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EPA-540-K-08-001
July 2013
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
TASC
Technical Assistance Services for Communities
TASC is a national EPA program that provides
technical assistance services to communities.
The program's goal is to help people
understand complex environmental issues and
ensure meaningful community involvement in
environmental decision-making.
This pamphlet provides information about
the TASC program and how to access TASC
services. TASC services are provided at no
cost to communities.
Environmental Protection Agency
Technical Assistance Services for Communities

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How can TASC help my community?
Who provides the technical assistance?
The TASC program benefits people by:
•	Helping them understand complex environmental issues.
•	Explaining technical information and answering questions.
•	Supporting their active role in protecting healthy communities
and advancing environmental protection.
The TASC program assists communities by:
•	Providing opportunities for environmental education.
•	Bringing diverse groups together and helping them get more
involved.
•	Offering training and supporting environmental employment
opportunities through the Superfund Job Training Initiative.
What types of services does TASC provide?
Community training.
Educational presentations.
Technical assistance needs assessments.
Reviewing and explaining technical information.
Helping communities form Community Advisory Groups.
Facilitating community meetings.
Developing information materials for communities.
The TASC program provides services through a national EPA
contract. Under the contract, a contractor provides scientists,
engineers and other professionals to review and explain
information to communities throughout the United States and
U.S. territories.

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How can my community get TASC
assistance?
To contact EPA about the TASC program, first find the EPA
Region for your state by looking at the map on the other side
of this pamphlet. Your regional TASC coordinator's contact
information is listed on EPA's website. Your regional TASC
coordinator will review your situation and answer your questions
about the TASC program.
if TASC services are a good fit for your community, your TASC
coordinator will explain the simple request process. TASC services
are provided once EPA reviews and approves community requests.
www.epa.gov/superfund/community/tasc
To support healthy communities and
strengthen environmental protection, EPA
works closely with communities to make sure
they have the technical help they need.
Sometimes, a community may need more
help to fully understand local environmental
issues and participate in the decision-making
processes. The purpose of the TASC program
is to meet this need.
The TASC program supplies communities with
technical help so they can better understand
the science, regulations and policies of
environmental issues and EPA actions.
TASC services support community efforts to
get more involved and work productively with
EPA to address environmental issues.

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