Thursday, April 07, 2016

Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group releases "Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews"

<> Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group releases "Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews" - The Environmental Justice (EJ) Interagency Working Group (IWG) Promising Practices report is a compilation of approaches that the NEPA Committee gleaned from an almost 4-year review of agency practices -- nine sections: Meaningful Engagement, Scoping Process, Defining the Affected Environment, Developing and Selecting Alternatives, Identifying Minority Populations, Identifying Low-Income Populations, Impacts, Disproportionately High and Adverse Impacts, and Mitigation and Monitoring.