EJ and Civil Rights in Permitting - Frequently Asked Questions
Pursuant to a permanent injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on August 22, 2024, EPA will not impose or enforce any disparate-impact or cumulative-impact-analysis requirements under Title VI against any entity in the State of Louisiana. Click here for additional and updated information.
In August 2022, EPA issued Frequent Questions about Environmental Justice and Civil Rights in Permitting (Interim) (pdf) (FAQs.) The FAQs provide information to federal, state, and local environmental permitting programs to help them meet their responsibilities to integrate environmental justice (EJ) and civil rights into relevant environmental permitting processes. EPA anticipates the interim version will be updated and refined as the practice of integrating EJ and civil rights into permitting advances.
We continue to invite feedback, questions, and suggestions to expand and revise the document. Please submit them here: ej.permitting@epa.gov
Public Comments on the FAQs received by EPA as of April 20, 2023 (pdf)