PLAN EJ 2014
 

INFORMATION TOOLS DEVELOPMENT
 

(EJ SCREEN PROJECT)
 

DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
 

Led by
 

Office of Policy
 

Plan EJ 2014 is EPA’s roadmap to integrate

environmental justice (EJ) into its programs and policies.

2014 represents the 20th anniversary of the signing of

Executive Order 12898 on environmental justice.
                   

     

                             

   

Comments regarding the Information Tools Development Draft Implementation Plan can

be submitted on Regulations.gov.

For more information on Plan EJ 2014, visit the US EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice

website at: http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/plan‐ej/index.html.
                   

                             

                        

                               

                            

                           

   

   

                             

          

                                    

                           

                     

                            

                           

  

  

                    

                         

                

                    

                      

                

                    

                               

           

                          

         

Plan EJ 2014: Information Tools Development Draft Implementation Plan, March 1, 2011

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Under Plan EJ 2014, EPA has committed to develop a nationally consistent screening tool to

enhance environmental justice (EJ) analysis and decision‐making. As a result of this effort,

increased consistency of data and methods will be brought to EJ screening work across EPA, and

communities will have a better understanding of how EPA screens for potential EJ concerns. This

work is a specific element of Plan EJ 2014 and furthers the Administrator’s environmental justice

priority.

1.1 Goal

EPA seeks to make a nationally consistent screening tool available to all Program Offices and

Regions within three years.

1.2 Organizational Structure

The Office of Policy has the lead on this project. The project is overseen by a steering committee

comprised of Assistant Administrators or their designees from the Office of Policy, Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance/Office of Environmental Justice, the Office of Research

and Development, the Office of Environmental Information, and Regions 7, 8, and 9. In addition, a

staff level workgroup meets regularly and has participation from nearly every Program Office and

Region.

2.0 IMPLEMENTATION

 Activity 1: Hold regular staff workgroup and project steering committee meetings.
 

 Activity 2: Develop a set of options to present to Senior Agency Officials.
 

 Activity 3: Create a working prototype of screening tool.
 

 Activity 4: Update the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council on progress.
 

 Activity 5: Obtain peer review and public comment on a prototype tool.
 

 Activity 6: Revise the screening tool based on comments.
 

 Activity 7: Incorporate the screening tool into EPA’s common mapping platform.
 

2.1 Adjustments

Adjustments to the prototype tool may be made after public comment, after peer review, and in

response to feedback from early users.

3.0 DELIVERABLES

A detailed schedule of deliverables has yet to be developed for this project.

3.1 Reports

For information, please contact: Glynis Hill, 202‐564‐1139, hill.glynis@epa.gov.

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