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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi colleagues!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This call for comment from the EPA on public participation processes might be of interest to many of us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cagle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">----------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Lauren E. Cagle, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Associate Professor | <a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/" target="_blank" title="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwrd.as.uky.edu%2F&data=05%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Ce0169028c63a458a005d08da95d99f63%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637987059166791868%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC">Writing,
 Rhetoric, & Digital Studies, University of Kentucky</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Director | <a href="https://ens.as.uky.edu/about-faculty" target="_blank" title="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fens.as.uky.edu%2Fabout-faculty&data=05%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Ce0169028c63a458a005d08da95d99f63%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637987059166805218%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb">Environmental
 and Sustainability Studies, University of Kentucky</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Affiliate Faculty | <a href="https://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/about-studies" target="_blank" title="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fappalachiancenter.as.uky.edu%2Fabout-studies&data=05%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Ce0169028c63a458a005d08da95d99f63%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637987059166805218%7CUnkno">Appalachian
 Studies Program, University of Kentucky</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Director & Co-Founder | <a href="https://www.research.uky.edu/climate-consortium" target="_blank" title="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.research.uky.edu%2Fclimate-consortium&data=05%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Ce0169028c63a458a005d08da95d99f63%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637987059166805218%7CUnknown%">Kentucky
 Climate Consortium</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Pronouns: she/her/hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">University of Kentucky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">1351 Patterson Office Tower<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:lauren.cagle@uky.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:lauren.cagle@uky.edu"><span style="color:#FE46A5">lauren.cagle@uky.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(859) 257-1115<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Environmental-Justice <Environmental-Justice@epa.gov><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 10:32 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Environmental Justice information <epa-ej@lists.epa.gov><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[epa-ej] EPA Seeks Comment on Draft Policy for Public Participation in Agency Decision-Making Processes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#9C6500;border:solid #9C6500 1.0pt;padding:2.0pt;background:#FFEB9C">CAUTION:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;border:solid #9C6500 1.0pt;padding:2.0pt;background:#FFEB9C"> External
 Sender</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>***** This is a Listserve at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ******<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">EPA Seeks Comment on Draft Policy for Public Participation in Agency Decision-Making Processes</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of the draft policy,
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/epas-meaningful-involvement-policy">
Achieving Health and Environmental Protection Through EPA’s Meaningful Involvement Policy</a><i>,
</i>that outlines updates on how the Agency will engage with the public and provide meaningful public involvement in all of its programs and regions. This policy is grounded in the acknowledgment that EPA's actions further strengthen health and environmental
 protections when they are informed by individuals with lived experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This draft policy updates EPA’s
<a href="https://archive.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/web/pdf/policy2003.pdf">2003 Public Involvement Policy,</a> and incorporates lessons learned over the past twenty years as it has worked to promote an agency-wide approach to providing meaningful involvement
 opportunities. EPA will apply the draft policy to all national program and regional actions that may benefit from public input. The draft policy describes 3 steps for meaningful involvement:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Identifying the decision(s) in an EPA action that may be influenced by public input,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Using the public participation spectrum, and
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Using the public participation model.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The draft policy will be available for a 60-day public comment period, ending on
<b>January 16, 2024.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tribes may request consultation regarding this policy by January 5, 2024, by visiting EPA’s
<a href="https://tcots.epa.gov/ords/tcotspub/f?p=106:5::1855">Tribal Consultation Tracking Opportunities System (TCOTS) website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Comments can be submitted via:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emailing:
<a href="mailto:MeaningfulInvolvementPolicy@epa.gov">MeaningfulInvolvementPolicy@epa.gov;</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submit the contact us form:
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/forms/epas-meaningful-involvement-policy-public-comment-submission">
https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/forms/epas-meaningful-involvement-policy-public-comment-submission</a> 
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The draft policy docket:
<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/16/2023-25273/release-of-achieving-health-and-environmental-protection-through-epas-meaningful-involvement-policy">
EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2023-0326</a> at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/">www.regulations.gov</a>. 
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Learn more:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/epas-meaningful-involvement-policy">
https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/epas-meaningful-involvement-policy</a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Questions:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Please contact
<a href="mailto:MeaningfulInvolvementPolicy@epa.gov">MeaningfulInvolvementPolicy@epa.gov</a><span style="color:black">.</span>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The draft policy advances the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment for meaningful engagement with the people the Federal Government serves. Additionally, it builds on upon President Biden’s Executive Orders
<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-25/pdf/2021-01753.pdf">13985</a>,
<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-25/pdf/2021-01765.pdf">13990</a>, and
<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-02-01/pdf/2021-02177.pdf">14008</a> to protect public health and tackle the climate crisis.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Background</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">In 1981, recognizing the requirements for meaningful public engagement in authorizing statutes and executive orders, EPA issued its
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://archive.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/web/pdf/1981ppp.pdf">Public Participation Policy</a><span style="color:black">, addressing public participation in decision-making, rulemaking, and program implementation
 by the Agency and entities carrying out EPA programs. In 2003, the Agency published its
</span><a href="https://archive.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/web/pdf/policy2003.pdf">updated Public Involvement Policy</a><span style="color:black">, resulting from the multi-year effort of the cross-agency “Review of EPA Public Participation Policies” Workgroup
 established in 1999. EPA had success </span>with hosting regular meetings of a cross-agency community of practice, building a
<a href="https://archive.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/web/html/index-4.html">web portal</a>, developing training, publishing a
<a href="https://archive.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/web/html/completeissues.html">
newsletter</a>, documenting <a href="https://archive.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/web/html/casestudies.html">
case studies</a>, and collecting information on <a href="https://archive.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/web/html/index-3.html">
customer satisfaction</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Although this document does not create new requirements or mandatory obligations for EPA, the recommendations finalized in the policy will provide the public with meaningful involvement opportunities for program
 and regional needs. EPA seeks to collaborate with all segments of the public on this policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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