RE: Citizen involvement in the cleanup of ....sites.
- Archived: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:28:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:36:55 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Carolyn Offutt <offutt.carolyn@epa.gov>
- Subject: RE: Citizen involvement in the cleanup of ....sites.
- X-topic: Assistance
Michael Lambert noted on July 10 that he works for the Technical Outreach Services for communities (TOSC) program of the Great Plains - Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center (HSRC) and is funded from a grant from the EPA Office of Research and Development. Both "TOSC and its companion program, Technical Outreach Services for Native American Communities (TOSNAC), provide local citizens with an independent understanding of the underlying technical issues associated with potential environmental risks at ?sites. He wanted to see some discussion about encouraging community involvement in the cleanup of former defense sites through the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) process.
One of the features of the TOSC program is that the assistance is available whether or not the site is a Superfund site listed on the National Priorities List (NPL) which is a requirement for a community group to get a Technical Assistance Grant (TAG). TOSC assistance is usually independent technical advice, while a TAG actually provides funds to the community group to hire their own Technical Advisor.
Clearly, Friday's topic of Assistance is the place to have further discussion on TAG, TOSC, TOSNAC, and RAB. I saw that Suzanne Wells and Peter Redmond were looking for examples of all of these. I am sure that there are examples where assistance has promoted effective public involvement, as well as not.
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