The 'CAG' holds it initial meeting at Fridley Community Center.
This meeting announcement was posted Wednesday at the City of Fridley website: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Initial Community Advisory Group Meeting Fridley Superfund Sites Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 6–8 p.m., at the Fridley Community Center. If you have any questions or need special accomodations at this event, please contact Nefertiti DiCosmo, EPA Community Involvement Coordinator, toll-free at 1-800-621-8431, Ext. 66148 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weekdays) or at dicosmo.nefertiti@epa.gov. Additional information about the Fridley Superfund sites can be found online at www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup/fridley/index.html Related:
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She explained why Fridley is getting an EPA Citizens Advisory Group—and what could keep a January meeting from happening.
The announcement that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would create a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAG) for Fridley's polluted Superfund sites came from Nefertiti DiCosmo in the EPA's Chicago Superfund office. Fridley Patch interviewed DiCosmo by email. Patch: Why is the EPA forming a CAG in Fridley now? What prompted it, and why hasn't there been one in the past (if there hasn't)? A couple citizens met with staff from Minnesota's U.S. senators on Nov. 1. Did that meeting spark the formation of the CAG? Nefertiti DiCosmo: EPA helps interested members of a community form a Community Advisory Groups or CAGs at the request of the community.* Not all sites or communities will need or want a CAG. In the case of Fridley, members of…
G San
5:47 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Yes, there has been a similar group such as CAG in Minnesota, it was called The (CAP) Citizens Advisory Panel, I find it strange that the EPA doesn't remember this group. This group was created for the citizens of Newport, Cottage Grove, St Paul Park, and surrounding areas in Washington County. The group no longer exists, but the citizens of these areas are still fighting for there right to … more ›