[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITY: Re: MEDIA UPDATE: SENATOR TO PRESS ARMY ON TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR BADGER ADVISORY BOARD

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

According to local activists at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, the 
Army is trying to prohibit the Restoration Advisory Board's Technical
Assistance for Public Participation (TAPP) consultant "from expressing a 
professional opinion for or against a selected remedial action."

I hope this is just a misunderstanding. As someone who was instrumental 
in the establishment of the TAPP program, I believe it is essential that 
local communities have access to independent technical advice. It not 
only benefits the community, but by enabling community members to give 
thoughtful, constructive input it makes it easier for the installation 
and the regulators to do their job well, too.

Lenny


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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