They`re not going to come to you
- Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc., Amarillo, TX (United States)
The entire approach to public involvement for the Pantex Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) centered around two ideas: being proactive and being innovative. Traditional public involvement methods were discarded to bring new life and, hopefully, new interest in Public Participation. These new ideas were bold and strayed far from the traditional approach federal agencies have historically taken. The stakeholders have accepted the changes with enthusiasm, and results have been favorable. The goal was, and continues to be, to go where the people are and to make information available to the Public that is understandable, timely, and accurate. Plant management has carefully combined electronic print media, and public information sessions, speakers bureau activities, employee public speaking and media training, and media seminars to form a comprehensive program to bring the Pantex EIS message to the stakeholders. The starting point was the preparation and implementation of the Stakeholder Involvement Plan (SIP). The SIP was flexible, and designed to accommodate all levels of interest, describing a variety of activities and information sources, and enabling stakeholders to be involved according to their interests and availability. Stakeholders are able to increase or decrease their participation over the EIS period and have both formal and informal opportunities to suggest how EIS materials and activities can be more useful to them.
- OSTI ID:
- 474104
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960804-Vol.2; TRN: 97:002181-0112
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SPECTRUM `96: international conference on nuclear and hazardous waste management, Seattle, WA (United States), 18-23 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the international topical meeting on nuclear and hazardous waste management (SPECTRM `96): Volume 2; PB: 875 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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