prepare a communications plan that defines the roles and responsibilities of the shipper, stakeholders, and other parties in providing accurate information on the shipment or shipping campaign to the media and the public in a timely manner. The plan should also identify points of contact and spokespersons of the shipper, affected stakeholders, and other parties (e.g., CSG Midwest). In lieu of recurring communications plans for enduring shipping campaigns, WIPP assists stakeholders through its cooperative agreements by providing funding, materials, and technical/ program support for participating states to conduct public outreach activities regarding transuranic waste shipments. Stakeholders take different approaches to providing the public with information on shipments. Some respond to inquiries while others disseminate information on a routine basis along the proposed routes. Regardless of the approach, these stakeholder- led public information programs benefit from fact sheets and other information provided by the shipper. To the extent practicable, shippers should make use of currently available public information on radioactive material transportation, supplementing these materials with shipment-specific information. Shipment-specific fact sheets should be made available for all significant shipping campaigns, with different versions prepared for different audiences (e.g., emergency responders versus the general public). The Midwestern states encourage shippers to follow the guidelines in the National Transportation Stakeholders Forum’s “DOE Site-Specific Transportation Campaign Fact Sheet Development Guide.” Draft versions of new materials should be distributed to the states for review and comment. This document can be found at https://csgmidwest.org/about-us/mrmtp/ project-resources. The Midwestern states may develop their own public information programs regarding the transport of radioactive material. In responding to inquiries from the media or the public,
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