United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Administration and
Resources Management
(3103)
EPA/200-F-95-012-
August 1995
Office of Environmental Justice
&EPA Environmental Justice
Fact Sheet
EnvironmentalJustice at EPA
ESTABLISHING AN INFRASTRUCTURE. In
1992, EPA created the Office of Environmental Justice to
coordinate the Agency's effort to address environmental justice
issues. Since that time the Administrator has made
environmental justice one-of the^agency's top priorities and has
"... embarked on a mission to develop a new system of
environmental protection: one that builds on the strengths of the ...
past 25 years but overcomes the deficiencies of the past; one that
works community by"commur5R'1o prevent pollution, rathefthan
wait to clean it up after the fact." To do this EPA created a
strong innrastmcrare to integrate environmental justice into
EPA's policies, programs and activities. As a first step each
region and headquarters office was asked to appoint an
Environmental Justice Coordinator (see attached list of EJ
Contacts) to serve as front-line staff specifically responsible for
ensuring that environmental justice is included in policy input,
program development, and implementation; the Policy Working
Group, a group of high level policy staff, was formed to ensure
that cross-madia policy development and coordination occurs at
all levels; and the Executive Steering Committee, senior
managers at EPA, was established to provide leadership and '
direction on strategic planning to ensure that environmental
justice is incorporated into Agency operations. A time line of
the Major Environmental Justice Events is attached. Complete
and return the attached mailing list form to be placed on the
Environmental Justice Mailing List for announcements.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 12898 "Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-
Income Populations" was signed February 11, 1994, to focus
federal attention on the environmental and human health
conditions of minority populations and low-income populations
with the goal of achieving environmental protection for all
communities. The Order directed federal agencies to develop
environmental justice strategies. The Order established an
Interagency Working Group (1WG) chaired by EPA and
comprised of the heads of eleven departments/agencies and . .
several White House offices. These .include the EPA, the
Departments of Justice, Defense, Energy, Labor, Interior, .
Transportation, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development,
Commerce, and Health and Human Services, the Council on
Environmental Quality, the Office of Management and Budget,
the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Domestic
Policy Council, and the Council of Enconomic Advisors.
Strategic plans may be obtained by calling 513-489-3190.
OBTAINING STAKEHOLDER ADVICE. To ensure that
the Agency receives significant input from affected stakeholders,
the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC),'
a Federal Advisory Committee, was established. The NEJAC is
comprised of 25 members and six sub-committees with 5-10
additional members each, all appointed from key environmental
justice constituencies. The purpose of this group is to provide-
consensus advice on a variew of documents, which include the
Agency's environmental justice agenda, the Environmental
Justice Strategic Plan, the-Environmental Justice Annual Report,
and other Agency materials. Tie NEJAC meets 2-3 times a year
throughout the country 'io receive comments from local citizens
and community groups on the state of the environment in local
areas. ' ;
INTERNS. For the past three years, EPA has sponsored a
summer intern program: with the express desire to encourage
students to pursue an environmental career. The internships,
which are limited to six'months duration, formalize training and
provide "hands-on" experience for students. Students must be
registered at a university to participate. Last year 120 students
interned at EPA faciliti«s across the country, this year more than
200 students are training at headquarters, regional offices and
laboratories. \
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COMMUNITY GRANTS. Two grant programs assist
communities and tribal governments in addressing local
environmental concerns;. A small grants to communities
program awarded 64 grants of act more than S10.000 each in
1994 and 170 grants ofS20,000 or less in 1995. The second
program is limited to partnerships between communities and
universities. The partntprships must be formal agreements
faer.veen a university and at least one socio-economically
disadvantaged community, which is adversely impacted by an
environmental hazard. These initiatives increase environmental
awareness, expand outreach, and provide training and education
to resolve environmental problems such as exposure to
environmental pollutants.
For Current Activities Call 1-800-962-6215
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Environmental Justice Contacts
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONTACT T.TSTTNO as nf nPfPmiher 04, 1995
USKPA - HKADQirARTRKK CONTACTS-
401 M Street S.W., Washington, B.C. 20460
Use Mail Code (MC) for Each Office.
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR MC-1101
Lilly Lee-202/260-8852
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Dr. Clarice E. Gaylord - MC-3103
800/962-6215, 202/260-6357
FX 202/260-0852
AMERICAN INDIAN ENVIRONMENTAL
OFFICE - MC-3103
Elizabeth Bell; 202/260-8106 FX202/260-0852
OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION
MC-6101
Will Wilson; 202/260-5574 FX202/260-0253
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS - MC-1201
Rosezella Canty-Letsome; 202/260-4567
FX202/260-4580
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION,
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
MC-1702
Doretta Reaves; 202/260-3534 FX202/260-0130
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE - MC-2201
Sherry Milan; 202/260-9807 FX202/260-7553
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
MC-2378
Mary O'Lone; 202/260-5313 FX202/260-8393
OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND
EVALUATION - MC-2125
Janice Bryant; 202/260-2730 FX202/260-0174
OFFICE OF PREVENTION, PESTICIDES &
TOXIC SUBSTANCES - MC-7405
Carol Christensen; 202/260-8129 FX202/260-
8850
OFFICE OF REGIONAL OPERATIONS &
STATE/LOCAL RELATIONS - MC-1502
Janice Berry-Chen; 202/260-3870
FX 202/260-9365
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT - MC-8105
Lawrence Martin; 202/260-0673
FX202/260-0507
OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE - MC-5101
Dana Brewington; 202/260-4610
FX202/260-3527
OFFICE OF WATER - MC-4102
Sandra Germann; 202/260-5410
FX202/260-7923
11SKPA - RF.GJON CONTACTS- FAX-
USEPA, REGION 1
Rhona Julien; 617/565-9454 617/565-3415
One Congress Street, 1 Oth Floor
Boston, MA 02203-0001
USEPA, REGION 2
MelvaHayden; 212/637-5027 212/637-5024
290 Broadway, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10007
USEPA, REGION 3
Reginald Harris; 215/597-6529 215/597-8255
841 Chestnut Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
USEPA, REGION 4
Vivian Malone-Jones;
404/347-3555, Ext.6764 404/347-3721
345 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30365
USEPA, REGION 5
Karla Johnson; 312/886-5993 i 312/886-2737
77 West Jackson Blvd. MC T-175
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
USEPA, REGION 6
Shirley Augurson; 214/665-22^00 214/665-2146
First Interstate Bank, at Front PI.
1445 Ross Ave., 12th Floor, Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
USEPA, REGION 7
Rupert Thomas; 913/551-7282 913/551-7925
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101 ;
USEPA, REGION 8
Elisabeth Evans; 303/312-6053 303/312-6558
999 18th Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202-2405
USEPA, REGION 9
Lori Lewis; 415/744-1561 415/744-1605
75 Hawttene Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
USEPA, REGION 10
Joyce Crosson-Kelly; 206/553-4029 206/553-6647
Planning and Evaluation Branch
1200 Sixth Avenue (MD-142) i
Seattle, WA 98101
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