ASTM_E_2348_-_06_2010.pdf

Designation:E234806(Reapproved 2010)Standard Guide forFramework for a Consensus-based Environmental Decision-making Process1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2348;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide presents a framework for a stakeholder-focused Consensus-based Environmental Decision-making(CBED)process,which is a stakeholder-empowered,processto prioritize and select actions to be initiated with the goal ofoptimizing many types of environmental decisions that mayaffect a community or communities.1.2 This guide is intended to describe a highly flexibleCBED process,and therefore does not recommend a specificcourse of action for this activity.1.3 This guide is intended to assist in implementing a CBEDprocess,which allows assessing the full impact of any project-or issue-related decisions related to human health,ecological,socio-cultural or economic impacts.21.4 This guide is not intended to replace existing environ-mental decision-making or public participation processes.Itmay be used with other processes or standards that addressstakeholder involvement in environmental decision-making.1.5 LimitationsThis standard does not address the specificmethods for generating or evaluating technical data related toassessing a particular environmental issues.The user shouldseek other sources on methods to gather information forcompletion of models or other analyses that may be usedduring a CBED process.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:3E1739 Guide for Risk-Based Corrective Action Applied atPetroleum Release SitesE1984 Guide for Brownfields Redevelopment(Withdrawn2012)4E2205 Guide for Risk-Based Corrective Action for Protec-tion of Ecological Resources2.2 Other Documents:P/CCRARM(The Presidential/Congressional CommissiononRiskAssessmentandRiskManagement),1997a,Framework for Environmental Health Risk Man-agement.Final Report.Volume I.5P/CCRARM(The Presidential/Congressional Commissionon Risk Assessment and Risk Management),1997b,RiskAssessment and Risk Management in RegulatoryDecision-Making.Volume II.6Quality of Stakeholder-Based Decisions and UnderstandingRisk740CFR,Part 1501-1506,The Quality of Stakeholder-BasedDecisions:Lessons from the Case Study Record,Re-sources for the Future810CFR Part 20,NEPA and Agency Planning;Standards forProtection Against Radiation,Subpart E,RadiologicalCriteria for License Termination.83.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 affected stakeholderany individual,group,company,organization,government,tribe or other entity which may bedirectly affected by or has a stake in the outcome of the specificCBED process.3.1.2 communitya group or groups of individuals who liveor work in specific neighborhoods or regions.1This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E50 on EnvironmentalAssessment,Risk Management and Corrective Action and is the direct responsibil-ity of Subcommittee E50.05 on Environmental Risk Management.Current edition approved Sept.1,2010.Published January 2011.Originallyapproved in 2006.Last previous edition approved in 2006 as E234806.DOI:10.1520/E2348-06R10.2The CBED process is not meant to replace other processes,such as the U.S.National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA)process.The strength of the CBEDprocess is to empower the stakeholders in an organized fashion to focus on specificissues that tend to result in litigation and long delays and can be readily used inconjunction with NEPA and/or other public participation processes.3For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.4The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.5Available at http:/ at http:/ at:http:/www.rff.org/Documents/RFF-DP-00-56.pdf8Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk,DODSSP,Bldg.4,Section D,700 Robbins Ave.,Philadelphia,PA 19111-5098.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 3.1.3 consensus-based environmental decision-making(CBED)frameworka process structure that will facilitateempowering affected stakeholders in developing a CBEDprocess.3.1.4 consensus-based environmental decision-making(CBED)processa stakeholder-empowered process to assess,prioritize and select actions to initiate with the goal ofoptimizing environmental decisions with respect to humanhealth,and ecological,socio-cultural,and economic impacts.3.1.5 informed consentagreement reached by affectedstakeholders,which is obtained by a process by which affectedstakeholders(1)are involved in a participative process thatcreates common understanding of th