Stakeholder Involvement and Support. From the beginning of the Laboratory XL process, the Signatories have placed a high priority on having diverse stakeholders review and support this project. There has been both national and local stakeholder involvement in the development of the Laboratory Environmental Management Standard and substantive elements of this Final Project Agreement. This activity is described below and additional information, such as a listing of national stakeholders and letters of support are included in the docket supporting this rulemaking and the listing of stakeholders participating is in Appendix 4.
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. The existing Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) has established relationships with a variety of stakeholders who are in support of the project. They will be directly involved in specifics of the program’s design and implementation, and, in many cases, already serve on the Advisory Committee. Those stakeholders include the following:
1. Community groups: St. Stephen’s Community House, Neighborhood House, Central Community House;
2. Parent Support Organizations: Help End Lead Poisoning (HELP) and Association of Parents to Prevent Lead Exposure (APPLE); and
3. Institutional and Other Agency Support: Ohio Section of the American Water Works Association, Children’s Hospital, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus Apartment Association, Columbus Housing Partnership, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, Ohio Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (under the Ohio Department of Health), the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, the National Association for Lead Safe Housing, and the Columbus Department of Trade and Development. Eight of the stakeholders provided letters of support for this project. On May 16, 2000, and June 27, 2000, following an intensive effort that identified more than 50 local and regional stakeholders, public meetings were held in Columbus, Ohio, to solicit input from interested stakeholders on this project and to invite interested parties to participate in the development of this Agreement. In general, attendees were supportive of the project. Meeting summaries and stakeholder comments can be viewed at the following US EPA website: xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxx.xxx. A group of diverse potential project stakeholders at the national level were also notified and informed about the project through FAX and direct mailings and referral to the Project XL website for more information. In addition to meetings for developing the Final Project Agreement, the City will host annual stakeholder meetings, soliciting stakeholder and public participation in evaluations of the progress being made in achieving the goals of this project.
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. Public outreach and education are essential functions of any significant project at the Facility. The County has included all relevant sectors as stakeholders in this project. Those entities the County feels may desire notification, but will not participate, will be provided information on the project. We welcome any comments received from any stakeholder or commentor. Stakeholder Identification The County has a history of involving the appropriate stakeholders in projects at any of our solid waste acceptance or disposal facilities. This philosophy has proved to be beneficial to all involved parties. The County plans to continue this philosophy for this project. We have divided the stakeholders into three groups. The groups are identified as primary stakeholders, potential interested parties, and members of the general public. • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Maryland Department of the Environment, Solid Waste Program • Xxxx Arundel County Health Department, Environmental Health Bureau • Xxxx Arundel County, Planning and Code Enforcement • Xxxx Arundel County, Soil Conservation District • Others as may be identified The primary stakeholders are the regulatory agencies involved with solid waste disposal facilities or other activities at the disposal site. These primary stakeholders will have active participation in the project proposal and project development. • Xxxx Xxxxxxx University, Department of Environmental Engineers • Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) • Geosyntec Consultants • Xxxxx International • Carroll County, Maryland • Private Sector, Waste Disposal Company • Others as may be identified The potentially interested partners may express interest in the project and have some involvement in the project. It is not anticipated that all partners will play an active and ongoing role in project development. If they do not actively participate in the project, they will be kept informed of the project's progress at appropriate milestones. Their input will be welcomed in verbal or written form. Our facility neighbors will be advised of the project through routine Community Update Newsletter. As in the past, their comments will be solicited; however, we do not anticipate structured community participation. The general public at large will be provided information on the Final Project Agreement (FPA) through the local media (Capital newspaper). We do not anticipate any further involvement from the general public. Xxxx Xxxxxxx Coun...
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. The City of Boston is fully committed to the broadest possible involvement of government entities, non-governmental community and neighborhood organizations, as well as the private sector, in all of its community and economic development activities. LSB is fortunate to have a strong network of community agencies and organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life of the residents. Lead-Safe Boston participated in the national stakeholders process which lead to the research establishing the safety and benefits of disposing of architectural debris containing lead from LBP in C & D landfills and to the publication of the proposed rule on the subject (see 63 FR 70190 and 63 FR 70233, dated December 18, 1998). Other stakeholders involved in this effort include similar programs in cities throughout the United States and national and regional coalitions including the National Campaign to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. A wide variety of community-based providers (non-profit community groups) will be involved in the education and outreach component of the LSB program by providing venues for the distribution of information to engage potential participants as well as referrals for participating in the program. On August 22, 2000, the Project Sponsors held an informational meeting in Boston to discuss and answer questions about this project and EPA’s new Policy Memorandum regarding the removal of lead from residential housing. A wide variety of national, regional and local stakeholders involved with lead remediation were invited to attend this meeting. Letters of support for this project are attached in Appendix C.
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. The stakeholder process is essential to the potential success of this XL Project and its appropriate evaluation, including the model validation process. Significant state and local support have been instrumental in the development of this project. The State of Maine and Town of Xxx are both Project Signatories to this Agreement. As such, several of their offices have been involved with the development and implementation of this project including: the Commissioner of ME DEP, the ME DEP Air Bureau, members of the Town of Xxx Planning Board, Town of Xxx Selectmen and the Town of Xxx Code Enforcement Officer. The Penobscot Indian Nation has participated actively in this project. The Franklin County Soil and Water District has also been invited to participate directly in the process. Potential non-governmental stakeholders include, but are not limited to: Maine Lung, Environment Northeast, Alliance for Environmental Innovation and Western Mountain Alliance and the Xxx High School Science Club. Industrial member associations who have been asked to participate actively include: the Maine Pulp and Paper Association, National Council of Air Stream Improvement, certain emission monitor manufacturers, and members of the American Forest and Paper Association. Other organizations will be welcomed as active participants if they are willing to dedicate the time for meaningful participation. Comments from all other organizations and individuals are welcomed throughout the stakeholder process. In particular, all stakeholders, including the general public, have been and will continue for the life of the project to be, notified through the local newspaper and through local radio announcements of meetings and the availability for review of documents, meeting notes and technical data generated during project implementation and testing. The stakeholder group will also be invited to participate and observe the work during project implementation.
