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2-5. Public Participation Activities During the Environmental Restoration Process. See the
proposed ER 200-3-1, tables 8-1 and 8-2, respectively, for information on public participation
activities for remedial (HTRW/MMR) and removal (HTRW/MMR) response actions. See the
proposed ER 200-3-1, chapters 4 and 8, for information on public participation requirements per
the ASR for MMR projects.
2-6. Public Involvement Plans.*
a. The NCP requires that a Public Involvement Plan be prepared for all remedial response
actions and for all removal response actions expected to extend beyond 120 days. For time-
critical removal response actions expected to extend beyond 120 days, the Public Involvement
Plan will be required no later than 120 days following the start of the onsite removal response
action. The Public Involvement Plan for time-critical removal response actions will specify the
community relations activities that USACE expects to undertake during the response action.
USACE policy is that in order to ensure maximum participation in the environmental restoration
decision-making process, an initial Public Involvement Plan will be prepared for all non-time-
critical removal response actions and all remedial response actions at the conclusion of the SI
phase. This initial Public Involvement Plan will provide a brief history, discuss SI findings, and
indicate potential response actions. Since the Public Involvement Plan will be revised, as
appropriate, throughout the environmental restoration process, it need not be elaborate at this
time. It must, however, be sufficiently detailed to ensure informed public participation in the
environmental restoration decision-making process. This is especially important with respect to
NDAI determinations. The initial Public Involvement Plan for remedial response actions will be
revised before the RI/FS begins and will outline community relations activities to be held during
the RI/FS. For removal response actions, the initial Public Involvement Plan will be revised
before the EE/CA is initiated and will outline community relations activities to be held during
the EE/CA. The revised plan will also identify anticipated activities that are required during
remedial or removal design and subsequent response actions (such as the preparation of a fact
sheet after the engineering design is complete). In order to identify additional activities during
remedial or removal design and cleanup, the revised plan will be updated before remedial or
removal design begins.
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*USACE follows EPA guidelines in preparing its Public Involvement Plans, termed Community
Involvement Plans by EPA. The information provided in paragraphs 2-6 and 2-7 of this
pamphlet is consistent with the guidance provided in EPA 540-k-01-003, Superfund Community
Involvement Handbook, April 2002 and EPA 540-k-01-004, Superfund Community Involvement
Toolkit, September 2002. EPA 540-k-01-003 provides a generalized discussion, here and there,
of Community Involvement Plans. EPA 540-k-01-004 provides a more detailed discussion of
such plans, as well as a sample Community Involvement Plan.
b. Public Involvement Plans (other than the initial, cursory plan prepared at the conclusion
of the SI phase) document concerns identified during community interviews and provide a
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