You can contact the Office of Environmental Justice at 1-800-962-6215 or 1-202-564-2515 or you can contact the office or region you are most interested in by calling the individual listed on the EPA Contacts Page.

Executive Order 12898 (pdf 29k) requires federal agencies and its recipients to develop a strategy that prevents disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects, including social and economic effects on minority populations and low-income populations. This requirement is called environmental justice.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, “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.” Often low income communities and communities of color are disproportionately affected by environmental pollution.

Early in 1990, the Congressional Black Caucus, a bi-partisan coalition of academicians, social scientists and political activists met with EPA officials to discuss their findings that EPA was unfairly applying its enforcement inspections and that environmental risk was higher in racial minority and low-income populations.

EPA created the Office of Environmental Justice in 1992 in response to public concern and at the recommendation of the Environmental Equity Workgroup. The Office oversees the integration of environmental justice into EPA's policies, programs, and activities throughout the Agency; serves as the point of contact for environmental justice outreach and educational activities; provides technical and financial assistance.

Any adverse social, economic and environmental effects on minority populations and low-income populations must be evaluated. Examples are air, noise and water pollution and soil contamination. Other examples are listed in the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) publication Your Guide to Title VI Environmental Justice (pdf 167k) and in the Appendix of the U.S. DOT Order on Environmental Justice (5610.2) (pdf 34k).

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

The environmental justice movement was started by people, primarily people of color, who needed to address the inequity of environmental protection services in their communities. Grounded in the struggles of the 1960's civil rights movement, these citizens from every facet of life, emerged to elucidate the environmental inequities facing millions of people.

Implementing environmental justice programs at EPA has required modifying the Agency's approach to include educating its officials to recognize that certain populations who are disproportionately impacted by environmental pollution are excluded from the decision and policy making process.

The nondiscrimination requirements of Title VI extend to all programs and activities of state departments of transportation, their contractors and others. Therefore, environmental justice requirements apply to all state projects - those that involve federal funds and those that do not. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) issued the DOT Order on Environmental Justice (5610.

Because of the Agency's strong belief that all Americans regardless of race, color, national origin, or economic circumstance are important to the future of our nation and should be able to live in a clean, healthy environment, EPA Administrator Riley established the Office of Environmental Justice in 1992; Administrator Browner made environmental justice one of EPA's highest priorities and established environmental justice as one of the seven guiding principles in the Agency's strategic plan in.

EPA began developing a strategy to address environmental justice concerns prior to the signing of the Executive Order. The final document, Environmental Justice Strategy: Executive Order 12898, is consistent with the Executive Order and ensures the integration of environmental justice into the Agency's programs, policies, and activities.

For several years, EPA has sponsored an internship program with the express desire to encourage students to pursue an environmental career. The internships, which are limited to six months of duration, formalize training and provide "hands-on" experience for students. Students must be registered at a university to participate.

Please contact John Baldissera at Barretto Pacific Corporation at 800-368-1217 or via email (ir@barrettopacific.com).

The Agency is working to assure that the NEJAC provides meaningful recommendations which can directly impact national policies. In that regard, in 1999 the Agency asked the NEJAC to consider a focused approach to its meetings.

You can find more information through the US Green Building Council, an organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of green building practices, technologies, policies and standards. More information can be found at GreenClips, GreenClips Web site, or write to chrishammer@greenclips.com.

Finding out more about the health of your eye and your vision correction needs is your first step toward better eyesight. Contact Dr. Kornmehl's office at 1-877-870-2010 for an appointment and personal consultation. If your vision's refractive error falls within the range for laser surgery, more tests can be performed to determine whether you are a candidate. This information will help you determine your best options for vision correction.

The Justice Information Exchange Model (JIEM) Modeling Tool, a software package developed by SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, provides a Web-based user interface, business logic, and relational database designed to document information flow and business rules in criminal justice operational processes.

The Parlier project is one of six environmental justice pilot projects [opens in new browser window} being done by boards and departments that are part of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). The pilot projects are different from one another, and are being done around the State. DPR’s assignment was to look at pesticide use in a Central Valley town and determine if there was a health concern, especially for children.

We provide access to the all-sky CONCAM images on the main KOA UI page. For a particular date, enter the desired date in the search box. Plots of the nights temperatures, dew point, humidity, barometric presssure, and full width at half maximum of the guide star images are also available.

The WMRC Clearinghouse has many publications that teachers can use in the classroom. In particular, the following WMRC publications are designed with classroom use in mind: TN99- 031. Case, Laurie. PRODUCT LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS : Environmental activities for the classroom. Champaign, IL: Waste Management and Research Center, 1999. SCH- 011. PAINT, PAINT EVERYWHERE [Champaign, IL: Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center], 1994. (Paper copy only.

The Environmental Defense (http://www.environmentaldefense.org) and the Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov) both have excellent web sites and provide links to other environmental organizations. We encourage you to look at the web sites of environmental organizations and make the choice that is best for you.

A secure, central data warehouse (database) located at JJA Central Office in Topeka, Kansas. The data warehouse contains information on every juvenile who has had contact with a JJA local affiliate (Juvenile Intake and Assessment Centers [JIAC], Community Case Management Agencies [CCMA], Juvenile Intensive Supervised Probation Agencies [JISP] or Juvenile Correctional Facilities (JCF).

JRSA does not provide this kind of service. If you have already filed a complaint with the police/court/facility, and would like further assistance or advice, consider contacting a lawyer. You may also try contacting the Youth Law Center.

In response to a variety of concerns raised by EPA staff and the public (the Michigan Coalition, Congressional Black Caucus, and others), the EPA Administrator William Reilly formed the EPA Environmental Equity Workgroup in 1990 with staff from all EPA offices and regions across the Agency.

The permitting process differs depending on what you intend to do. If you will contact the Leon County Department of Growth and Environmental Management , Environmental Compliance Division, at 606-1300 we will be glad to arrange an appointment or discuss your project and explain the application process which applies to your project.

There are three ways to obtain shore environmental courses: NAVOSHENVTRACEN offers three environmental courses, Facility Response Training (FRT), specific to each base, Navy-on-Scene Commander/Facility Incident Commander (NOSC/FIC) and Spill Management Team Training (SMT), specific to each base. Naval School, Civil Engineer Corps Officers (CECOS) offers multiple shore environmental courses, their web site is https://www.cecos.navy.mil/ to view their course catalog and fill out a quota request.

Potential environmental risks and liabilities affect all property transactions and investment decisions. Part lla of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Law Society Contaminated Land Warning Card have highlighted the importance of obtaining high quality environmental data when carrying out property transactions.

Registration materials for new students may be picked up at Continuing Education in the Credit Department (Silver Spring, MD). Complete course registration procedures are listed on HUCE’s website: http://www.con-ed.howard.edu/. Material can also be mailed or faxed to student per request.