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mediated a negotiated
rulemaking process
to develop federal
worker safety standards
for the use of cranes
in construction for
the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
(OSHA) of the U.S.
Department of Labor,
after an OSHA advisory
committee reached
an impasse on key
issues after six years
of meetings. In one
year, SP&A assisted
the 23-person committee
in reaching final
consensus on all issues
for the standard. |
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facilitated talks
among pro-life and
pro-choice leaders
in Massachusetts,
which led to strategies
to reduce the violent
nature of abortion
rhetoric as well as
a jointly written
article that was published
in the Boston Globe. |
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facilitated discussions
between Israeli and
Arab Middle East Fellows
of the Institute for
Social and Economic
Policy in the Middle
East (Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard
University) after
prior discussions
broke down. After
six months of talks,
members of the group
built relationships
that led some to develop
and implement a joint
maternity care program
on the West Bank. |
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designed and mediated
a consensus process
to develop a city
charter for Chelsea,
Massachusetts, after
the city was put into
state receivership.
The process resulted
in a charter, approved
by city residents
through a special
election, which ended
receivership and initiated
new means for productive
self-governance in
Chelsea. The city
received an “All-American
City” award
from the National
Civic League for its
innovative citizen
participation. |
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designed and mediated
a consensus-based
planning process that
resulted in a comprehensive
strategic plan to
protect, preserve,
and remediate Casco
Bay (Maine) and its
watershed. The group
brought in SP&A
after 18 months of
discussions had ended
in impasse. The subsequent
negotiations were
successfully completed
over a six-month period
and resulted in an
award-winning Comprehensive
Conservation and Management
Plan. |
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convened and mediated
a negotiated rulemaking
process to develop
standards and practices
for all appropriate
inquiry for conducting
environmental assessments
of contaminated properties,
often referred to
as “brownfields.”
The 25-member All
Appropriate Inquiry
Negotiated Rulemaking
Committee reached
consensus on all issues
after eight months
of negotiations. The
reg neg, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s
first in 10 years,
resulted in a standard
that all committee
members agreed will
promote redevelopment
of brownfields properties
and protect public
health and the environment. |
