Department of Transportation Final Environmental Justice Strategy, 18879 [2012-7296]
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Bruce S. Schofield,
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Meeting of the Regional Resource
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Department of Transportation Final
Environmental Justice Strategy
18879
environmental_justice/ej_at_dot/dot_ej_
strategy/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Higgins, Office of Safety,
Energy, and Environment, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Transportation
Policy, telephone (202) 366–7098, or
EJ@dot.gov, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Washington DC 20590.
Issued in Washington, DC, on the 2nd day
of March 2012.
Ray LaHood,
Secretary, Department of Transportation.
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Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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The Department of
Transportation is issuing a revised
environmental justice strategy, which
sets forth DOT’s commitment to
identifying and addressing
disproportionately high and adverse
human health and environmental effects
of agency policies and activities on
minority and low-income populations.
This strategy is published as a final
document; however, it is a revision of a
previous version published in 1995, and
may be adjusted periodically in the
future to reflect new insights acquired
through implementation and changing
social and technological conditions.
The strategy has been revised in
response to an interagency
Memorandum of Understanding on
Environmental Justice (EJ MOU),
confirming the importance of addressing
environmental justice considerations in
agency programs, policies, and
activities. The strategy identifies actions
the Department intends to take to
implement Executive Order 12898,
‘‘Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low-Income
Populations’’, signed by President
Clinton on February 11, 1994. This
Executive Order directs agencies to
identify and address disproportionately
high and adverse impacts on minority
and low-income populations with
respect to human health and
environment. The EJ MOU
acknowledges the continued importance
of EJ and participating Federal agencies
pledged to review and update existing
EJ strategies. This updated EJ strategy
reflects DOT’s continued commitment
to EJ principles and to integrating those
principles into DOT programs, policies,
and activities.
The revised strategy is publicly
available on the DOT Web site at:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary of Transportation
Department of Transportation Final Environmental Justice Strategy
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation is issuing a revised
environmental justice strategy, which sets forth DOT's commitment to
identifying and addressing disproportionately high and adverse human
health and environmental effects of agency policies and activities on
minority and low-income populations. This strategy is published as a
final document; however, it is a revision of a previous version
published in 1995, and may be adjusted periodically in the future to
reflect new insights acquired through implementation and changing
social and technological conditions.
The strategy has been revised in response to an interagency
Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice (EJ MOU),
confirming the importance of addressing environmental justice
considerations in agency programs, policies, and activities. The
strategy identifies actions the Department intends to take to implement
Executive Order 12898, ``Federal Actions to Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations'', signed by
President Clinton on February 11, 1994. This Executive Order directs
agencies to identify and address disproportionately high and adverse
impacts on minority and low-income populations with respect to human
health and environment. The EJ MOU acknowledges the continued
importance of EJ and participating Federal agencies pledged to review
and update existing EJ strategies. This updated EJ strategy reflects
DOT's continued commitment to EJ principles and to integrating those
principles into DOT programs, policies, and activities.
The revised strategy is publicly available on the DOT Web site at:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/environmental_justice/ej_at_dot/dot_ej_strategy/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Higgins, Office of Safety,
Energy, and Environment, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Transportation Policy, telephone (202) 366-7098, or EJ@dot.gov, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington DC
20590.
Issued in Washington, DC, on the 2nd day of March 2012.
Ray LaHood,
Secretary, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2012-7296 Filed 3-27-12; 8:45 am]
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