THE DIRT: Community input needed!

Effective communication can help resolve conflicts, prevent misunderstandings, and is essential for building and maintaining relationships. Creating an open line of communication is a great step towards building trust within a community. With this in mind, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking your input on their new Community Involvement Plan (CIP) for the Bunker Hill/Coeur d’Alene Basin Superfund Site.

A CIP is a site-specific strategy to enable meaningful community involvement throughout the Superfund cleanup process. Once completed, the final plan will describe how EPA will provide information and coordinate with partners and communities on-site cleanup activities.

To create a plan that meets people’s needs, EPA wants to better understand how people in the community currently receive and prefer to receive site-related information. EPA is seeking interested community members who want to help in the creation of the new CIP.