EPA's environmenal justice policy is based on the premise that intentional or institutional racism has resulted in siting of industrial facilities and environmental hazards in low-income and minority communities. In the spring of 1998, EPA issued an Interim Guidance for investigating Title VI of ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA has been a leader in investing in research and establishing investigative courses for gaining insights into the human health and environmental impact of nanotechnology based products since 2001. The organization’s Science Policy Council established a cross...
Similar action to craft policy on the basis of environmental justice concerns was carried out in states like New York and Texas. A 1992 EPA report supported some of the claims regarding the exposure of racial minorities to high levels of pollution, but it linked together race and class in ...
The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc (Transocean) for alleged violations of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Gulf of Mexico - Outer Contine...
The creation of the EPA was one of several significant events with respect to the environment that took place in 1970, with the first Earth Day commemorations having been held in April of that year and the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which had been passed ...
PARK CITY, UT -- EPA Administrator Michael Regan is poised to announce the creation of a new program office combining the agency’s existing environmental justice (EJ) and civil rights offices that will be co-equal with the current media-specific programs, fulfilling a long-standing Biden ...
In June 1990, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) issued a Final Penalty Policy for addressing violations of 302, 303, 304, 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compe...
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EPA’s new draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2022-2026 is winning praise because it prioritizes environmental justice (EJ) and civil rights for the first time, though sources also note that the deadline for every planned action is not until 2026, raising doubts about whether the Biden ...
Scientists at the EPA may also spend a good bit of time writing protocols for how policies should be reviewed or writing research findings that may impact how a policy comes together. But the EPA doesn't do everything in-house; consulting for the EPA is another way to impact the agency...