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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1425 (2) the project will eliminate or reduce the likelihood of harm to human health or the environment. SEC. 355. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING INVESTIGATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONTAMINATION NEAR MEAD. NEBRASKA (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: (1) The Army Corps of Engineers is carrying out an investiga- tion of soil and water contamination at the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant near Mead, Nebraska. (2) Solvents, polychlorinated byphenals. Research Department Explosive (RDX), and explosive materials used in making ammunition have been discovered during the course of the investigation. G>) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— (1) It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Army should carry out the investigation referred to in subsection (a) as promptly as possible consistent with other environmental cleanup responsibilities, and (2) should continue to keep interested parties, including potentially affected residents in the area, University of Nebraska officials, and State and local government personnel, fully advised of developments relating to the investigation and activities at the site. SEC. 356. USE OF CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS AND HALONS IN THE 10 USC 2701 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE note. (a) CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS EMISSION REDUCTION. — The Secretary of E)efense shall formulate and carry out, through the Under Sec- retary of Defense for Acquisition, a program to reduce the unneces- sary release of chlorofluorocarbons (hereinafter in this section re- ferred to as "CFCs") and halons into the atmosphere in connection with maintenance operations and training and testing practices of the Department of Defense. (b) REPORT. — (1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives a report describing the program the Secretary proposes to carry out pursuant to subsection (a). The Secretary shall specify in the report the reduction goals that are attainable on the basis of known technology, including the use of refrigerant recovery systems currently available. The Secretary shall include in the report a schedule for meeting those goals. The Secretary shall also include in such report reduction goals that can be achieved only with the use of new technology and assess the technologies and investment that will be required to attain those goals within a five-year period. (2) Before the report required under paragraph (1) is submitted to the committees named in such paragraph, the Secretary shall trans- mit a copy of the report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for comment. (c) DOD REQUIREMENTS FOR CFCS.— (1) Not later than 30 days Establishment, after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the "CFC Advisory Committee" (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "(Commit- tee"). The (Committee shall be composed of not more than 15 mem- bers, with an equal number of representatives from the Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, gind defense con- tractors. Members representing defense contractors shall be contrac- tors that supply the Department of Defense with products or equip- ment that require the use of CFCs.

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