EPA Draft Revision of Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis
(Washington, D.C., November 15, 2023) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking for public comment on the draft revision of the Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis. The Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis was first published in 2016. The EPA is updating it to reflect the state of the science; new peer-reviewed Agency guidance; and new terminology, priorities, and direction, including Executive Order 14096.
The purpose of this guidance is to outline analytic expectations and discuss technical approaches and methods that can be used by Agency analysts to evaluate EJ concerns for regulatory actions. This guidance builds on the EPA’s experience in evaluating environmental justice concerns within the rulemaking analytic process and underscores the EPA’s ongoing commitment to ensuring the just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
The revised draft is available here:
Information on how to submit comments for Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2013–0320 is available here in the Federal Register: Public Comment on the Revised Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis
In addition, the EPA is hosting two public webinars on the draft revised technical guidance:
Wednesday, December 6, 2:30–4:00 p.m. EST: Click here.
Meeting ID: 247 293 739 81, Passcode: SgH8rr; By phone: +1 202-991-0477,,675928201#
Tuesday, December 12, 3:00-4:30 p.m. EST: Click here.
Meeting ID: 235 355 254 937, Passcode: taoJfa; By phone: +1 202-991-0477,,487935588#
A copy of the PowerPoint presentation materials from the informational webinar can be found here:
Revised Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis (pptx)
The EPA also plans to have its Science Advisory Board (SAB) peer review the draft revised document. Information on the SAB review process can be found here: https://sab.epa.gov/ords/sab/r/sab_apex/sab/home.