RE: EPA's evolving role - communication is a two-way street.
- Archived: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:38:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:30:34 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Briana Bill <bill.briana@epa.gov>
- Subject: RE: EPA's evolving role - communication is a two-way street.
- X-topic: Local Issues/Superfund
Good morning. I am one of the host's for today's topic. I'm a community involvement coordinator in EPA's Region 5 (Chicago) Office of Public Affairs. I work primarily with the Superfund program. In my experience in Superfund, I have found the agency is evolving from a "one-directional" view of communicating to the public to a more a two-way dialogue. One of the ways we do this is through Community Advisory Groups (CAG) established at many sites, whereby members of the affected community organize a group and meet periodically with each other and EPA to review technical documents, discuss upcoming issues and their impacts on the surrounding community, and generally learn from each other. In many cases, CAG representatives serve as effective liaisons between EPA and other community members to inform them of the issues and solicite feedback and questions to be addressed by EPA.
For those of you who have participated in a CAG or similar group, how has it worked or not worked? Can you provide feedback on how EPA can work better with CAGs?
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