This booklet describes a new way that communities and companies can solve an old problem...the risk to the environment created by certain economic activities and the public’s anxiety about how...[they are] monitored and managed. Even after a company’s...project has met all legal and government regulatory requirements, its potential negative impact on environmental quality and human health...may distress people in the area...What Is a Community Environmental Monitoring Program?...Benefits of a CEMP[:]...Help to guard the environment from damage...Help the company to earn the community’s trust and support...Help reduce the stress in a community faced with what it sees as the potential tradeoff between economic benefits and environmental quality...The CEMP is...a potential model that other communities and companies...can use to provide greater assurance that potential environmental impacts of any sort will be detected, revealed, and addressed...Part II: Step-by-step Guidance...Part III: Implementation Mechanisms...Part IV: Managing Initial Implementation Processes [refers to Rio Tinto]