A Ten Year Retrospective on Environmental Justice: What Have We Learned?
Abstract
Beginning in 1994, Executive Order 12898 has directed federal executive agencies to identify and address, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority and low income populations. The policy behind the Executive Order was to prevent minority and low income groups from bearing disproportionate adverse environmental consequences of federal actions. During the last ten years, federal agencies have implemented Executive Order 12898, and some also have developed explicit procedures or guidance for the steps that need to be taken during the preparation of environmental impact statements. Based on the authors’ experience, the paper examines how environmental justice practice has evolved in the ten years since the original Executive Order was issued. This evolution has been both procedural and substantive. The paper examines how the actual practice of environmental justice analysis has progressed in federal agencies that deal with waste management issues. Reference is made to changes in case law and agency practice. The 2000 Census of Population and the ongoing development of geographic information systems in particular have made it easier to identify minority and low-income populations at risk. At the same time, a number of stakeholder groups have takenmore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 900546
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-43942
TRN: US0702286
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Proceedings, Waste Management 2005, February 27 – March 3, 2005, Tucson, Arizona."Global Accomplishments in Environmental and Radioactive Waste Management: Cost-Effectiveness, Risk Reduction, and Technology Implementation"
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; BEARINGS; CASE LAW; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS; EXECUTIVE ORDERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMPLEMENTATION; INCOME; LOW INCOME GROUPS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT
Citation Formats
Scott, Michael J, Jaksch, John A, and Cort, Katherine A. A Ten Year Retrospective on Environmental Justice: What Have We Learned?. United States: N. p., 2005.
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Scott, Michael J, Jaksch, John A, & Cort, Katherine A. A Ten Year Retrospective on Environmental Justice: What Have We Learned?. United States.
Scott, Michael J, Jaksch, John A, and Cort, Katherine A. 2005.
"A Ten Year Retrospective on Environmental Justice: What Have We Learned?". United States.
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title = {A Ten Year Retrospective on Environmental Justice: What Have We Learned?},
author = {Scott, Michael J and Jaksch, John A and Cort, Katherine A},
abstractNote = {Beginning in 1994, Executive Order 12898 has directed federal executive agencies to identify and address, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority and low income populations. The policy behind the Executive Order was to prevent minority and low income groups from bearing disproportionate adverse environmental consequences of federal actions. During the last ten years, federal agencies have implemented Executive Order 12898, and some also have developed explicit procedures or guidance for the steps that need to be taken during the preparation of environmental impact statements. Based on the authors’ experience, the paper examines how environmental justice practice has evolved in the ten years since the original Executive Order was issued. This evolution has been both procedural and substantive. The paper examines how the actual practice of environmental justice analysis has progressed in federal agencies that deal with waste management issues. Reference is made to changes in case law and agency practice. The 2000 Census of Population and the ongoing development of geographic information systems in particular have made it easier to identify minority and low-income populations at risk. At the same time, a number of stakeholder groups have taken positions over specific federal actions that have given rise to novel issues and challenges for analysts. The paper discusses how NEPA practice is evolving to deal with these issues and challenges.},
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year = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2005},
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