National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

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Executive Council

The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) is a federal advisory committee that was established by charter on September 30, 1993, to provide independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on matters related to environmental justice.

To find out more about NEJAC, its function, meetings, and products, visit the areas associated with this page:

1. The following NEJAC reports, containing advice and recommendations to the Agency, are the result of its most recent meetings: a. Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process: A Report on the Public Meeting Convened by the NEJAC November 30-December 2, 1999; b. Environmental Justice and Community-Based Health Model Discussion: A report on the public meeting covened on May 23-26, 2000; c. NEJAC Report on Integration of Environmental Justice in Federal Programs: A Report on the Public Meeting Convened on Deccember 11, 12, and 14, 2000; d. Fish Consumption and Environmental Justice: A Report on the Public Meeting Convened on December 3-6, 2001; and e. Advancing Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention: A Report developed from the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Meeting of December 9-13, 2002.

2. The Executive Council met in August 2001 to: redesign the activities of the NEJAC to better fulfill its chartered advisory role; collaborate with the EPA to provide regional and other alternative mechanisms outside of NEJAC meetings for communities to bring site-specific issues to the attention of the EPA; and develop through a deliberative process that involves all stakeholders an effective work product grounded in environmental justice community issues. The issues raised and conclusions reached at the August meeting were used to construct this NEJAC Strategic Plan (PDF 419KB) to guide the work of the NEJAC through September 27, 2003.

3. To date almost two dozen NEJAC meetings/roundtable/dialogues have been held since the first in May 1994. Meeting summaries/transcripts/etc. for most meetings are available.

4. An EPA Management Team (PDF 39KB)supports the operation of NEJAC. This list is limited to those individuals who have a direct responsibility for NEJAC meetings, providing responses to issues raised by public commentors during a NEJAC meeting and other NEJAC related issues.