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Fact Sheet

November 2011

EPA Announces First Roundtable Discussion, Carter Carburetor Superfund Site, St. Louis, Missouri

INTRODUCTION

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 invites members of the Carter Carburetor neighborhood, area stakeholders and other interested parties to the first roundtable discussion.

THE ROUNDTABLE

The Carter Carburetor Roundtable will be a gathering of people to discuss the ongoing cleanup actions at the Carter Carburetor Site and EPA involvement in the neighborhood. It will meet monthly on the second Tuesday or Thursday of every month or as needed. All are welcome to attend.

KEY COMPONENTS

  1. EPA will call the roundtable together each month during the cleanup process.
  2. EPA will facilitate the roundtable process and handle its key logistics from month to month, including communications, public notice, and facilitation/note taking tasks.
  3. Members of the immediate neighborhood will help identify and host various meeting places in the neighborhood which will serve as “round robin” locations for the monthly discussions.

MISSION OF THE ROUNDTABLE

The Carter Carburetor Roundtable is focused on the cleanup of the Carter Carburetor Site. It is an open and inclusive forum, held in the site neighborhood on a regular basis. It is a body that will focus on teamwork, better communications, building trust, and ensuring that the community, stakeholders, interested parties, and EPA staff are mutually informed and educated on site cleanup and its impacts on the neighborhood and larger community.

The roundtable discussion will be held:

Thursday, December 8, 2011
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club
2901 North Grand Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63107

EPA Region 7 is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting, please notify the EPA Reasonable Accommodations Coordinator, Jonathan Cooper, at 800-223-0425 or cooper.jonathan@epa.gov. Speech or hearing impaired individuals should email or call using the local relay service.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Administrative Record contains site-related documents and is available for review at the following locations during normal business hours:

Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club
2901 North Grand Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63107

St. Louis Public Library, Divoll Branch
4234 North Grand Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63107

EPA Region 7 Records Center
901 North 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact:

Janette Lambert
Community Involvement Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 7
Office of Public Affairs
901 North 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas  66101
Phone: 913-551-7768
Toll-free: 1-800-223-0425
Email: lambert.janette@epa.gov

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