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Has EPA developed guidance to help ensure public participation when in-person meetings for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program are not possible?

In keeping with EPA’s commitment to provide meaningful public involvement in the environmental decision-making process, while also ensuring protection of human health, EPA developed an interim guidance for conducting outreach and public participation work at RCRA facilities during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) public health emergency. Read through the interim guidance here.

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