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5 Public and Community Interactions
Pages 44-50

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From page 44...
... , a letter report issued subsequent to the Systemization report, focused on institutionalizing public involvement within the CSDP. On the subject of public and community interactions for the duration of TOCDF operations, the Stockpile Committee recommended that the Army make a substantial effort to increase and improve communications with the host community and the Utah State Citizens Advisory Commission (CAC)
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From page 45...
... It is still too early to assess the impact of the reorganization and realignment of the POIO. Nevertheless, both the PMCD Overarching Public Involvement Strategy document and the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Public Involvement Implementation Plan represent significant improvements over previous efforts.
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From page 46...
... In the 1996 Systemization report, the committee noted that the Army had missed an excellent opportunity by not making a concerted effort to involve the public in the development of the risk assessments for the TOCDF. The drafting of the CMP appears to be another lost opportunity, and as the committee notes in the recent report, Carbon Filtration for Reducing Emissions from Chemical Agent Incineration, the CMP has yet to be linked to issues that could arouse public interest (NRC, 1999~.
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From page 47...
... In fact, the committee is not convinced that the reorganization will improve the capacity for responding to an emergency. The committee strongly recommended that the Tooele County Emergency Management Plan be completed and that the Army ensure that training exercises be carried out.
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From page 48...
... . The Tooele County director of the Department of Emergency Management informed the committee that DCD, county, and state personnel had participated in a successful exercise of the Emergency Operations Plan (Sayers, 1998a)
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... ~ On Site Chemical Activity Command Field Office and Systems Contractor Off Site CSEPP and FEMA State/Local Jurisdictions PMCSD Engineering and Support Division Constructions Contractor Environmental protection '- 1 Environment and Monitoring Office Field Office Systems Contractor State Authorities Public outreach Public Affairs Office Citizens Advisory Commissions Local Citizens FIGURE 5-1 PMCD's organizational elements directly related to risk management (p. 63 in the Guide)
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From page 50...
... The Army should expand implementation of the risk management program to ensure that workers understand the results of risk assessments and risk management decisions. The Army should also ensure that CSEPP and other emergency preparedness officials understand the QRA and how their activities might affect risk.
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