Technical Assistance Services for Communities
What is TASC?
Technical Assistance Services for
Communities (TASC) is a new program
to provide educational and technical
assistance to communities affected by
hazardous waste sites regulated by the
Superfund and Resource Conservation
Recovery Act (RCRA) programs. This pro-
gram, developed by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), provides non-
EPA experts to explain hazardous waste
issues at certain contaminated sites near
your community and to interpret EPA's
plans for cleaning up that waste. EPA
offers assistance to help your community
better understand the hazardous waste
issues confronting it and to be well-
informed while participating in the
decision-making process.
How can TASC kelp
imj community?
TASC provides technical assistance to
help your community better understand
and become involved in the cleanup
process for hazardous waste sites. This
assistance is provided by independent,
outside technical experts, who can:
• Answer questions about exposure to
hazardous waste and the potential
health effects;
* Educate your community on the
scientific, engineering, human and
public health, or economic concepts
related to the cleanup of hazardous
waste;
* Help your community to better
understand cleanup technologies and
their effectiveness;
• Explain the cleanup process and how
to become involved in the process;
* Assist your community to identify
possible land reuse or redevelopment
options; and
* Provide job training through the Super-
fund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI).
What type of services does
TASC provide?
TASC services are unique for each
community. Depending upon the needs
of your community, TASC services may
include:
* Reviewing, interpreting, and
explaining technical materials in an
understandable way;
• Preparing training materials for
seminars and workshops and
teaching these sessions;
* Meeting with your community to
answer questions and to listen to
your concerns;
• Preparing understandable fact
sheets, brochures, technical
summaries, maps, diagrams,
models, or other visual aids;
• Translating educational, outreach,
and technical documents into other
languages;
• Planning and holding meetings to help
your community determine how to use
the land once it is cleaned up; and
• Training community leaders on
hazardous waste issues so they can
explain these issues to your
community.
Who are the experts that provide
the technical assistance?
The technical experts available through
TASC are environmental engineers and
scientists from private companies and
universities. Often these individuals live in
the same city as the community request-
ing help through TASC. These individuals
are part of a network of experts EPA has
contracted with to provide technical
assistance services.
How can I get
TASC assistance?
Contact the representative from your
EPA Regional Office. A list of contacts
is provided on the other side of this
document. After this initial discussion,
your community will need to request
TASC support in a letter.
www.epa.gov/superfund/community/tasc
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Technical Assistance Services for Communities
For more information or to request kelp, contact the EPA Regional TASC representative in your area
(see below) or visit the TASC website, www.epa.govlsuperfundlcommunityltasc.
Regional Offices
U.S. EPA - Region 1
Jim Murphy
One Congress Street, Suite 1100 (RAN)
Boston, MA 02114-2023
(617)918-1028
murphy.jim@epa.gov
U.S. EPA - Region 2
Wanda Ayala
290 Broadway, 26th floor
New York, NY 10007-1866
(212)637-3676
ayala.wanda@epa.gov
U.S. EPA - Region 3
Amelia Libertz
1650 Arch Street (3HS52)
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
(215)814-5522
libertz.amelia@epa.gov
U.S. EPA - Region 4
L'Tonya Spencer
61 Forsyth Street, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
(404) 562-8463
spencer.latonya@epa.gov
U.S. EPA - Region 5
Cheryl Allen
77 West Jackson Boulevard (P-19J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
(312)353-6196
allen.cheryl@epa.gov
U.S. EPA - Region 6
Donn Walters
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200 (6SF-TS)
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
(214) 665-6483
walters.donn@epa.gov
U.S. EPA - Region 7
Belinda Young
901 North 5th Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
(913)551-7463
young.belinda@epa.gov
U.S. EPA - Region 8
Jennifer Chergo
999 18th Street, Suite 300 (8-OC)
Denver, CO 80202-2466
(303)312-6601
chergo.jennifer@epa.gov
U.S. EPA - Region 9
Luis Garcia-Bakarich
75 Hawthorne Street (SFD-3)
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415)972-3237
garcia-bakarich.luis@epa.gov
U.S. EPA-Region 10
Sally Hanft
1200 6th Avenue (ETPA-086)
Seattle, WA 98101
(206)553-1207
hanft.sally@epa.gov
TASC National Program Manager
Karen L. Martin
Office of Superfund Remediation and
Technology Innovation (5204P)
U.S. EPA
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
(703) 603-9925
martin.karenl@epa.gov
Je c h n i c a I
Assistance
Hen/ices for
ommunities
www. epa.gov/superfund/community/tasc
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Is there a hazardous waste site
in your community?
Are you concerned about how
the hazardous waste can affect
your family's health?
Do you have questions about the
risks of the hazardous waste?
Do you need help interpreting
technical information about the
hazardous waste or the cleanup
process?
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's new program, Technical
Assistance Services for Commu-
nities (TASC), can help your com-
munity deal with these questions.
EPA-540-K-08-001
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