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Community Involvement
- General CI Toolkit Information
- How to Use the Toolkit
- For More Information Contact
- Superfund Community Involvement Toolkit Files
General CI Toolkit Information
EPA's Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) prepared the Superfund Community Involvement Toolkit ("CI toolkit") to provide Superfund Regional site teams, community involvement staff, and others with a practical easy-to-use aid for designing and enhancing community involvement activities. The CI toolkit helps users avoid some of the pitfalls common to the community involvement process. It enables them to quickly review and adapt a variety of community involvement tools to engage the community during all stages of the Superfund removal and remedial processes.
How to Use the Toolkit
Each community involvement tool in the toolkit describes an activity or resource that a Superfund site team may use to involve and inform the community. It explains how and when that activity or resource can be used in the Superfund process. It also provides tips for using the tool and notes whether or not it is required by law or regulation. Each tool cross-references other related tools and includes citations to additional reference materials or guidance. Note that multiple tools can be adopted, combined, or reinvented, as needed, to fit the specific needs of community involvement staff or the site team.
The tools are listed below in alphabetical order and link to a description in PDF format. For your convenience, some of the educational and outreach materials referenced within the tools (e.g., sample documents, templates, checklists, and fact sheets) are also listed. New tools for the 2010-2012 update are flagged, as are existing tools that have been updated with new information.
2010-2012 Update to the CI Toolkit
The toolkit was published in 2001 with updates in 2005. OSRTI currently is updating the look of the tools, as well as their content, with new community involvement approaches and case studies, where applicable. New tools on the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) and the Community for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program already have been added, and new ones are planned. So stay tuned as additional changes to this webpage and the toolkit are made!
For More Information Contact
Jean Farrell
U.S. EPA
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Mail Code: 5205P
Washington, DC 20460
703-603-9055
farrell.jean@epa.gov
Superfund Community Involvement Toolkit Files
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Community Involvement Activities Throughout the Superfund Remedial Process (PDF) (1pp., 37.7KB)Community Involvement Activities Throughout the Superfund Removal Process (PDF) (1pp., 42.1KB)
- Brownfields (PDF) (3pp., 339KB)
- Citizen Recognition (PDF) (2pp., 66.3KB)
- Communication Strategies (PDF) (7pp., 691KB)
- Community Groups (PDF) (4pp., 179KB)
- Community Interviews (PDF) (10pp., 229KB)
- Information Needed from an Interview (MS Word) (2pp., 23.5KB)
- Planning/Implementation Checklist (MS Word) (1pp., 22.5KB)
- Sample Confirming Letter (MS Word) (1pp., 21.0KB)
- Sample Scheduling Call (MS Word) (1pp., 20.5KB)
- Community Involvement Impact Analysis (PDF) (8pp., 173KB)
- Community Involvement Plans (PDF) (14pp., 1.23MB)
- Community Profile (PDF) (4pp., 175KB)
- Community Visioning Process (PDF) (2pp., 393KB)
- Computer-Based Resources (PDF) (28pp., 531KB)
- Contract Management (PDF) (12pp., 476KB)
- Cross-Cultural Communications (PDF) (6pp., 156KB)
- Evaluating CI Activities (PDF) (4pp., 896KB)
- Exhibits (PDF) (6pp., 597KB)
- Facilitation/Conflict Resolution/ADR (PDF) (10pp., 281KB)
- Fact Sheets (PDF) (4pp., 164KB)
- Federal Agencies (PDF) (34pp., 688KB)
- Five-Year Review (PDF) (15pp., 1.15MB)
- Focus Groups (PDF) (8pp., 509KB)
- Focus Group Check List (MS Word) (2pp., 28.0KB)
- Frequently Asked Questions/Referrals (PDF) (8pp., 233KB)
- Hot Sites Template (PDF) (8pp., 124KB)
- Hot Sites Template (MS Word) (5pp., 73.0KB)
- Informal Activities (PDF) (4pp., 147KB)
