Silver Bow Creek / Butte Area
Citizens' Technical Environmental Committee (CTEC)
& Technical Assistance Grant (TAG)
Bulletin #11 January 26, 2011
How can I get involved?
Attend the CTEC monthly
public meeting found at:
www.buttectec.org
Events and Public
Meetings
Contact Janice Hogan
(CTEC TAG Coordinator) at:
(406-723-6247)
Visit the CTEC office at:
27 West Park Street
Write to CTEC at:
P.O. Box 593
Butte, Montana 59703
Email CTEC at:
buttectec@hotmail.com
Fill out an online
membership at:
www.buttectec.org/form
The Citizens' Technical Environmental Committee (CTEC) has a core
group of 15 volunteer citizens, who facilitate public involvement in the
remediation, restoration and redevelopment of the Butte area. Issues
are extensive and more public participation is greatly needed. CTEC
works with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the state of
Montana, responsible parties, and others to help make the Superfund
process understandable for the community.
CTEC is a non-profit organization that started in 1989. CTEC's mission
Is to provide technical comments and public outreach on the
Superfund process for Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area and Montana Pole
and Treating Plant National Priority List sites. CTEC aims to improve
education services to help young people gain a better understanding
of environmental issues associated with Butte-area Superfund sites.
For more than a decade CTEC has been funded by the EPA through a
Technical Assistance Grant (TAG). CTEC members represent diverse
areas of expertise and provide the Superfund process with an
informed local voice and alternative perspectives to help formulate
Superfund decisions that reflect community needs.
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Technical Assistance Grants (TAG's) are awarded to help community groups understand site-
related information and participate in decision-making throughout the cleanup of a Superfund
site. Grants are used by a community group to contract with a technical advisor(s) to assist the
community in understanding technical information related to cleaning up a Superfund site and
how clean-up decisions may affect the community.
With a better understanding of what is going on at a site and what decisions need to be made,
community members are more able to comment on the technical aspects of site cleanup.
Technical comments provided by community members assist EPA in:
• Identifying and controlling unacceptable human exposures from site contamination
• Monitoring and controlling migration of contaminated ground water
• Improving construction design, and implementing the remedy
Community members also play a key role in determining site reuse. EPA believes that community
participation is an important part of cleaning up and bringing land back into a beneficial community
use.
Initial awards of $50,000 may be available to nonprofit community groups. Most of the funding
must be used to contract the services of a technical advisor(s). By statute, only one TAG at a
time can be awarded per site. Additional funding may be available at the end of the project
period. Since 1988, over 270 TAGs have been awarded and over $22,000,000 in funding has
been provided by EPA.
o you Need More Information?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
Sara Sparks, Remedial Project Manager, 406-782-7415
Nikia Greene, Community Involvement Coordinator, 406-457-5019
Wendy Thomi, Grant Project Officer, 406-457-5037
www.epa.gov/superfund/community/tag/
Citizens' Technical Environmental Committee:
Janice Hogan, TAG Grant Administrator, 406-723-6247
Suzzann Nordwick, President, 406-565-1537
www.buttectec.org
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