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If people are told that they're living on 
or near land that contains contaminants or  

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substances that could hurt them, they can make 
educated decisions about managing their exposure.  

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Without that information they can't take 
precautions to protect their health and safety.

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The sites we examine are Amphenol/Franklin 
power products in Franklin, Indiana;  

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the Bristol-Myers Facility in Humacau, Puerto Rico; 
the USS Lead Smelter in East Chicago, Indiana; 

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the Coakley Landfill in North Hampton, New Hampshire; 
the Anaconda Company Smelter in Anaconda, Montana;  

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two tribal sites, Davis Chevrolet in Tuba City, 
Arizona and Timber Lake in South Dakota; and the CSX  

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Train Derailment in Mount Carbon, West Virginia.

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Risk communication efforts did not consistently 
provide community members with an understanding of  

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their risk levels or what steps might be necessary 
to take in order to protect themselves from  

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exposure to contamination. The EPA doesn't have 
a national strategy for risk communication. 

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This means that its many programs in 
10 regions use their own discretion  

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on how to implement risk communication but 
there are no policies in place to establish  

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measurable standards on when to communicate 
risks and who should receive the communications.

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Along with implementing consistent 
internal controls, established controls  

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for conducting periodic evaluations of 
risk communication efforts for the sites.  

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These evaluations can be used to ensure that 
standards are being met and can be modified  

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where needed. Finally, OM should establish controls 
to provide community members with information  

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that allows them to manage their risks when 
exposed to environmental health hazards.

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