- Information Repository (PDF) (4pp., 449KB)
- International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) (PDF)
(3pp., 237KB)
- Local Resources (PDF) (6pp., 123KB)
- Mailing List (PDF) (4pp., 119KB)
- Maps and Aerial Photographs (PDF) (2pp., 271KB)
- Media (PDF) (6pp., 248KB)
- Media Log (MS Word) (1pp., 22.5KB)
- Message Template (MS Word) (1pp., 23.5KB)
- Sample News Release (MS Word) (1pp., 23.5KB)
- On-Site Activities (PDF) (4pp., 114KB)
- On-Site Activity Planning Checklist (MS Word) (1pp., 25.0KB)
- Other EPA Programs (PDF) (12pp., 197KB)
- Partnering (PDF) (12pp., 181KB)
- Presentations (PDF) (16pp., 135KB)
- Public Availabilities/Poster Sessions (PDF) (10pp., 466KB)
- Public Availability/Poster Session Checklist (MS Word)(1pp., 28.0KB)
- Public Comment Periods (PDF) (6pp., 80.6KB)
- Public Meetings (PDF) (12pp., 527KB)
- Public Meeting Check List (MS Word) (2pp., 32.5KB)
- Public Notices (PDF) (4pp., 274KB)
- Public Notice Ad Samples-1 (MS Word) (4pp., 2.97MB) | PDF Version (597KB)
- Public Notice Ad Samples-2 (MS Word) (8pp., 4.04MB) | PDF Version (289KB)
- Publishing Effective Public Notices (PDF) (8pp., 393KB)
- Redevelopment Planning (PDF) (4pp., 201KB)
- Residential Relocations (PDF) (4pp., 119KB)
- Resource Book (PDF) (6pp., 88.5KB)
- Responsiveness Summaries (PDF) (2pp., 61.3KB)
- Risk Communication (PDF) (14pp., 158KB)
- Siting Renewable Energy on Contaminated Land and Mining Sites (PDF) (27pp., 2.83MB)
- Special Events (PDF) (4pp., 119KB)
- Special Event Planning Checklist (MS Word) (1pp., 25.0KB)
- Spokesperson (PDF) (2pp., 89.8KB)
- Superfund Regional Public Liaison (PDF) (1pp., 159KB)
- Technical Assistance for Communities (PDF) (2pp., 231KB)
- EPA Community for a Renewed Environment (CARE) (PDF)
(2pp., 155KB)
- EPA/PRP's Technical Assistance Plan (TAP) (PDF)
(2pp., 159KB)
- Technical Assistance for Brownfields (TAB) (PDF)
(2pp., 173KB)
- Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) (PDF)
(4pp., 314KB)
- EPA Community for a Renewed Environment (CARE) (PDF)
(2pp., 155KB)
- Telephone (PDF) (6pp., 106KB)
- Translation Services (PDF) (2pp., 123KB)
- Treatment Technologies (PDF) (6pp., 155KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Activated Carbon Treatment (PDF) (2pp., 159KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Air Stripping (PDF) (2pp., 155KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Bioremediation (PDF) (2pp., 1.46MB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Capping (PDF) (2pp., 158KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Chemical Dehalogenation (PDF) (2pp., 129KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Chemical Oxidation (PDF) (2pp., 228KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Cleanup Methods (PDF) (4pp., 700KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Fracturing (PDF) (2pp., 128KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Incineration (PDF) (2pp., 1516KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to In Situ Flushing (PDF) (2pp., 149KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to In Situ Thermal Treatment Methods (PDF) (2pp., 155KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Monitored Natural Attenuation (PDF) (2pp., 162KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Permeable Reactive Barriers (PDF) (2pp., 174KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Phytoremediation (PDF) (2pp., 135KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Pump and Treat (PDF) (2pp., 153KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Soil Excavation (PDF) (2pp., 160KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparging (PDF) (2pp., 200KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Soil Washing (PDF) (2pp., 87.2KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Solidification/Stabilization (PDF) (2pp., 154KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Solvent Extraction (PDF) (2pp., 177KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Thermal Desorption (PDF) (2pp., 110KB)
- A Citizen's Guide to Vitrification (PDF) (2pp., 152KB)
- Videos (PDF) (8pp., 256KB)
- Workshops (PDF) (8pp., 209KB)