Common use of Stakeholder Involvement and Support Clause in Contracts

Stakeholder Involvement and Support. The XL process has included developing an ongoing dialogue with a mix of stakeholders from the local community, as well as interested state and federal organizations, such as the US Forest Service, National Park Service and the Department of Energy in addition to the Virginia DEQ and EPA. (see Appendix 3 for the complete list) G-P plans to maintain regular communication with all the current stakeholders as well as others that may express interest throughout the life of the project. Prior to beginning the FPA development process, meetings were held with VaDEQ, Southern Environmental Law Center, the Sierra Club (VA Chapter), as well as several meetings in Bedford and Lynchburg, and a regularly scheduled community meeting. Information about the project was distributed to local newspapers, radio and TV stations. Once the FPA negotiation process began, a series of nine stakeholder meetings were held. The first two meetings included tours of the Big Island facility and detailed briefing and discussions of the mill’s operations, manufacturing process, the proposed gasifier process and the anticipated air quality improvements associated with the proposed new equipment. A collection of project documents has been established in the two local county libraries. These collections contain records of all stakeholder meetings, identification of the stakeholders, relevant materials and minutes. A mailing list, including all stakeholders, participants in the FPA development process and any members of the general public who have expressed interest in the project have received copies of all minutes and other materials from the meetings, including drafts of the FPA. EPA also is maintaining project documents on the Project XL web-site that is located at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ XL. The stakeholder participants agreed to act as an advisory group and further agreed on a consensus method of decision-making. In the event of lack of consensus the group decided that a simple majority of the stakeholders would make a determination. The FPA will be signed by G-P, EPA and the VADEQ, will not be signatures to the document, but are encouraged to write separate letters of support of the FPA or to file letters of objection in the event they did not agree with the consensus.

Stakeholder Involvement and Support. The XL process has included developing an ongoing dialogue with a mix of stakeholders from the local community, as well as interested state and federal organizations, such as the US USDA Forest Service, National Park Service and the Department of Energy DOE, in addition to the Virginia DEQ VADEQ and EPA. (see See Appendix 3 for the complete list) G-P plans to maintain regular communication with all the current stakeholders as well as others that may express interest throughout the life of the project. Prior to beginning the FPA development process, meetings were held with VaDEQVADEQ, Southern Environmental Law Center, the Sierra Club (VA Chapter), as well as several public meetings in Bedford and Lynchburg, and a regularly scheduled Big Island community meeting. Information about the project was distributed to local newspapers, radio and TV stations. Once the FPA negotiation process began, a series of nine eight stakeholder meetings were held. The first two meetings included tours of the Big Island facility and detailed briefing and discussions of the millMill’s operations, manufacturing process, the proposed gasifier gasification system process and the anticipated air quality improvements associated with the proposed new equipment. A collection of project documents has been established in the two local county librarieslibraries in Big Island, (Bedford County) and Amherst (Amherst County). The address and telephone numbers for these libraries are at the end of Appendix 3. These collections contain records of all stakeholder meetings, identification of the stakeholders, relevant materials and minutes. A Those on the project mailing list, including all stakeholders, participants in the FPA development process and any members of the general public who have expressed interest in the project project, have received copies of all minutes and other materials from the meetings, including drafts of the FPA. EPA also is maintaining project documents The stakeholders and interested Parties on the Project XL project mailing list can be found in Appendix 3. EPA has established a web-site that is located at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ XLthat also contains project documents. The stakeholder participants agreed to act as an advisory group and further agreed on a consensus method of decision-making. In the event of lack of consensus consensus, the group decided that a simple majority of the stakeholders would make a determination. The FPA will be signed by Gby, Georgia-PPacific, EPA EPA, the USDA Forest Service, and the VADEQ, . Other stakeholders will not be signatures signatories to the document, but are encouraged to write separate letters of support of the FPA or to file letters of objection in the event they did not agree with the consensus. US EPA will provide a 14-day public comment period after publication of the notice of availability of the draft FPA in the Federal Register, at which time stakeholders again will have an opportunity to review and comment. EPA will brief the stakeholders following the comment period and discuss any necessary adjustments in response to the comments received from the public at large. After consideration and incorporation of any additional changes as appropriate to the public response, the formal signing of the Final Project Agreement will occur. Further, as construction starts, the stakeholders will be kept informed of progress through the following: (1) the quarterly newsletter mailed to the community and stakeholders; (2) DOE update reports; and (3) EPA XL Project summaries available at the EPA web site, placed in the project repositories in the local libraries and mailed directly to stakeholders. In addition, the annual Mill Community Meeting, held during the third week of February each year, will discuss the XL Project along with other topics of local interest. A second meeting, focusing in greater detail on the status of the Project, also will be scheduled mid-summer each year for the duration of the project for the community and other interested stakeholders. All these reports and regular meetings will track progress and verify such progress with data summaries. See the schedule in Appendix 2 Schedule and Milestones for specific dates and details of future stakeholder updates and meetings.

Stakeholder Involvement and Support. The XL process has included developing an ongoing dialogue with a mix of stakeholders from the local community, as well as interested state and federal organizations, such as the US USDA Forest Service, National Park Service and the Department of Energy DOE, in addition to the Virginia DEQ VADEQ and EPA. (see See Appendix 3 for the complete list) G-P plans to maintain regular communication with all the current stakeholders as well as others that may express interest throughout the life of the project. Prior to beginning the FPA development process, meetings were held with VaDEQVADEQ, Southern Environmental Law Center, the Sierra Club (VA Chapter), as well as several public meetings in Bedford and Lynchburg, and a regularly scheduled Big Island community meeting. Information about the project was distributed to local newspapers, radio and TV stations. Once the FPA negotiation process began, a series of nine eight stakeholder meetings were held. The first two meetings included tours of the Big Island facility and detailed briefing and discussions of the millMill’s operations, manufacturing process, the proposed gasifier gasification system process and the anticipated air quality improvements associated with the proposed new equipment. A collection of project documents has been established in the two local county librarieslibraries in Big Island, (Bedford County) and Amherst (Amherst County). The address and telephone numbers for these libraries are at the end of Appendix 3. These collections contain records of all stakeholder meetings, identification of the stakeholders, relevant materials and minutes. A Those on the project mailing list, including all stakeholders, participants in the FPA development process and any members of the general public who have expressed interest in the project project, have received copies of all minutes and other materials from the meetings, including drafts of the FPA. EPA also is maintaining project documents The stakeholders and interested Parties on the Project XL web-project mailing list can be found in Appendix 3. EPA has established a web- site that is located at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ XLthat also contains project documents. The stakeholder participants agreed to act as an advisory group and further agreed on a consensus method of decision-making. In the event of lack of consensus consensus, the group decided that a simple majority of the stakeholders would make a determination. The FPA will be signed by Gby, Georgia-PPacific, EPA EPA, the USDA Forest Service, and the VADEQ, . Other stakeholders will not be signatures signatories to the document, but are encouraged to write separate letters of support of the FPA or to file letters of objection in the event they did not agree with the consensus.