[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR203.10]

[Page 374-375]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 203_TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (TAPP) IN DEFENSE 
 
Sec. 203.10  Eligible activities.

    (a) TAPP procurements should be pursued by the RAB or TRC only to 
the extent that Federal, State, or local agencies responsible for 
overseeing environmental restoration at the facility do not have the 
necessary technical expertise for the proposed project, or the proposed 
technical assistance will contribute to the efficiency, effectiveness, 
or timeliness of environmental restoration activities at the 
installation and is likely to contribute to community acceptance of 
those activities.
    (b) TAPP procurements may be used to fund activities that will 
contribute to the public's ability to provide advice to decision-makers 
by improving the public's understanding of overall conditions and 
activities. Categories of eligible activities include the following:
    (1) Interpret technical documents. The installation restoration 
program documents each stage of investigation and decision-making with 
technical reports that summarize data and support cleanup decisions. 
Technical assistance may be provided to review plans and interpret 
technical reports for community members of RABs and TRCs.

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These reports include, but are not limited to:
    (i) Installation restoration program site studies, engineering 
documents, such as site inspections, remedial investigations, 
feasibility studies, engineering evaluation and cost analyses, and 
decision documents (including records of decision);
    (ii) Risk assessments, including baseline and ecological risk 
assessments conducted by the installation; and
    (iii) Health assessments, such as those conducted by the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
    (2) Assess technologies. Technical assistance may be provided to 
help RAB/TRC community members understand the function and implications 
of those technologies selected to investigate or clean up sites at the 
installation.
    (3) Participate in relative risk site evaluations. Technical 
assistance may be provided to help RAB/TRC community members contribute 
to the relative risk evaluation process for specific sites.
    (4) Understand health implications. Technical assistance may be 
provided to help RAB/TRC community members interpret the potential 
health implications of cleanup levels or remedial technologies, or to 
explain the health implications of site contaminants and exposure 
scenarios.
    (5) Training, where appropriate. Technical trainers on specific 
restoration issues may be appropriate in circumstances where RAB/TRC 
members need supplemental information on installation restoration 
projects.