Fair treatment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010647",
  "term": "Fair treatment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Fair Treatment",
  "definition": "1. Fair treatment, in regards to EJ, means, no person or group should bear a greater share of negative environmental impacts that result from environmental programs.\n\n2. \"Fair treatment\" as defined on EPA's Environmental Justice Website, means that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic or a socioeconomic group, should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences from industrial, municipal and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local and tribal programs and policies.\n\n3. The principle that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic or a socioeconomic group, should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences from industrial, municipal and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local and tribal programs and policies. In implementing its programs, EPA has expanded the concept of fair treatment to include not only consideration of how burdens are distributed across all populations, but the distribution of benefits as well.",
  "subject": "Social and economic factors",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Justice Key Terms",
    "Public Involvement Terms & Definitions",
    "Environmental Justice 2020 Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fair-treatment/"
}