PURPOSE: This rule establishes procedures for public participation during corrective action plans.

1. (1) For each confirmed release that requires a corrective action plan, the department must provide notice to the public by means designed to reach those members of the public directly affected by the release and the planned corrective action. This notice may include, but is not limited to, public notice in local newspapers, block advertisements, public service announcements, publication in a state register, letters to individual households or personal contacts by field staff.
2. (2) Site release information and decisions by the department concerning the corrective action plan are available to the public for inspection upon request.
3. (3) Before approving any corrective action plan, the department may hold a public meeting to consider comments on the proposed corrective action plan if there is sufficient public interest or for any other reason.
4. (4) The department must give public notice in section (1) of this rule if implementation of an approved corrective action plan does not achieve the established clean-up levels in the plan and termination of that plan is under consideration by the department.

AUTHORITY: sections 319.109, RSMo (Cum. Supp. 1989) and 644.026, RSMo (Cum. Supp. 1993).* Original rule filed April 2, 1990, effective Sept. 28, 1990. *Original authority: 319.109, RSMo (1989) and 644.026, RSMo (1972), amended 1973, 1987, 1993.