FINAL Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund Site Community Involvement Plan Prepared by CDM Smith for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Land Management August 2017 Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Purpose and Goals of the Community Involvement Plan ........................................................................ 1-1 1.2 Regulatory Authority .............................................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.3 Project Structure and Roles .................................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.4 Community Involvement Plan Structure ........................................................................................................ 1-3 Section 2 Site Description .................................................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Location and Layout ................................................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.2 Physical Description ................................................................................................................................................ 2-2 2.3 Site History .................................................................................................................................................................. 2-2 2.3.3 Contamination Highlights ........................................................................................................................ 2-2 2.3.4 Current Land Use ........................................................................................................................................ 2-3 2.4 Regulatory Involvement to Date ........................................................................................................................ 2-3 2.4.1 1990s ................................................................................................................................................................ 2-3 2.4.2 2005–2014 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2-3 2.4.3 2015–2016 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2-4 Section 3 Community Profile ............................................................................................. 3-1 3.1 Demographics ............................................................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1.1 San Juan County, Colorado ...................................................................................................................... 3-1 Silverton, Colorado ...................................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.1.2 La Plata County, Colorado ....................................................................................................................... 3-3 Durango ............................................................................................................................................................ 3-4 Bayfield ............................................................................................................................................................. 3-5 Ignacio ............................................................................................................................................................... 3-6 3.1.5 Southern Ute Indian Tribe ....................................................................................................................... 3-7 3.1.6 Ute Mountain Ute Tribe ............................................................................................................................ 3-8 3.2 Community Involvement History ...................................................................................................................... 3-9 Section 4 Community Concerns and Issues ........................................................................ 4-1 4.1 Concerns Related to Technical Work ............................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.1 Clean-up Goals .............................................................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1.2 Desired Outcomes of Cleanup ................................................................................................................ 4-2 4.1.3 Other Technical Issues .............................................................................................................................. 4-2 4.2 Concerns and Issues Related to Community Involvement ..................................................................... 4-3 4.2.1 Overall Community Involvement ......................................................................................................... 4-3 4.2.2 Current Information Sources for the Site ......................................................................................... 4-4 4.3 Improving Community Involvement ................................................................................................................ 4-5 4.3.1 Content Suggestions................................................................................................................................... 4-5 4.3.2 Communication Tool Suggestions........................................................................................................ 4-5 4.3 Technical Assistance Needs .................................................................................................................................. 4-6 Section 5 Community Involvement Action Plan ................................................................. 5-1 5.1 Planned Actions ......................................................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1.1 Face-to-Face Interactions ........................................................................................................................ 5-1 i Table of Contents • Public Meetings/Open Houses ................................................................................................................ 5-2 Open Communication with Key Stakeholders ................................................................................. 5-2 Community Networking ............................................................................................................................ 5-3 Briefings of Elected Officials .................................................................................................................... 5-3 Tribal Consultations .................................................................................................................................... 5-3 5.1.2 Written Materials/News Media ............................................................................................................. 5-3 Community Involvement Plan ................................................................................................................ 5-4 Fact Sheets, Flyers, Posters and Other Materials ............................................................................ 5-4 Advertisements/Notifications ................................................................................................................ 5-4 Press Releases ................................................................................................................................................ 5-4 Project Technical Documents .................................................................................................................. 5-4 5.1.3 Electronic Media and Repositories ...................................................................................................... 5-5 Emergency Alerts and Notifications ..................................................................................................... 5-6 Social Media and Websites ....................................................................................................................... 5-6 Email List ......................................................................................................................................................... 5-6 Administrative Records and Information Repositories ............................................................... 5-6 5.2 Coordination of Community Involvement Activities ................................................................................. 5-7 Section 6 References Cited ................................................................................................ 6-1 List of Figures Figure 2.1 Site Layout ........................................................................................................................................................... 2-1 Figure 3.1 Location of San Juan County .......................................................................................................................