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Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC)
Citizens Advisory Committee
Red Brush Road Structural Fill Project
Purpose and Structure
Preamble
The Red Brush Road Structural Fill Project is a construction activity of Alcoa’s Warrick Power Plant using Coal Combustion Products (CCPs) to remediate an abandoned surface mine high-wall on Alcoa property north of Red Brush Road in Warrick County, Indiana. Due to the volume of the pit and the production capacity of CCPs it is likely that this construction project will take many years to complete. In order to initiate this project with adherence to Alcoa’s values of environmental and community stewardship in mind Alcoa has proposed a committee of community members and Alcoa employees to provide a forum for communication between the community and Alcoa.
Purpose
The committee purpose is to act as a communication and educational vehicle between residents of the immediate area around Red Brush and Yankeetown Roads and the responsible Alcoa managers for the Warrick Power Plant and location environmental management. The committee is not an open public forum. Committee representatives will bring concerns expressed by the local residents to the committee for discussion or further evaluation. The results of such discussion or evaluation will then be reported back to the community by the community representatives.
Structure
The committee will consist of a chairman, three representatives of the community and three representatives of Alcoa, at least one of whom has responsibility within Alcoa for this project. The chairman will conduct the meetings and be accountable to the committee for any expenditures and activities requested by the committee.
The chairman will be independent of Alcoa for the initial term of the committee (2 years). The committee will decide whether the need exists for continuation of the committee and its structure after that period.
Alcoa will appoint its representatives. Community representatives will be requested from the Warrick County Council, Anderson Township Board of Supervisors, and the Yankeetown Water Authority. Representatives will serve at the pleasure of their respective appointive body. Representation on the committee is an unpaid position except that the chairman may be paid if not an appointed member of the committee.
The Committee will establish its meeting schedule which shall not be less than once per calendar quarter during the construction phase of the project.
The Committee will have an initial budget of $30,000 which will be used for the chairman’s stipend and any activities that the community representatives request for sampling or scientific studies related to the Red Brush Road Structural Fill project. Alcoa will provide the funding for the initial budget and any expenditure from that budget will be administered through Alcoa’s procurement and accounting system at no cost to the Committee.
Alcoa representatives will provide a current status of the project, results of the most recent sampling of water or CCP’s and respond to other information requests. Meeting minutes will be kept and circulated to the members.
Term
The initial term of the Committee will be two years. However if the committee elects the term may be extended for additional annual periods.
Meeting Place
Alcoa will provide a conference room or suitable meeting location at its Warrick facility for regular Committee meetings.
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