Community Environmental Concerns Survey for U.S. Navy Clean-Up Actions

Per Environmental Readiness Program Manual (OPNAV M-5090.1) and Environmental Compliance and Protection Manual (MCO P5090.2A), the Department of the Navy (DON) requires a formal Community Involvement Plan (CIP) at all installations undergoing environmental restoration activities as part of the Navy's Environmental Restoration Program (ERP). The development and execution of a CIP promotes community involvement and provides information on how community members can stay informed and share information or concerns. This is an important component to the overall success of the Navy’s Environmental Restoration Program (ERP). The CIP is based on information gathered from the community through qualitative surveys or interviews with local officials, residents, public interest groups, and other interested or affected parties to ascertain community concerns, community information needs, and how or when citizens would like to be involved in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) process. To strengthen and maintain community involvement as a useful tool for these purposes, DoD has directed installations to combine pertinent data gathered from surveys or interviews and the U.S. Bureau of the Census and various databases maintained by the military departments, defense agencies, local and tribal agencies, and other agencies to ensure that the CIP adequately characterizes the affected community and addresses community needs. To ascertain community concerns, community information needs, and how or when citizens would like to be involved in the CERCLA process, the Navy typically provides a qualitative survey several months before the development of a CIP. The survey includes multiple choice questions on areas of concern, as well as a section for open comments. The survey is typically open for one to three months. Survey respondents include local officials, residents, public interest groups, and other interested or affected parties within a specific mile range of the given ERP site. Community members are responding to the information collection to provide input for the required updated CIP. The survey is also used to solicit new RAB members and inform the Navy on community awareness and understanding of the ERP process.

The latest form for Community Environmental Concerns Survey for U.S. Navy Clean-Up Actions expires 2026-12-31 and can be found here.