Determining disproportionate impacts in environmental justice evaluations: Wilmington Bypass, Wilmington, North Carolina
- URS Greiner, Raleigh, NC (United States)
- North Carolina Dept. of Transportation, Raleigh, NC (United States)
Among the common mandates of agency guidelines implementing Executive Order (EO) 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, is the determination of whether or not the subject action or project will cause disproportionate impacts to minority or low-income populations. This determination is often troublesome because it requires the analyst to know or define disproportionate impacts. This paper provides a method to define disproportionate within the context of an environmental justice evaluation that was conducted for the Wilmington Bypass environmental impact statement (EIS) and completed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and URS Greiner for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Particular emphasis is given to the use of available Census demographic and socioeconomic data and graphical display of these data with the use of a Geographic Information System. Impact evaluations and mitigative responses for issues scoped as relevant for the environmental justice analysis concludes the discussion. Conclusions and recommendations for further study are provided.
- OSTI ID:
- 500796
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9705100-; TRN: IM9732%%24
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 22. annual conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, Orlando, FL (United States), 19-23 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 22. annual conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals; Daugherty, J.R. [ed.] [NOAA/NSSL, Boulder, CO (United States)]; PB: 1118 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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