Environmental Justice
& Planning
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NOTE TO USERS: Most of the sites
provided in the planning topic pages are either from government, non-profit,
or educational agencies; however, some of the sites are commercial and are
included because of the array of materials provided in the site. The planning
topic pages are provided as a public service and are not meant to endorse
one site over another nor to endorse any commercial enterprise. Site suggestions
are welcome, although all suggestions will go through a screening process.
In order to suggest a site for inclusion, email the planning department webmaster.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
- Civil Rights Act
of 1964: 42 USC 2000(d)-2000(d)(1)--Title VI--Nondiscrimination in Federally
Assisted Programs.
- Civil
Rights Restoration Act of 1987: 20 USC 1681
- The National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969
- Federal Aid Highway
Act of 1970: 23 United States Code--Title 23, Section 109 Standards
- Federal Actions
to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations:
Executive Order 12898 (1994, Clinton)
- Department
of Transportation (DOT) Order To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations
and Low-Income Populations (1997)
- FHWA
ACTIONS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MINORITY POPULATIONS AND LOW-INCOME
POPULATIONS 6640.23 December 2, 1998
- Implementing
Title VI Requirements in Metropolitan and Statewide Planning Date: October
7, 1999
- Title
49--Transportation Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation PART
21--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION--EFFECTUATION
OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
- 23 United States
Code -- Section 140 Title 23 - Highways Section 140 - Nondiscrimination
- 23 Code of
Federal Regulations 200.5 (Title VI Definitions) Title 23 - Highways Part 200--Title
VI Program & Related Statutes--Implementation & Review Procedures
- Uniform Relocation Assistance
and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 as amended (1)Public
Law 91-646 91st Congress, S. 1 January 2, 1971 (2)As amended by Public Law 100-17,
Apr. 2, 1987, Title IV, Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987.) (3)As amended
by Public Law 102-240, Dec. 18, 1991, Sec. 1055, Relocation Assistance Regulations
Relating to the Rural Electrification Administration.) (4)As amended by Public
Law 105-117, Nov 21, 1997, Sec.104; an Alien not lawfully present in the United
States)
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IMPACTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT OF 1987 ON FHWA PROGRAMS N 4720.6
September 2, 1992
- TITLE VI
LEGAL MANUAL U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division P.O. Box 65560
Washington, D.C. 20035-6560 SEPTEMBER, 1998
- COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
(Established under NEPA)
- FEDERAL
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LINKS PAGE
NOTE: While the page provides links to a broad range of non-profit, non-government,
government organizations, the page is somewhat out of date (last updated 25
January 2002). In the intervening time, some government sites and agencies (most
notably the EPA's Environmental Justice National
Environmental Justice Advisory Council--a federal advisory committee established
in 1993 to "provide independent advice, consultation, and recommendations"
to the EPA on matters of Environmental Justice-- has since been collapsed into
the EPA's Office of Envorcement and Compliance Assurance.
- CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
CCAEJ's projects include the Rural Communities Initiative (Desert Protection
Project, Pesticide Organizing Project, and Community Awareness and Monitoring
Project), Safe Schools Project, Community Awareness and Monitoring Project,
Communities at Risk Network, Money and Politics, and Chemicals and Community
Health. While much of the material and the organizations projects focus on California,
the site does offer a range of information on a broad range of community centered
issues (park development, sustainable communities, and risk assessment).
- U.S.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PAGE
- THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
INFORMATION PAGE (University of Michigan)
Includes a working definition and the history of the environmental justice
movement. The site also provides a collection of terms; access to court cases,
reports, and articles; and a list of applicable site links. While the site provides
a reasonably good introduction, the site has not been updated since 1997, so
the materials, especially court cases and links, will be out of date.
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESOURCE
CENTER (Clark Atlanta University)
Site housed under the Federal Environmental Protection Agency,
including access to the landview mapping tool, brownfield information, and a
broad range of federal reports, news, legislation, and publications. Most of
the materials are available both as PDF and HTML files.
TOOLS
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ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE DATABASE.
A searchable bibliography from the University of Michigan.
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SCORECARD
An Information service provided by Environmental Defense and
the US Department of Transportation. The site provides a zip-code specific assessment
of air and water pollutants and a list of the primary pollutants and polluters.
  
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Last Updated: 23 January, 2008
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