TCE Contamination and Cleanup Curriculum

APPENDIX A- STUDENT WORKSHEET

Government Agencies and Grassroots Organizations

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

Environmental Protection Agency

Arizona Department of Health Services

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AGENCY:

  1. Purpose and when it was founded:
  1. What power and duties does it have to ensure that a community has clean water and/or lives in a healthy environment?
  1. How could this agency deal with the problem of contaminated water?
  2. What roadblocks might this agency encounter that would deter its ability to deal with the problem effectively?

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:

  1. Purpose and when it was founded:
  1. What power and duties does it have to ensure that a community has clean water and/or lives in a healthy environment?
  1. How could this agency deal with the problem of contaminated water?
  1. What roadblocks might this agency encounter that would deter its ability to deal with the problem effectively?

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES

  1. Purpose and when it was founded:
  1. What power and duties does it have to ensure that a community has clean water and/or lives in a healthy environment?
  1. How could this agency deal with the problem of contaminated water?
  1. What roadblocks might this agency encounter that would deter its ability to deal with the problem effectively?

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS

Unified Community Action Board

Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice

Grassroots victory: Tucsonans for Clean Environment

UNIFIED COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD

  1. Identify the purpose of the organization and the date it was founded.
  1. Explain the membership breakdown of the organization: How many members? Who is involved? How are they involved; what activities do they engage in?
  1. Explain specifically the organization dealt with the issue of TCE contamination.
  1. What roadblocks might this agency encounter that would deter its ability to deal with the problem effectively?

SOUTHWEST NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

  1. Identify the purpose of the organization and the date it was founded.
  1. Explain the membership breakdown of the organization: How many members? Who is involved? How are they involved; what activities do they engage in?
  1. Explain specifically the organization dealt with the issue of TCE contamination.
  1. What roadblocks might this agency encounter that would deter its ability to deal with the problem effectively?

TUCSONANS FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT

  1. Identify the purpose of the organization and the date it was founded.
  1. Explain the membership breakdown of the organization: How many members? Who is involved? How are they involved; what activities do they engage in?
  1. Explain specifically the organization dealt with the issue of TCE contamination.
  1. What roadblocks might this agency encounter that would deter its ability to deal with the problem effectively?

Wrap-up Question: In a paragraph describe what you believe was the most effective grassroots activity and why?