[CPEO-MEF] DOD Update on Future Munitions Dialogue Activities

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[The following was sent out via email to all dialogue participants.  If 
you'd like a copy of the National Policy Dialogue On Military Munitions 
Final Report please email your postal mailing address and we will 
forward it on in order for you to receive the report. -Aimee]



May 10, 2001

MEMORANDUM FOR: National Policy Dialogue on Military Munitions 
Participants

SUBJECT:  Update on Department of Defense (DoD) Actions

FROM:   Operational and Environmental Executive Steering Committee 
(OEESCM) Stakeholder Involvement Subcommittee (SISC)


Dear Dialogue Participant:

It has been several months since we last met and, as co-chairs of the 
OEESCM SISC, we want to update you on activities concerning munitions 
issues addressed in the Dialogue.  In particular, we want to provide the 
status of DoD’s actions regarding regional forums and continuing 
dialogue on these issues.

As anticipated, the recent changes in Administration are having an 
effect on our pace moving forward with our initiatives.  The Munitions 
Action Plan (MAP), into which you had significant input, was held for 
the incoming Administration’s review and decision making.  It was 
forwarded to the new Deputy Secretary of Defense and is currently 
awaiting his review and familiarization on the issues.  We hope the 
document will be issued for implementation very soon.  When it is 
signed, we will put the MAP and our responses to comments on the DENIX 
web site and, upon request, provide you a copy.

Despite the change of Administration, the OEESCM and the SISC remain 
active.  We distributed the Dialogue’s final report to the Committee’s 
membership and requested their input and support to prepare a 
consolidated DoD response to the Dialogue’s suggestions.   We anticipate 
completion of the review this summer and plan to provide the OEESCM’s 
response to the Dialogue members by this fall.

The OEESCM is continuing efforts to develop policy and procedures for 
addressing closed, transferred and transferring ranges, and managing 
range residue -- scrap left on ranges.  We are also in the initial 
planning stages for the regional meetings we promised at the completion 
of the Dialogue.  One of our principal objectives is to build on, not 
repeat, the work we've already accomplished.  We believe it will benefit 
our efforts to get the new political leadership in place, briefed and 
engaged on munitions issues before we proceed. We will be asking for 
your input to the structure and content of the meetings before 
finalizing plans to conduct them.  Based on timing of new political 
leadership appointments, we hope to provide you a proposal by late 
summer or early fall.  We will keep you posted on progress.

Finally, we are working closely with other DoD offices to ensure the 
issues raised in the Dialogue are incorporated into the larger 
discussions on sustainable ranges and U.S. military readiness.  Your 
involvement with us in the Dialogue has influenced those discussions as 
well.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss our efforts further, 
please don’t hesitate to call us (Marilyn Null at 703-693-7705 or LTC 
Susan Carlson at 703-695-7864).

///Original Signed///

Marilyn Null                                        
Air Force Deputy for                            
Community-Based Programs                            
Co-Chair, Stakeholder Involvement Subcommittee 

Susan Carlson, LTC, USA
Acting Chief, Munitions Division
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics 
Co-Chair, Stakeholder Involvement Subcommittee  

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