EP 1110-3-8
9 Apr 04
e. Native American tribal governments and native Alaskan representatives dealing with
HTRW or MMR issues.
f. State and Federal regulators.
g. USACE personnel and contractors.
h. Other persons whose interests include the safety and environmental issues associated
with a FUDS property containing HTRW or MMR materials.
2-3. Goals of the Public Involvement Program.
a. Ensure that stakeholders understand that personal and property safety is the paramount
concern during HTRW response actions and MMR actions.
b. Serve the community's information needs by keeping local residents, officials, and other
stakeholders informed in a timely manner of HTRW response actions and MMR actions.
c. Provide local residents, officials, and other stakeholders an opportunity to review and
comment on studies being conducted and on proposed remedial or removal response alternatives
and decisions.
d. Keep the public well informed of ongoing and planned public involvement activities.
e. Encourage and enable the public to get involved.
f. Listen carefully to what the public is saying.
g. Identify and deal responsively with public concerns.
h. Change planned actions where public comments or concerns have merit.
i. Foster and maintain a climate of understanding and trust between stakeholders and
USACE by explaining to stakeholders how USACE considered their comments, what USACE
plans to do, and why USACE reached its decisions.
2-4. Responsibilities.
a. Office of Public Affairs, HQUSACE.
(1) Coordinates or approves media responses or visits concerning HTRW response actions
and MMR actions that have national significance.
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