04/17/2001 05:10 PM House MLV

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
            HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND                                                                           
                       VETERANS' AFFAIRS                                                                                      
                         April 17, 2001                                                                                         
                           5:10 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTATION BY  MR. ROBERT K.  UHRICH WITH THE  NAVAL FACILITIES                                                               
ENGINEERING  COMMAND:   CURRENT  INFORMATION  REGARDING THE  ADAK                                                               
BASE CLOSURE ACTIVITIES                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-10, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MIKE CHENAULT,  Chair, called  the House  Special                                                               
Committee on Military  and Veterans' Affairs meeting  to order at                                                               
5:10 p.m.  [For the minutes on  HJR 27, see the 5:41 p.m. minutes                                                               
for this date.]                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members  present were Representatives  Chenault, Green,                                                               
Kott,  Hayes,  and Cissna.    Also  present were  Representatives                                                               
Foster and Coghill.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT K.  UHRICH, Director,  Land Management,  Engineering Field                                                               
Activity,   Northwest  Naval   Facilities  Engineering   Command,                                                               
provided  a handout  of his  testimony  and discussed  historical                                                               
aspects as  well as the current  status of the Adak  base closure                                                               
activities.   He answered questions on  related topics, including                                                               
but  not limited  to  underground storage  tanks;  the number  of                                                               
people at Adak; the status  of power plants, facilities, housing,                                                               
and  landfills;   asbestos  removal;  and  the   availability  of                                                               
emergency landing services.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CHENAULT  called an at-ease at  5:40 p.m. in order  to hear                                                               
HJR 27.   [For the minutes on  HJR 27, see the  5:41 p.m. minutes                                                               
for this date.]                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.