Under the Early Action Compact, what federal requirements must the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) follow?
Peter Bella, Natural Resources Director, responded to citizen inquiries on the subject of Public Participation under EPA Public Involvement guidelines. His response, written in April 2003. An excerpt of that response follows. “I have reviewed two documents on public policy guidelines. They are EPAs proposed 2000 Draft Public Involvement Policy[12] and the EPAs 1981 Responsiveness Summary and Preamble on Public Participation Policy.[13] I will be working from and citing the 2000 Draft Public Involvement Policy (Draft Policy), for a number of reasons. Essentially, the 1981 policy was never fully implemented[14] and the Draft Policy will act as a revision of the earlier policy.[15] Moreover, the EPA issued the Draft Policy which updates and strengthens (but does not fundamentally change) the 1981 Policy.[16] Finally, while the Draft Policy is also awaiting implementation, it is nonetheless apparently designed as comprehensive EPA public policy.[17] For these reasons, I treated the Draft P
Peter Bella, Natural Resources Director, responded to citizen inquiries on the subject of Public Participation under EPA Public Involvement guidelines. His response, written in April 2003. An excerpt of that response follows. “I have reviewed two documents on public policy guidelines. They are EPAs proposed 2000 Draft Public Involvement Policy[12] and the EPAs 1981 Responsiveness Summary and Preamble on Public Participation Policy.[13] I will be working from and citing the 2000 Draft Public Involvement Policy (Draft Policy), for a number of reasons. Essentially, the 1981 policy was never fully implemented[14] and the Draft Policy will act as a revision of the earlier policy.[15] Moreover, the EPA issued the Draft Policy which updates and strengthens (but does not fundamentally change) the 1981 Policy.[16] Finally, while the Draft Policy is also awaiting implementation, it is nonetheless apparently designed as comprehensive EPA public policy.[17] For these reasons, I treated the Draft P
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- Under the Early Action Compact, what federal requirements must the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) follow?
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