[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15942-15943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8949]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5457-3]
RCRA Public Participation Bibliography
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Request for public input.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting
entries for a bibliography of publications that are relevant to public
participation in RCRA permitting.
DATES: We will accept entries on or before May 10, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Please send your information to Kenneth Amaditz, Office of
Solid Waste (5303W), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Comments may also be submitted
electronically through the Internet to:
amaditz.kenneth@epamail.epa.gov. Comments in electronic format should
be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general program information,
contact the RCRA Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or TDD 1-800-553-7672
(hearing impaired). In the Washington metropolitan area, call 703-412-
9610 or TDD 703-412-3323.
For more detailed information on specific aspects of this request,
contact Kenneth Amaditz, Office of Solid Waste (5303W), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC
20460, (703) 308-7056, E-mail address amaditz.kenneth@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is available on the Internet.
Follow these instructions to access the information electronically:
Gopher: gopher.epa.gov
WWW: http://www.epa.gov
Dial-up: (919) 558-0335.
From the main EPA Gopher menu, select: EPA Offices and Regions/
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)/Office of Solid
Waste (RCRA)/Hazardous Waste/Permits and Permitting.
FTP: ftp.epa.gov
Login: anonymous
Password: Your Internet address
Files are located in /pub/gopher/OSWRCRA
Purpose
EPA is developing guidance documents and other tools as part of an
effort to expand public participation and involve all stakeholders in
EPA programs. Given that other organizations may have as much or more
experience than EPA in certain facets of public participation (e.g.,
community organizing, risk communication), we are soliciting public
input into the formation of a public participation bibliography. This
bibliography will identify documents and publications that may be
useful to people who are involved in the RCRA permitting process. The
Agency will make this bibliography available to all interested
stakeholders by including it
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on the Internet, in Agency publications, and in hard copy via the RCRA/
Superfund Hotline or EPA offices. EPA intends that this bibliography
will represent all points of view and be useful to all stakeholders in
the permitting process.
If you would like to submit citations for publications related to
public participation in RCRA permitting, please send them to the
address above by the close of this comment period. Please do not send
the original document, but provide an abstract if possible. There is no
need to submit citations of EPA documents, since they will be included
by the Agency.
Please provide the following information in your citations:
For all publications include the full names of all
authors, full titles, publisher, date of publication, city where the
work was published, an abstract, and an address and/or phone number
where one can write or call to obtain the publication (if applicable).
For magazine and journal articles also include the volume
of the magazine, the page number(s), and issue numbers.
In addition, include your phone number so that EPA staff can call
with questions about your submissions. The submitter's name and phone
number will not be published in the bibliography.
We are particularly interested in the following subject areas for
inclusion in the bibliography: community organizing, community
involvement and participation, environmental justice, risk
communication, creative problem-solving, alternative dispute
resolutions, participatory activities, environmental activism, and
information-sharing. Other subject areas may be relevant as well. For
this bibliography, we are not interested in technical documents or data
related to permitting. EPA reserves the right to omit citations that do
not meet the purposes of this bibliography.
Dated: April 2, 1996.
James H. Mathews,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response.
[FR Doc. 96-8949 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]
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