Setting Priorities|Comparative Risk Report

SETTING PRIORITIES|Comparative Risk Report

Project Name: Risk-Based Environmental Priorities Project (RBEPP)

    Ranking Results:

Citizens Jury^TM Ranking Results
Stakeholders Ranking Results
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Staff Ranking Results

    Project Description:

Geographical Coverage

Project Purpose

Ranking Process

Participants in the Ranking Process

Project Reference

Contact Information

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Ranking Results

Citizens Jury^TM Ranking Results
	1.	Industrial source of air pollution	general	area specific
	2.	Mobile sources of air pollution	general	area specific
	3.	Spills & environmental emergencies	general	area specific
	4.	Hazardous waste	general	area specific
	5.	Superfund	general	area specific
	6.	Area sources of air pollution	general	area specific
	7.	Wastewater treatment
	8.	Nonpoint sources	general	area specific
	9.	Feedlots	general	area specific
	10.	Solid waste	general	area specific
	11.	Storage tanks		area specific
	12.	Septic tanks	general	area specific

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Stakeholders Ranking Results
	1.	Nonpoint sources	general	area specific
	2.	Mobile sources of air pollution	general	area specific
	3.	Feedlots	general	area specific
	4.	Area sources of air pollution	general	area specific
	5.	Septic tanks	general	area specific
	6.	Industrial source of air pollution	general	area specific
	7.	Superfund	general	area specific
	8.	Wastewater treatment
	9.	Spills & environmental emergencies	general	area specific
	10.	Hazardous waste	general	area specific
	11.	Solid waste	general	area specific
	12.	Storage tanks		area specific

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Staff Ranking Results
	1.	Mobile sources of air pollution	general	area specific
	2.	Industrial source of air pollution	general	area specific
	3.	Nonpoint sources	general	area specific
	4.	Area sources of air pollution	general	area specific
	5.	Feedlots	general	area specific
	6.	Wastewater treatment
	7.	Septic tanks	general	area specific
	8.	Solid waste	general	area specific
	9.	Superfund	general	area specific
	10.	Hazardous waste	general	area specific
	11.	Spills & environmental emergencies	general	area specific
	12.	Storage tanks		area specific

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Project Description

	Geographical Coverage: State of Minnesota
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	Project Purpose: The purpose of the 1996-97 Risk-Based Environmental Priorities Project effort was to help the agency develop environmental priorities that reflect both the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's best available scientific information about environmental risks as well as the values of a diverse clientele.
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	Ranking Process: In addition to ranking the 12 environmental issues on their own, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency also sought to involve the public through two parallel processes: a Citizens Jury^TM and a Stakeholders Workshop. Both of these groups constructed rankings of their own.
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	Participants in the Ranking Process: General Public Governmental Agencies Private Sector/Industry Public Interest/Nonprofit Organizations Scientific/Academic Community Minnesota Pollution Control Agency constructed their own rankings, the General Public were represented in the Citizens Jury^TM, and the other stakeholder groups were represented in the Stakeholders Workshop.
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	Reference: Schmiechen, Paul. Risk-Based Environmental Priorities Project: Final Report. Environmental Planning Unit, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. September 1997.
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	Contact Information: Lynne Kolze Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 phone: (612) 282-5992 fax: (612) 297-8676 http://www.pca.state.mn.us/netscape4.html
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