Fact Sheet

Restoration Advisory Board
Revised March 2011

Restoration Advisory Board

What is the Restoration Advisory Board’s mission?

The Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) RAB mission is to establish and maintain a forum with citizens and community organizations as well as local, state, and federal agencies. The focus of the forum is the exchange of environmental assessment and restoration information in an open, balanced, and interactive dialogue. The function of the RAB is to make informed recommendations to the Army and environmental agencies for remedial activities.

Who serves on the RAB?

The RAB is primarily made up of representatives from the local community. The RAB is led by two co-chairpersons—one from the Army and one from the community. Representatives from the operating contractor at RFAAP, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) attend as interested parties.

What are RAB members’ responsibilities?

RAB members

• provide advice on environmental restoration issues to RFAAP and regulatory agencies;
• participate in regular meetings (typically 1–2 hours long, three times a year);
• review, evaluate, and comment on documents;
• provide input to help shape project requirements;
• recommend priorities among sites or projects; and
• share information (informally) about the IRP with people in the community.

RAB members will also elect a RAB community co-chairperson who, along with the RAB Army co-chairperson, will determine meeting agendas, run meetings, and ensure that issues related to the environmental restoration are raised and adequately addressed.

The RAB Army co-chairperson also

• ensures that RAB membership reflects the diverse interests of the community;
• keeps meeting minutes and makes them available to interested parties; and
• develops, maintains, and uses a mailing list of people who wish to receive information on the cleanup program.