[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26354]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Unexploded Ordinance 
(UXO) will meet in closed session on October 30-31, 2002; November 21-
22, 2002; and December 3-5, 2002, at SAIC, Inc., 4001 N. Fairfax 
Street, Arlington, VA. This Task Force will review modern technology 
that can be exploited or developed to reduce the extremely high cost of 
UXO clean up.
    The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary 
of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology & Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they 
affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At this 
meeting, the Defense Science Board Task Force will review and evaluate 
the Department's ability to exploit modern technology to reduce the 
extremely high cost of UXO clean up and improve its effectiveness for 
both contaminated land and water ranges and help accomplish the job in 
a reasonable time; and science and technologies that can be developed 
to support and sustain continued live fire training and testing of 
munitions at ranges across the United States with an acceptable 
environmental impact.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Pub. L. No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been 
determined that this Defense Science Board Task Force meeting concerns 
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and that, accordingly, the 
meeting will be closed to the public.

    Dated: October 9, 2002.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 02-26354 Filed 10-16-02; 8:45 am]
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