We have discussed whether we should have a public meeting about this. We are following essentially the same process as we would if we were doing an RIFS, and we will allow public comment before issuing a Record of Decision. The reason for the community's distrust of the process is that up to this point we have been excluded from making formal comment. The community perceives the Consent Decree as a work of collusion between Westinghouse and the EPA, with the City as a willing guinea pig for an experimental technology. There is some validity to your point.
More dialog is needed, and more public involvement.
I have advocated this, but it does not seem likely at present. I know that all the parties now are interested in taking input from the community, that we want more involvement, so that this process can move forward. It is probably best to get it directly from the Court. We are having problems converting the Timeline document given to us by Westinghouse. It is in a proprietary format, and we can not even open it with the programs we have.