EP 1110-3-8
9 Apr 04
(d) Place paid public notices in the local newspapers asking for volunteers to serve on the
selection panel.
(e) Ask existing community members of the TRC to act as the selection panel.
(f) Have the PM, the EPA, and the state representatives nominate community members to
serve on the selection panel.
(3) The selection panel will identify the diverse community interest groups that need to be
represented on the RAB. This process will be carried out with support from and in consultation
with the geographic district PAO. Based on this identification, the panel will develop a
solicitation process and establish criteria for selection of RAB members.
(4) Once the selection panel has established the selection criteria for RAB membership,
the selection process should be initiated. The following selection process is recommended in
order to ensure that members are selected from the diverse interest groups and to allow any other
interested community members to be considered for RAB membership:
(a) Announce participation opportunities through news releases and paid public notices
(see sample at appendix C).
(b) Develop a community interest form to determine community concerns and their
interest in participating (see sample format at appendix D). Under the Privacy Act, the
Paperwork Reduction Act, and IAW AR 335-15 and USACE Supplement 1 to the AR,
information collection via questionnaires, surveys, or interviews that involve 10 or more
members of the public within a 12-month period must have prior approval by the USACE
Management Information Control Officer/Privacy Act Clearance Officer, HQDA, and OMB
before being implemented.
(c) Establish a time period for receipt of the community interest forms.
(d) Mail letters of invitation (see sample at appendix E), fact sheets (see sample at
appendix F), and community interest forms to all community members on the existing mailing
list and to the groups identified by the selection panel.
(e) Place fact sheets and community interest forms in information repositories and at other
locations where the public may normally look for community information, such as libraries,
community centers, supermarkets, etc.
(f) Hold an initial public meeting about the RAB to discuss purpose, member solicitation
process, and membership responsibilities; provide fact sheets and community interest forms to
meeting attendees.
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