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4 Permitting Considerations and Public Participation
Pages 48-51

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... , both the Army and residents of the Pueblo area have invested substantial time Finding 4-1. The Assembled Chemical Weapons Asand resources in dialogue and consensus building con- sessment Dialogue has been widely viewed as successcerning the evaluation and selection of nonincineration ful because it produced consensus on the choice of techalternatives for destroying the chemical munitions nology to be developed and implemented at the Pueblo stored at the PCD and elsewhere.
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From page 49...
... The phased approach to the permit -- a The Colorado Department of Public Health and En- research, development, and demonstration Resource vironment (CDPHE) agreed to allow the Army to be- Conservation and Recovery Act permit -- for the Pueblo gin phased construction operations before the entire Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant appears to be permit was issued for PCAPP.
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... Plan and the Environmental Protection Agency's En hanced Public Participation Rule for the Resource ConFinding 4-3. For the public involvement process in servation and Recovery Act, and, in particular, ensure the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant ef- that the environmental justice considerations of involvfort to remain effective despite changes in participants, ing all segments of the population are applied.
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... mented that independent oversight encourages credibil The Colorado Department of Public Health and ity. When independent oversight is absent, incidents Environment's Draft Public Participation Plan reports can have devastating effects on the credibility of the on results of CDPHE interviews with local residents process.
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