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Public Participation as a Permitting Tool
Lawra BoyceEnvironmental Assistance Conference
November 19, 2019
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How does your company engage
with your community?
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The Big Deal
• Be a good neighbor• Avoid costly delays• Local input ensures
sustainable decisions• Built-in support system• Improve public image• Long-term investment
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Common Community Perceptions•Environmental permitting processes….
• Are unfair• Are biased to favor industry
• Don’t allow participation to affect outcomes
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Steps to engagement
• Identify your stakeholders • Choose your engagement strategy• Plan your engagement process• Make community engagement permanent
Network for Business Sustainability. 2012. Engage your community stakeholders: A introductory guide for businesses. Retrieved from: http://nbs.net/knowledge/stakeholder-engagement/.
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Stakeholders
Shareholders
Customers
EmployeesLocal officials
Regulators
Your Community
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Your Community
Stakeholders
Shareholders
Customers
Employees
Regulators
Local officials
Local citizens
Faith-based organizations
Environmental organizations
Community organizations
Non-governmental organizations
• Identify your stakeholders
• Identify their interests, issues, and expectations
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Stakeholder AnalysisStakeholder
NameInterests Position Influence Involvement Special
Considerations
Mr. and Mrs. Doe
Property value, health risks, impacts to land, water, air, impacts to quality of life
Their concerns are considered
Long-term residents
High level of interest
Involved in several community organizations
What are their biggest concerns?
What outcome is a “win” for them?
Do they have any unique power in the situation?
What level of participation do you predict?
Name of group or individual
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Engagement strategies
Community
Network for Business Sustainability. 2012. Engage your community stakeholders: An introductory guide for businesses. Retrieved from: http://nbs.net/knowledge/stakeholder-engagement/.
Investment Involvement Integration
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Spectrum of Public Participation
Investment Involvement Integration
International Association for Public Participation. IAP2 Spectrum (adapted). Retrieved from: https://iap2usa.org/.
Inform
• Provide Information
Consult
• Obtain Feedback
Involve
• Two-Way Conversations
Collaborate
• Partner with Public toDevelop Preferred Solution
Empower
• Public MakesDecisions
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Plan your engagement process • Investment
• Distribute flyers or ads • Donate to local charities• Encourage employees’ involvement in
local events
• Involvement• Surveys • Host public meetings or “open houses”
• Integration• Establish a Stakeholder Advisory Board
Stakeholder advisory boards• Diverse• Fixed membership• Meet regularly• Charged with specific goals• Report to known entity
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Make community engagement permanent
• Ongoing engagement culture
• Provide training and enhanced participation opportunities
• Frame community issues so they can be addressed by process
Meaningful Community Engagement
Plain Language
Information Sharing
Transparency
DialogueAttitude & Behavior
Active Listening
Relationship Building
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Project conceptualized• Identify stakeholders• Choose engagement strategy• Establish relationships with
local leaders• Get involved locally• Use local news sources to share
info• Hold public meetings
Permit application submitted• Continue dialogue with
community members• Attend public meetings• Attend meetings of local
organizations
Permit issued• Establish dedicated community
relations position• Empower employees• Form a citizen’s advisory group• Routinely engage with local
organizations, local schools and academic institutions
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Community Engagement Staff
Lawra BoyceCommunity
Engagement Coordinator
Keisha LongEnvironmental
Justice
Monica Taylor BAQ
Donna MoyeBLWM
Jocelyn Walters-Brannon
BOW
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Benefits of Community Engagement• Minimize delays in the permitting
process
• Learn local knowledge, experience, history
• Reduce chance of last minute appeals
• Address concerns that may be outside scope of environmental regulations
• Develop relationships with future workforce
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Lawra BoyceCommunity Engagement Coordinator
Office of Environmental Affairs
803-898-4585
[email protected]@dhec.sc.gov