Community Outreach

A major lesson learned at Brownfield sites is that early community outreach and participation is crucial for success. EPA has developed a variety of resources on community outreach which may be helpful at sites. Links to some of these resources are provided below.

• RCRA Public Participation Page — includes copy of expanded public participation rule, manual and brochure
  http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/permit/pubpart/index.htm
• Copy of RCRA Public Participation Manual http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/permit/pubpart/manual.htm

Community outreach is a key theme to many of the RCRA Showcase Pilots, Success Stories and TSEs. Provided here are links to information on these projects.

• RCRA Showcase Pilot Summaries
  http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/showcase.htm
• TSE Fact sheet
  [ HTML (25K) | PDF  (179K) 4 Pages]
  October 2001
• RCRA Corrective Action Success Stories
  http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/success.htm