Impact Methodologies

Distribution of Impacts

References

Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d-2000d-4 Pub. L. 88-352 - Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs.

Executive Order 12898 -Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, February 11, 1994; and Executive Order 12948, Amendment to Executive Order No. 12898, January 30, 1995.

FHWA has issued policy guidance on addressing environmental justice in transportation planning. (Policy Guidance Concerning Application of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to Metropolitan and Statewide Planning, Federal Register, May 19, 2000.) The FHWA Office of Environment and Planning web site contains other recent FHWA memoranda on addressing environmental justice.

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