REQUEST FOR EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY/WORKFORCE

[Polly Parks <pparks@igc.apc.org>]

REQUEST FOR EXAMPLES ON ENHANCING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND WORKFORCE
INVOLVEMENT WITH MILITARY FACILITY CLEANUP AND UXO

The National Environmental Education and Training Center (NEETC) is
soliciting short (one-three paragraph) descriptions of successes and
problems associated with community participation and/or workforce
involvement at military installations (active, FUDs, BRAC, and UXO).
Submittals are to be used in a manual directed toward DoD Installations
(Commanders and Installation Restoration Program personnel).  The manual
seeks to enhance installation personnel's understanding and utilization --
and to identify new areas -- of community participation and workforce
involvement to accomplish long-term restoration goals.  Response to this
solicitations is welcome from either the public, private sector and
workers, or installation personnel, as well as federal and state regulators.

While we ask that submittals focus on one issue, more than one submittal is
welcome.  Submittals are particularly desired for the following subjects:

Trust & Transparency (information, communication and particpation)
Standards & relative risk
Future land use
Schedule and how to balance players needs
Innovative Technology or process (i.e. natural attenuation, phytoremediation)
Re-opening Record of Decision
Budgeting process
Privatization
Public comment
Environmental Justice
Tools (RABs, TRCs, DSMOA, partnering, TAPP grants, developing/updating
CRP. etc.)

Specific workforce issues include, current contracting, privatization,
information, technology, building skills/marketability, training, health
and safety and emergency response, equity and standards, hazardous material
technology, BRAC & environmental justice, UXO and ranges.

For the resource section we are also interested in maximum two sentence
descriptions of any national or regional groups, trade or professional
associations, web sites, other manuals, etc.

For purposes of the manual, community is broadly defined to include:
citizens, environmental groups, tribes, local officials, state officials,
academics and non-profits.  Workforce is defined to include:  contactors,
labor force, training programs, technical non-profits, technology
developers, regulatory community, emergency response community, IRP program
personnel.

Submittals should clearly identify the sectoral nature of the submitter
(i.e. IRP personnel, contractor or consultant, citizen group member,
technology developer, state or federal regulator, etc.). In addition,
please identify the type (active, BRAC, FUDS), service branch (Army, Air
Force, Navy, Marines, National Guard or Reserve Unit), and nature (range,
air field, depot, etc.) of the installation and, if known, idenitfy the
service branch command which "owns" the installation.  In examples of
cross-service cooperation or participation, please identify the groups
involved.

Submissions should be accompanied by the name and sectoral nature (i.e.,
IRP personel, contractor or consultant, citizen group member, technology
developer, state or federal regulator, etc.) of the writer.  In addition,
the writer should indicate whether they give permission for their name to
be used, if the description is published.

Deadline for submission is:  March 12, 1999.  Depending upon response, not
all submittals may be published and submittals may be edited for clarity
and length.

Thank you very much.

For further information or to submit, contact:

Polly Parks
email:  pparks@igc.apc.org
phone:  (202) 879-4288