The task force process

Conference · Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:10119151

Applegate, J S ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States)

This paper focuses on the unique aspects of the Fernald Citizens Task Force process that have contributed to a largely successful public participation effort at Fernald. The Fernald Citizens Task Force passed quickly by many procedural issues. Instead, the Task Force concentrated on (a) educating itself about the site, its problems, and possible solutions, and (b) choosing a directed way to approach its mandate: To make recommendations on several {open_quotes}big picture{close_quotes} issues, including future use of the site, cleanup levels, waste disposition, and cleanup priorities. This paper presents the approach used at Fernald for establishing and running a focused site-specific advisory board, the key issues that have been faced, and how these issues were resolved. The success of Fernald in establishing a strong and functioning site-specific advisory board serves as a useful model for other DOE facilities, although the Fernald model is just one of many approaches that can be taken. However, the approach presented here has worked extremely well for Fernald.

• Research Organization: Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corp., Cincinnati, OH (United States). Fernald Environmental Management Project
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC24-92OR21972
• OSTI ID: 10119151
• Report Number(s): FEMP-2383; CONF-950216-29; ON: DE95006760; TRN: 95:002041
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management `95,Tucson, AZ (United States),26 Feb - 2 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: 31 Jan 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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