Response to Inquiries Region 3, Philadelphia, PA &EPA Customer Service Plan ------- United States Environmental Protection Agency RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES Region 3 Pilot Customer Service Plan Mission EPA Region 3's mission is to: Preserve, assess and restore the health and well-being of our living and natural resources; Reduce and prevent pollution while achieving compli- ance with environmental laws; • Work cooperatively with states, federal and local agencies and other organizations as well as citizens with mutual interests; and Maintain an open dialog that informs and educates all participants. Service to Our Customers EPA Region 3 serves its customers in the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West ------- Virginia and the District of Columbia. EPA's success in carrying out its mission is greatly enhanced by understanding and responding to your needs. We work with many partners to provide information through publications, public notices and public service announcements, seminars, briefings, training, and other mechanisms to keep you informed about the environ- ment and our efforts to protect it. Actions to Improve Service To provide you with the best service possible, we are developing new ways for you to access information about Agency activities and for us to learn of your needs or concerns. To accomplish this, we will: improve our readiness to answer your questions promptly, courteously, accurately and in ain understandable manner; provide you with ways to follow-up on your questions or make us aware of any problems you experi- ence in seeking information; and ensure that we work for you in collecting the information that best responds to your needs. I Customer Service Standards ff | Region 3 will provide prompt, courteous, accurate and f understandable responses to all inquiries. V ''• ' ' ' ' ' • !^ " i- If you write to us: f* Your written inquiry will get an immediate response. If you include your telephone number, we will contact you immediately to determine how we can best meet your needs and expectations. We'll mail you the response to your inquiry within three business days. If we ne|ed more time to research the answer, we'll call or vvjrjte you (also within three days) to tell you when we jWill respond and the telephone number and fax number of the individual working on your response. -;- - *'•»"•>:' ': - We will also include with every response a survey postcard asking whether or not the information was received promptly, with courtesy, and was unde|rsfa.nd- able. f ------- •n "-• s. CD O Sa5 I = • *L Q. 05 n m c ^•f a "" CO co 3 to II- DO O CQ CD CQ CD O O CO >03 £ en rn- m O) m ------- If you contact us by telephone: 1 Our toll free customer service hotline telephones number is (800) 438-2474. ; Your call to our customer service hotline will be an- swered promptly and with courtesy. We will listen to your questions and help you find the information you seek. We will make every effort to answer your question immediately, and we will always respond by the next business day. Our answer will always include the name and tele- phone number of an employee who will be able to assist you if you desire additional information. If your call is received during non-business hours, (business hours are Mon.- Fri. 8:00 am - 6:00 prn) your questions will be taken by an automated voice system, and we will get back to you on the next business; day. On a random basis, we will ask you a few brief ques- tions concerning our performance in meeting our standards of promptness, accuracy, and courtesy. This information will be used to improve our performance. Questions, Comments or Complaints We want to hear from you about the quality of our service. You are encouraged to call our customer service hotline to register any complaints. We will respond to your complaint within one business day to discuss how we may address your concern. If your complaint concerns the hotline, we request that you write or call the Regional Administrator's Office directly at (215) 597-9815, or write to this address: : Regional Administrator U.S. EPA Region 3 ' 841 Chestnut Building Philadelphia, PA 19107 ------- ------- |