Making A Visible Difference in Communities Meeting

Monday August 3, will be reserved for EPA staff involved and/or interested in the specific activities taking place as part of the Cross-Agency Strategy on Making a Visible Difference in Communities, which is being spearheaded by the Office of Policy and Region 10. Adobe Connect will be available for those who need to participate in this session remotely. NOTE: If you are seeking registration...
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Public Health Assessment Overview 1 - Mission and Community

The current web-based training course, “Public Health Assessment Overview 1 – Mission and Community” not only explains ATSDR’s role in the public health assessment process; it also shows how affected community members can become constructively involved in that process. Intended Audience: Public health professionals and trainees Go to http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/trai...
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Finding Common Ground: The Power of the Story

Lucy Moore, Lucy Moore Associates, Inc. Competing interests - often economic and environmental -can create conflict that is counterproductive and downright painful for all involved. Lucy Moore will lead a webinar on how compromise is possible for bridging the divide of some of our most pressing environmental conflicts, from grazing and logging on public lands to water pollution. Considering how ...
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Superfund Overview for EPA Headquarters Staff

Superfund Overview for EPA Headquarters Staff working on Superfund projects is a 2.5-hour session designed for staff new to the Superfund program. Attendees will be given a broad overview of the Superfund program, including its primary core objectives, its evolution over time, and the current technical and programmatic concerns. The session (1) introduces the attendees to the major statutory pr...
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Emergency Response to Threats of Intentional Contamination of Public Water Supplies: A 2-Day Workshop of Instructional Training and an Extensive Tabletop Exercise

There are several threats and potential incidents that could jeopardize the safety of our public drinking water supplies. These include physical assaults on facilities, releases of hazardous biological agents or chemicals, natural disasters and cyber attacks. The intentional contamination of public water supplies is probably the threat of most concern because this could potentially affect the heal...
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Applying Collaboration to EPA Decision-Making

What is the course overview? The course presents a basic model for collaboration and leads students through a thorough process of how to plan and implement a collaboration process. Collaboration can be applied to any process with diverse and potentially influential stakeholders, whether internally, with other agencies, and with public stakeholders. Who should take this course? This cou...
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Designing and Managing Effective Community Advisory Groups (CAGs)

What is the course overview? Community advisory groups can be the heart of higher-level public participation programs under the Superfund program, but often fail to achieve a common approach or vision to assist EPA decision-makers. This course looks at what makes advisory groups work and provides participants with the knowledge and skills they need to convene healthy, functional boards. Who sh...
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Designing Effective Superfund Public Meetings and Events

What is the course overview? This course explores the fundamentals required to design and implement forums for genuine and productive dialogue. Effective dialogue, relationship-building, and shared learning are the centerpiece of public participation meetings or events under CERCLA. The class will discuss ways to move beyond the traditional public meeting to find approaches and formats that w...
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Elements of Meaningful Public Participation

What is the course overview? This course provides an overview and framework for conducting effective and meaningful public participation under the Superfund program. It presents a well-organized approach to public participation built around TPC’s Eight Elements of Meaningful Participation. It places focus on practical understanding of public participation and helps participants to explo...
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Planning for Powerful Public Participation

What is the course overview? Building on Elements of Powerful Public Participation, this course leads participants through a detailed understanding of how to plan for effective public participation under the Superfund program. Planning for effective public participation under these difficult conditions requires significant effort. The success and failure of public participation is largely determi...
http://www.trainex.org/offeringslist.cfm?courseid=1592