation; and (D) military port installations that have experienced significant delays in advancing dredging projects because of environmental compliance or dredged material disposal problems. (4) After consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, an assessment of other available technologies