EP 1110-3-8
9 Apr 04
CHAPTER 2
ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS
2-1. Scope.
a. This chapter presents the procedures for establishing and maintaining public
involvement programs at FUDS properties for FUDS HTRW and MMR projects. Community
relations activities are discussed in relation to each phase of remedial and removal response
actions. Public Involvement Plans are given special consideration due to their central
importance in any public involvement program.*
b. While there can be no set formula for a public involvement program that would be
applicable to every FUDS HTRW or MMR project because of the uniqueness of each FUDS
property and community, there are some community relations activities that must be performed,
at a minimum (see tables 8-1 and 8-2 of the proposed ER 200-3-1). Beyond these minimum
requirements, public involvement programs must be tailored to the distinctive needs of each
FUDS property and community.
c. All public involvement programs will meet the regulatory coordination requirements set
forth in the proposed ER 200-3-1, chapter 9. Federal, state, and local authorities and tribal
governments will be provided notice of and opportunity to comment on all response activities
and significant documentation (Inventory Project Reports (INPRs), Archives Search Reports
(ASRs), no DOD action indicated (NDAI) determinations, etc.) relating to FUDS projects. (See
chapter 9 of the proposed ER 200-3-1 for a detailed discussion of regulatory coordination
requirements for FUDS projects.)
2-2. Stakeholders in the Public Involvement Program.
a. Residents of areas containing HTRW or MMR materials.
b. Users of a FUDS property containing HTRW or MMR materials.
c. Business persons affected by a FUDS property containing HTRW or MMR materials.
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*"Public Involvement Plan" is an Army term. The equivalent EPA term for such plans is
"Community Involvement Plan." Although the Army terminology is consistently used
throughout this pamphlet, the interchangeability of Public Involvement Plan and Community
Involvement Plan is here noted to prevent confusion between this pamphlet and referenced EPA
publications.
d. Officials whose political or technical responsibilities, within differing jurisdictions,
include a FUDS property containing HTRW or MMR materials.
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