Environmental justice

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009765",
  "term": "Environmental justice",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Environmental Justice",
  "definition": "1. The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and educational levels with respect to the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment implies that no population should be forced to shoulder a disproportionate share of exposure to the negative effects of pollution due to lack of political or economic strength.\n\n2. Use for content related to the fair treatment for people of all races, cultures, and incomes regarding the development of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Includes issuing guidance for EPA staff, performing training within the Agency, coordinating with states, Indian tribes, industry, and all stakeholders, devoting resources to environmental justice program implementation, and developing measurement tools for accountability.\n\n3. The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people--regardless of race, color, national origin, or income--in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.\n\n4. Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, culture, national origin, income, and educational levels with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of protective environmental laws, regulations, and policies.\n\n5. The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and educational levels with respect to the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.\n\n6. U.S. EPA defines environmental justice (EJ) as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment means that no group of people, including racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic groups should bear disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects resulting from Federal agency programs, policies, and activities. For more information about Region 5's efforts in this area, please link to the Region 5 Environmental Justice home page http://www.epa.gov/region5/enforcement/ej.html.\n\n7. For the purposes of this guidance, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.\n\n8. The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and educational levels with respect to the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. The fair distribution of environmental risks across socioeconomic and racial groups.\n\n9. See http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/. Environmental Justice (EJ) is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.\n\n10. The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.\n\n11. The fair distribution of environmental risks across socioeconomic and racial groups.\n\n12. The fair treatment of people of all races, incomes, and cultures with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment implies that no person or group should shoulder a disproportionate share of negative environmental impacts resulting from the execution of environmental programs. [EPA PRP Search Manual 2009 (Appendix 12): Glossary06-30-2011 at http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/cleanup/superfund/prpmanual/prp-man-app12-09.pdf]For the purposes of this guidance, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.\n\n13. Equal protection from environmental hazards for individuals, groups, or communities regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status. This applies to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies, and implies that no population of people should be forced to shoulder a disproportionate share of negative environmental impacts of pollution or environmental hazard due to a lack of political or economic strength levels.\n\n14. The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, andeducational levels with respect to the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. The fair distribution of environmental risks across socioeconomic and racial groups.\n\n15. A responsibility of each Federal agency to identify and address, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations in the United States and its territories and possessions, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands.\n\n16. Fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.\n\n17. The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. Fair treatment means that no group of people, including racial, ethnic or socioeconomic groups, should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, government and commercial operations or policies. Meaningful involvement occurs when (1) potentially affected community members have an appropriate opportunity to participate in decisions about a proposed activity that may affect their environment and/or health; (2) the public’s contribution can influence the regulatory agency’s decision; (3) their concerns will be considered in the decision-making process; and (4) the decision makers seek out and facilitate the involvement of those potentially affected.\n\n18. The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, culture, national origin, income, and educational levels with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of protective environmental laws, regulations, and policies.\n\n19. Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. This goal will be achieved when everyone enjoys: The same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards, and Equal access to the decision-making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work.",
  "abbreviation": "EJ",
  "subject": "Social and economic factors",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "EPA Terminology Services",
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms",
    "Environmental Justice Key Terms",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Underground Injection Control Terms",
    "School Siting Guidelines Glossary",
    "Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources",
    "Superfund Acronyms",
    "Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) Glossary",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 2008 Glossary",
    "Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary",
    "EPA Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources: Progress Report at http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/pdfs/hf-report20121214.pdf",
    "DOE Glossary of Terms Related to CERCLA, EPCRA, PPA, RCRA and TSCA at http://homer.ornl.gov/sesa/environment/guidance/cercla/gloss97.pdf",
    "Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) Glossary; EPA https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice",
    "Economic Analyses Glossary; Preparing Economic Analyses Glossary",
    "Environmental Justice 2020 Glossary",
    "How's My Waterway Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/environmental-justice/"
}