Environmental Justice

The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) provides independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on matters related to environmental justice.

The following NEJAC reports contain advice and recommendations to the Agency:

• NEJAC Comments on Plan EJ 2014 (PDF) - May 2011 (11 pp, 142K)
  
  
• Enhancing Environmental Justice in EPA Permitting Programs (PDF) - May 2011 (41 pp, 337K)
  
  
• Request to Provide Advise on EPA’s Draft Stragic Plan 2011-2015 (PDF) - August 2010 (2 pp, 76K)
  
  
• Recommendations for Nationally Consistent Environmental Justice Screening Approaches (PDF) - May 2010 (109 pp, 5.69MB)
  
  
• Recommendations for EPA's Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program (PDF) - April 2010 (3 pp, 31K)
  
  
• Strategies to Enhance School Air Toxics Monitoring in Environmental Justice Communities (PDF) - April 2010 (24 pp, 134K)
  • EPA Response to Recommendations (PDF) (15 pp, XXXK)
  
  
• Reducing Air Emissions Associated With Goods Movement: Working Towards Environmental Justice (PDF) - November 2009 (48 pp, 1.9MB)
  • EPA Response to Recommendations (PDF) (128 pp, 919K)
  
  
• Strengthening the Participation of Business and Industry in Environmental Justice, Green Business, and Sustainability (PDF) - September 2008 (3 pp, 49K)
  
  
• Recommendations for EPA's State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Initiative (PDF) - October 2008 (8 pp, 76K)
  
  
• NEJAC Initial Letter Regarding the Environmental Justice Strategic Enforcement Assessment Tool (PDF) - December 2007 (3 pp, 48K)
  • EPA Response to Recommendations (PDF) (1 pg, 20K)
  
  
• Future Mechanisms to Enhance Stakeholder Involvement and Engagement to Address Environmental Justice (PDF) - August 2006 (26 pp, 211K)
  • EPA Response to Recommendations (PDF) (2 pp, 153K)
  
  
• The 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Vulnerable Populations: Recommendations for Future Disaster Preparedness/Response (PDF) - August 2006 (25 pp, 219K)
  • EPA Response to Recommendations (PDF) (6 pp, 438K)
  
  
• Unintended Impacts of Redevelopment and Revitalization Efforts in Five Environmental Justice Communities (PDF) - August 2006 (40 pp, 284K)
  • EPA Response to Recommendations (PDF) (4 pp, 234K)
  
  
• Ensuring Risk Reduction in Communities with Multiple Stressors: Environmental Justice and Cumulative Risks/Impacts (PDF) - December 2004 (178 pp, 2.6MB)

• Environmental Justice and Federal Facilities: Recommendations for Improving Stakeholder Relations Between Federal Facilities and Environmental Justice Communities (PDF) - November 2004 (94 pp, 1.4MB)

• Meaningful Involvement and Fair Treatment by Tribal Environmental Regulatory Programs (PDF) - October 2004 (68 pp, 408K)

• Advancing Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention (PDF) - June 2003 (167 pp, 1.3MB)

• Fish Consumption and Environmental Justice (PDF) - November 2002 (185 pp, 2.6MB)

• Integration of Environmental Justice in Federal Programs (PDF) - May 2002 (55 pp, 761K)

• Environmental Justice and Community-Based Health Model Discussion - February 2001 (91 pp, 1.2MB)

• Guide on Consultation and Collaboration with Indian Tribal Governments and the Public Participation of Indigenous Groups and Tribal Members in the Environmental Decision Making (PDF) - November 2000 (59 pp, 1.2MB)

• Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process: A Report from the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (PDF) - July 2000 (133 pp, 1.16MB)

• A Regulatory Strategy for Siting and Operating Waste Transfer Stations (PDF) - March 2000 (77 pp, 793K)

• Model Plan for Participation (PDF) - February 2000 (20 pp, 390K)
  • El Plan Modelo Para Participacion Publica (PDF) - Febrero de 2000 (15 pp, 156K)
    
    
• U.S. EPA/NEJAC International Roundtable on Environmental Justice on the U.S.-Border (PDF) (171 pg, 1.3MB) - August 1999
  
  
• Public Dialogues on Urban Revitalization and Brownfields: Envisioning Healthy and Sustainable Communities (PDF) - December 1996 (85 pp, 628K)
  
  
• Draft Memorandum on Integrating Environmental Justice into EPA Permitting Authority (PDF) - July 1996 (24 pp, 106K)

Other Publications and Resources

• NEJAC Factsheet - January 2010 (2 pp, 145K)
  
  
• NEJAC Charter (PDF) - September 2010 (3 pp, 18K)
  
  
• Report on the Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Roundtable (PDF) - October 1996 (48 pp, 700K)
  
  
• U.S. EPA/NEJAC Roundtable on Superfund Relocation issues (PDF) - May 1996 (62 pp, 453K)
  
  
• NEJAC: Past Meetings Summaries & Transcripts