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What is EPA’s Community Engagement Initiative?
“The EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Community Engagement Initiative is designed to enhance OSWER and Regional programs’ engagement with local communities and stakeholders (e.g., state and local governments, tribes, academia, private industry, other federal agencies, non-profit organizations) to help them meaningfully participate in government decisions on land cleanup, emergency preparedness and response, and the management of hazardous substances and waste.”
EPA Community Engagement Guidance
EPA Fact Sheets, Case Studies and Additional Resources:
- Community Engagement at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites
ASTSWMO Community Involvement Resources
- Community Involvement Resource Guide for State and Territorial Federal Facilities Managers (July 2009)
The ASTSWMO Community Involvement Focus Group developed this guide to provide a compilation of community involvement policies, guidance and tools commonly used by community involvement coordinators to help communities increase their understanding of assessment and remediation processes at federal facilities. The guide is intended to be a living document.
»Community Involvement Resource Guide for State and Territorial Federal Facilities Managers
- ASTSWMO Policy Position Paper on Community Involvement at Federal Facilities, adopted April 22, 2008
»Position Paper
- The Community Involvement Report: Working Together to Achieve Results (June 2007)
The ASTSWMO Community Involvement Focus Group developed this survey to assess the current status of community involvement programs across the nation. The results of the survey will help the group understand States' needs and also provide States the opportunity to share experience, expertise and tools for improved community involvement across the country.
»The Community Involvement Report (530 KB)
Presentations and Updates
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