1. Environmental Justice Presented to the Government-wide Transportation Policy Council Lisa D. Quiveors Chair, Federal Environmental Justice Interagency Goods Movement Committee October 8, 2015

2. What is Environmental Justice? According to the USEPA, Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

3. What is Environmental Justice?  Fair treatment:  no group of people should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental or human health consequences resulting from industrial, governmental or commercial operations, or;  the development, implementation, and enforcement of laws, regulations, and policies  Meaningful Involvement:  people have an opportunity to participate in decisions about activities that may affect their environment and/or health;  the public’s contribution can influence the regulatory agency’s decision;  their concerns will be considered in the decision making process; and  the decision makers seek out and facilitate the involvement of those potentially affected

4. Environmental Justice Requirements Executive Order (EO) 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, requires each covered agency to “make achieving environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations.

5. Environmental Justice Requirements  In August 2011, sixteen federal agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and EO 12898 (EJ MOU), agreeing to make achieving environmental justice part of its mission. Department of AgricultureDepartment of Commerce Department of DefenseDepartment of Education Department of EnergyDepartment of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland SecurityDepartment of Housing and Urban Development Department of the InteriorDepartment of Justice Department of LaborDepartment of Transportation Department of Veteran's AffairsGeneral Services Administration Small Business AdministrationWhite House Offices  Annually, each agency must post to its public facing website an Environmental Justice Progress Report.

6. Environmental Justice Governance

7. EJ/Transportation Nexus  The EJMOU outlined four areas of interagency focus:  Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act;  Implementation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;  Impacts from climate change; and  Impacts from commercial transportation and supporting infrastructure (i.e., “goods movement”)  “Goods movement” refers to the distribution of freight (including raw materials, parts, and finished consumer products) by all modes of transportation, including marine, air, rail, and truck. Goods movement facilities, also called freight facilities, include seaports; airports; land ports of entry; rail yards and rail lines; highways and high truck traffic roads; and warehouse and distribution centers.

8. EJ/Transportation Nexus (examples)  Annually, $54 billion worth of goods moves across the U.S.-Mexico border. If the 24 U.S. counties along the entire border were aggregated as a 51st state, they would rank near the bottom in per capita income.  In April 1997, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued the DOT Order on Environmental Justice to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations (DOT Order 5610.2).  Transportation and Environmental Justice Case Study Booklet Transportation and Environmental Justice Case Study Booklet  In 2014, the Federal Transit Administration developed a two-day National Transit Institute EJ training course tutorial for practitioners, reviewers, and grantees.  In 2014, the USCG established an Arctic Waterway Safety Committee to ensure the concerns of Alaskan Natives on increased vessel traffic could be collaboratively addressed by all stakeholder groups.

9. Environmental Justice Resources  For more information visit  Agency Environmental Justice Website  EPA Environmental Justice Website EPA Environmental Justice Website  Federal Environmental Justice Interagency Workgroup Federal Environmental Justice Interagency Workgroup  Executive Order12898 Executive Order12898  Enivronmental Justice Memorandum of Understanding Enivronmental Justice Memorandum of Understanding

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