[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: www.epa.gov Dial-up: (919) 558-0335.
www.epa.govFrom 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
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] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P