[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: 
[email protected]. 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 [email protected].

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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