The Regulatory Arena Is Our Home Court
Environmental communications fails when it treats the public as an obstacle. Our team understands the regulatory process — CERCLA, RCRA, NEPA, state voluntary cleanup programs — and translates that complexity into plain language that communities can act on. We work alongside environmental engineering firms, attorneys, and regulators as a genuine team member, not a vendor brought in at the end.
Risk Communication That Earns Trust
Health concerns, property value impacts, and land reuse questions are not communications problems — they are real concerns that require honest, specific answers. We are skilled risk communicators with experience reaching general audiences, multi-ethnic communities, and organized opposition groups. Our strategies are built around what communities actually need to know, not what clients wish they would accept.
From Superfund to Brownfields
Our environmental work spans the full lifecycle: initial site discovery and community notification, ongoing public involvement through remediation, and long-term land reuse planning. We have worked on more than 40 groundwater contamination sites nationwide, including Superfund National Priorities List sites, RCRA corrective action facilities, and state-led voluntary cleanup programs.
Areas of Experience
What we bring to the engagement.
- —Water contamination and groundwater plume communications
- —Vapor intrusion — indoor air testing and community notification
- —Hazardous waste cleanup sites (Superfund and RCRA)
- —Brownfields, land use, and reuse planning
- —Health studies and risk communication
- —Asbestos cleanup and abatement
- —Lead cleanup and abatement
- —Air issues (Clean Air Act, Title V)
- —Mine siting, educational programs, and environmental cleanups
- —Nuclear waste disposal and cleanup
- —Product health and safety issues
- —Multi-ethnic and multilingual community outreach
Representative Work
Projects that demonstrate the practice.
ASARCO
Globeville Smelter Site — Superfund Community Relations
Community relations and public involvement for one of the most complex urban Superfund sites in Colorado, navigating health concerns, property impacts, and a diverse neighborhood.
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ASARCO
Leadville Mining District — RCRA Remediation Communications
Communications support for a major mining company through RCRA corrective action in a historic Colorado mining community with deep ties to the land.
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Idarado Mining Company
Idarado Mine — Environmental Cleanup & Community Relations
Public affairs and community relations for a large-scale mine cleanup in the San Juan Mountains, managing stakeholder engagement through a multi-year remediation process.
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Colorado DPHE
Rocky Flats — Public Involvement & Risk Communication
Public involvement support for one of the most high-profile nuclear cleanup sites in the country, translating complex radiological risk data for general audiences.
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Common Questions
Answers to questions we hear often.
What is an environmental communications firm?
An environmental communications firm specializes in public involvement, community relations, and media relations for organizations managing environmental sites — contamination cleanups, Superfund remediation, brownfield redevelopment, and permitting for facilities with environmental impacts. The work requires translating complex regulatory and technical information into plain language for affected communities, regulators, and media.
What is the difference between environmental PR and environmental communications?
Environmental PR typically refers to media relations and reputation management. Environmental communications is broader — it includes formal public involvement processes required by CERCLA and RCRA, community advisory groups, health risk communication, multilingual outreach, and regulatory agency coordination. Sigler does both, but the core of our environmental practice is the public involvement and risk communication work that the regulatory process requires.
Does Sigler work with environmental engineering firms?
Yes. We routinely work as part of integrated project teams alongside environmental engineering firms, remediation contractors, environmental attorneys, and regulatory agency staff. We are team players — our role is to handle the communications so the technical team can focus on the remediation.
What Superfund experience does Sigler have?
Sigler has worked on multiple Superfund National Priorities List sites, including the ASARCO Globeville smelter site in Denver and the Rocky Flats nuclear cleanup. We have also worked on RCRA corrective action facilities and state voluntary cleanup sites. Our experience spans initial community notification through long-term land reuse planning.
Can Sigler handle multilingual community outreach for environmental sites?
Yes. We have experience reaching multi-ethnic and multilingual communities in environmental communications contexts, including Spanish-speaking communities near urban contamination sites. Effective risk communication requires meeting communities where they are — in the language and format they trust.
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