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Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool Grahic: Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool

The Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool is now available.

This new tool replaces the EnviroJustice Mapper with new features and new technology. It is the result of an Agency-wide work group and provides information relevant to any area in the Continental U.S. Factors relevant to environmental justice assessments generally fall into four sets of indicators, i.e., environmental, health, social, and economic. The conditions these indicators seek to illuminate include, but are not limited to: adverse health or environmental impacts, aggregate or cumulative impacts, unique exposure pathways, vulnerable or susceptible populations, or lack of capacity to participate in decision making process. As these data become available, they may be incorporated into the Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool, which when fully developed will provide the information necessary to conduct a comprehensive preliminary analysis of any area of concern. Use of buffers is incorporated into the Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool; population estimation is accomplished through the area-weighted methodology. The smallest unit of geographic resolution is the census block.

This Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool is meant to serve as a module to be incorporated on the front end (e.g., screening) of all appropriate Agency assessments. This web-based technology is currently accessible on the public access (http://www.epa.gov/enviro/ej). For more information contact Sheila Lewis (lewis.sheila@epa.gov )

 

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