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. OMP has mounted an extensive effort to measure and ascertain stakeholder involvement and support for this Project. OMP focused on a number of stakeholder groups, including the local community, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx Spring House employees, State and Federal regulatory agencies, and local, state and national environmental groups. Support for the Project has been generally positive from all stakeholders to date. Copies of all correspondence from stakeholders and commenters, as well as summaries of public meetings, are included in the project Information Repository as set forth in Section 3.3.5.
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. Public outreach and education are essential functions of any significant project at the Facility. The County has included all relevant sectors as stakeholders in this project. Those entities the County feels may desire notification, but do not participate, will be provided information on the project.
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. The XL process has included developing an ongoing dialogue with a mix of stakeholders from the local community, as well as interested state and federal organizations, such as the US Forest Service, National Park Service and the Department of Energy in addition to the Virginia DEQ and EPA. (see Appendix 3 for the complete list) G-P plans to maintain regular communication with all the current stakeholders as well as others that may express interest throughout the life of the project. Prior to beginning the FPA development process, meetings were held with VaDEQ, Southern Environmental Law Center, the Sierra Club (VA Chapter), as well as several meetings in Bedford and Lynchburg, and a regularly scheduled community meeting. Information about the project was distributed to local newspapers, radio and TV stations. Once the FPA negotiation process began, a series of nine stakeholder meetings were held. The first two meetings included tours of the Big Island facility and detailed briefing and discussions of the mill’s operations, manufacturing process, the proposed gasifier process and the anticipated air quality improvements associated with the proposed new equipment. A collection of project documents has been established in the two local county libraries. These collections contain records of all stakeholder meetings, identification of the stakeholders, relevant materials and minutes. A mailing list, including all stakeholders, participants in the FPA development process and any members of the general public who have expressed interest in the project have received copies of all minutes and other materials from the meetings, including drafts of the FPA. EPA also is maintaining project documents on the Project XL web-site that is located at xxx.xxx.xxx/Xxxxxxx XL. The stakeholder participants agreed to act as an advisory group and further agreed on a consensus method of decision-making. In the event of lack of consensus the group decided that a simple majority of the stakeholders would make a determination. The FPA will be signed by G-P, EPA and the VADEQ, will not be signatures to the document, but are encouraged to write separate letters of support of the FPA or to file letters of objection in the event they did not agree with the consensus.
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. Public participation is an integral part of the XL process, and as such, IBM has encouraged interested stakeholders to pursue an active role in project development. In addition to contacting a broad base of potential stakeholders in the local community, IBM has and will continue to conduct considerable outreach to a regional and national cross section of potentially interested parties. As an example, prior to the submittal of the original Project XL Proposal, IBM prepared a Preproposal Technical Information Document as a means of initiating stakeholder involvement. This Preproposal Document was submitted to the EPA Region 2 and the Office of Solid Waste at EPA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. as well as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). Based on the review of the Preproposal Document, both the EPA Region 2 and Headquarters as well as the NYSDEC expressed support for the project. As a result, IBM contacted the EPA Project XL Coordinator, Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx-Xxx, to develop a strategy for identifying and convening a stakeholder group on a broader base that would involve the local community, IBM internal staff/employees as well as other national environmental groups. In an effort to solicit additional stakeholders for assistance with this XL project, IBM prepared a document entitled, “Stakeholder Outreach Plan,” dated June 2000 to outline the procedures developed to identify stakeholders, outline the overall objectives of the plan and initiate the implementation of a stakeholder participation program in support of the project. The Stakeholder Outreach Plan is available on the internet at the national XL website; xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/projectxl. In addition, presented below is a brief summary of some recent activities completed by IBM East Fishkill in meeting both the spirit and the letter of the Stakeholder Outreach Plan. IBM is undertaking these initiatives in an effort to continue to solicit interest from a targeted audience of environmental groups as stakeholders associated with this XL project.
Stakeholder Involvement and Support. The stakeholder process is essential to the potential success of this XL Project. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM) is a Project Signatory to this Agreement. Potential stakeholders notified of this project include, but are not limited to: NBC’s Citizen Advisory Committee, University of Rhode Island’s Center for Pollution Prevention, Rhode Island Council of Electroplaters, Save the Bay and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. The first NBC Project XL Stakeholder meeting was held on June 13, 2000, at NBC’s facilities. The purpose of this meeting was to inform the various stakeholders of NBC's proposed Project XL and how the various aspects of this project fit in with several existing NBC Pollution Prevention initiatives. In attendance at this meeting were representatives from RIDEM, EPA, the Rhode Island Council of Electroplaters (RICE), the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF), NBC's Citizen's Advisory Committee (CAC), Save the Bay, and several individual metal finishing companies. Members from each of these organizations have been involved with other NBC's initiatives such as: Metal Finishing 2000, CLEAN P2, NBC's Regulatory Advisory Committee, and the Rhode Island Pollution Prevention Conference Committee. Future stakeholder meetings will be held on a regular basis. Comments from all other organizations and individuals are welcomed throughout the stakeholder process and active stakeholders will receive semi-annual updates on progress of the XL project from NBC. Updates will also will be available on EPA’s web site.
