Subject: Community Involvement
Final Report Of The Federal Facilities Environmental Restoration Dialogue Committee Consensus Principles And Recommendations For Improving Federal Facilities Cleanup
In 1992, the Federal Facilities Environmental Restoration Dialogue Committee (“the Committee”) was federally chartered under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address these and other issues. The goal of the Committee was to develop consensus policy recommendations aimed at improving the process by which federal facility environmental cleanup decisions are made, such that these decisions reflect the priorities and concerns of all stakeholders. This Final Report sets forth the Committee’s consensus recommendations. Committee members included individuals from EPA, USDA, DOI, DOE, DOD (and its Military Services), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); state, tribal and local governments; and numerous other nationally, regionally and locally based environmental, community, environmental …