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' Nestl6 USA, Inc. —Rip CA • October 31, 2006 Public Participation Plan ' 3.1 HISTORICAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT A community meeting was held in Ripon on December 7, 1988, to inform the public of progress on the Remedial Investigation (RI) and Feasibility Study (FS). The meeting was held at the Ripon Community Center and attended by approximately 35 people, including media representatives. Nestle and RWQCB personnel reviewed the work done as of that date, discussed possible remedial options, and accepted questions from ' the audience. In general, the community's attitude was very positive toward Nestle and Nestle's remedial effort. ' In 2004, Nestle applied to the City of Ripon for a building permit for expansion of its groundwater treatment system at 519-525 S Stockton Avenue. Nestle's representative attended a public hearing of the City of Ripon Planning Commission during the approval process. The City has approved the permit and declared that this project does not have any negative environmental impacts. Nestle's other community involvement and community service efforts have included the following: Providing the City of Ripon with a parking lot on Industrial Avenue for use by commuters; ' • Purchasing additional shelving for the Ripon Public Library to make environmental reports available to the public; • Participating in various discussions with the City of Ripon, Fox River Paper Company, and Ripon Cogeneration about beneficial reuse of treated groundwater; and ' • Providing the City of Ripon with monthly reports on the remediation status. 3.2 CURRENT AND FUTURE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ' Nestle will host a public meeting in December 2006 to present findings of its investigation south of the Stanislaus River and is developing a fact sheet for use at the public meeting. ' Future community involvement efforts will include preparation of another fact sheet concurrent with the preparation of the Remedial Action Plan/Record of Decision (see Table 1). This second fact sheet will inform the community of the remedial action plans in preparation for a public meeting in August 2007. This meeting will be used to solicit public comments regarding remedial action plans and then address those comments in the final Remedial Action Plan/Record of Decision. ' Nestle is proposing to set up a committee which will include members from the City of Ripon, Fox River Paper Company, Ripon Cogeneration, RWQCB, and other interested parties as pertinent and appropriate. The committee may meet on a semi-annual basis to do the following: • discuss the project status, ' • discuss future plans, • solicit committee members' input, and ' 6 discuss public concerns.