RALLE Community Involvement

RALLE as a group or members have been involved in the following activities:

Volunteers to all Whitewater Township Clean-Up Days

Information Display at Gardens Alive Christmas Program

Harrison & Bright Parades

Bright Firemen's Festivals

Sierra Club:
Attend meetings involved with solid waste

River Unlimited:
Member organization

Clean Water Network:
Member group
December 1996 - Attended meeting in Washington, D.C.

Ground and Surface Water Seminar:
Wright State University, Fall 1997

OEPA Hearings:
Testified on Brownsfields in Dayton, Ohio
Testified on Great Lakes Initiative, Cincinnati, Ohio

Rumpke Landslide:
Involved in organizing local environmental groups united protest

Ohio Environmental Council:
Hazardous Materials Training - presented to public at SR Center Spring of 97
Grassroots Convention
Studied for their report on Environmental Justice
Strategic Planning Program
Advisory Committee on Solid Waste Management
Meetings on Great Lakes Initiative (GLI) - to extent water quality standards to Ohio River Valley
Member organization

Literature Distribution:
From Clean Water Network
From Hamilton County Environmental Management
Ohio Environmental Council
Information Pamphlet

Proposals to keep communities from hosting hazardous waste facility in Ohio:
Harrison Township
Whitewater Township
City of Harrison

Distribution of petitions, contribution to the defeat of the hazardous waste siting in Ohio by the Midwest Compact

Citizens Action:
Presentation to field workers
Canvassing and information distribution in Harrison area

Hamilton County Commissioners:
Attendance at various meetings
Testified at Rumpke landslide and fines

Hamilton County Environmental Priorities Project:
Member of Land-Working Group
Participation in Public Participation Workshops

League of Women Voters:
Participated as panelist with EPA & Ham. City Environmental Services representatives

Western Hamilton County Collaborative Planning:
Member
Participates in Public Participation Workshops

Various Meetings:
Congressman Rob Portman at Ohio EPA
Sessions with Ohio EPA Public Involvement Coordinators & OEC
Whitewater Township meetings
Dearborn County meetings

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