L.  Meeting With Industry and Stakeholders

Comment: Two respondents recommended that DoD should meet with industry and stakeholders prior to proceeding with proposed rule.

DoD Response: The DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) has held and participated in several workshops with industry related to the use of hexavalent chromium and substitutes. The results of these workshops and related research are available on the SERDP Web site at http://www.serdp.org and asetsdefense.org). In addition, DoD representatives briefed attendees at the 2010 meeting of the National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF). DoD also provided a worldwide briefing concerning the rule on a Web-cast hosted by the NASF. During the Webcast, no negative comments were received (A transcript of the Webcast is available at a cost at http://www.nasf.org/staticcontent/Dec14Recording.pdf).