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Negotiated
Rulemaking Concerning
All Appropriate
Inquiry as required
under the Small
Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency:
convening assessment
for a negotiated
rulemaking process
to develop All Appropriate
Inquiry (AAI) standards
and practices for
environmental assessments.
To assert protection
from CERCLA (Superfund)
liability for brownfields,
innocent landowners,
contiguous property
owners, bona fide
prospective purchasers,
and EPA brownfields
grantees must conduct
environmental site
assessments in accordance
with the AAI regulation. |
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| Negotiated
Rulemaking to Develop
Minimum Standards
for Driver’s
Licenses and Personal
Identification, U.S.
Department of Transportation
in consultation with
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security:
convening assessment
for a negotiated rulemaking
process to develop
minimum standards
to tighten security
for state-issued driver’s
licenses and personal
identification cards
for use by Federal
agencies for identification
purposes, as required
under the 9/11 Commission
Implementation Act
of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of
2004. |
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Superfund Site Remedy
Selection, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Superfund, Region
I: convening
assessment for a mediation
process to review
and select remedies
for cleaning up the
McKin Superfund Site
after the responsible
parties requested
a remedy review to
determine the effectiveness
of a pump and treat
system in removing
PCBs from ground water. |
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| Clean
Air Act, Tier 2 Motor
Vehicle Emission Standards
and Gasoline Sulfur
Control Requirements
Rule, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Air Quality and Standards
Division and the Alternative
Dispute Resolution
Team within the Office
of the Administrator:
convening
assessment on proposed
regulations to allow
streamlined permitting
process for oil refineries
to comply with the
Clean Air Act, Tier
2 Rules, requested
after concerns were
raised by environmental
justice advocates
and refinery “fence
line” communities.
As part of the formal
docket, the assessment
report was used by
EPA to justify changes
to the proposed rule. |
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| Central
Landfill Action Committee,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Superfund, Region
I: assessment
and recommendations
for Johnston Central
Landfill (RI) Action
Committee, a group
composed of legislators,
federal and state
environmental officials,
Mayor and city council
members, and citizens
from neighborhoods
abutting landfill,
convened to address
public health concerns. |
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| Assabet
River Municipal Wastewater
Treatment Plants,
National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination
Systems (NPDES) Permit
Appeals, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency:
This project involved
U.S. EPA, Massachusetts
Department of Environmental
Protection, five municipalities,
a local environmental
organization, and
a threat of litigation
by a national environmental
organization as well
as Congressional interest.
The permit appeals
related to four separate
wastewater treatment
plants and their combined
impact on the Assabet
River. The appeals
were withdrawn as
a result of discussions
undertaken and agreements
reached during the
assessment. |
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| Ensuring
Emergency Response
During Superfund Cleanups,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Superfund, Region
I / Massachusetts
Office of Dispute
Resolution:
feasibility assessment
of consensus process
to determine allocation
and location of state
hazardous materials
teams and identify
training and equipment
needs for local emergency
response personnel,
to assure availability
for accidents at Superfund
sites. |
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| Friends
of the Earth International
(FoEI): The
assessment was designed
to consider the organization’s
readiness to implement
its strategic plan,
which was prepared
in response to internal
conflict across its
network of almost
seventy national member
groups. It involved
in-depth interviews
with FoEI members
from its five regions:
North America, Latin
America and the Caribbean,
Europe, Africa, and
Asia Pacific. |
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| Main
Street Redevelopment,
Derby, Connecticut,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Brownfields, Region
I: convening
assessment for the
use of consensus building
process to develop
a plan to redevelop
the south side of
Main Street in Derby,
Connecticut. |
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| Regulatory
Relief in Housing,
Home Builders Association
of Connecticut/ Fannie
Mae Foundation:
identified opportunities
for regulatory relief
in state empowerment
zones to reduce housing
costs and stimulate
development in low
income areas. |
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| Recycling
Radioactive Scrap
Metal, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Office of Radiation
and Indoor Air:
determined feasibility
of a negotiated rulemaking
to develop standards
for recycling slightly
radioactive scrap
metal. |
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