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    Environmental Justice (EJ) refers to a federal policy that requires agencies to identify and address disproportionate health or environmental effects of their policies on minority and low-income populations. Any entity administering programs or activities must identify, evaluate, and get public comment on how these may affect such populations, and propose alternatives to prevent adverse impacts. As a metropolitan planning organization, East-West Gateway is committed to ensuring compliance with EJ standards and Title VI requirements in all of its work. Minority populations and low-income populations protected under EJ include readily identifiable groups that live nearby or will be similarly affected by agency programs, policies or activities.

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    Environmental Justice (EJ) refers to a federal policy that requires agencies to identify and address disproportionate health or environmental effects of their policies on minority and low-income populations. Any entity administering programs or activities must identify, evaluate, and get public comment on how these may affect such populations, and propose alternatives to prevent adverse impacts. As a metropolitan planning organization, East-West Gateway is committed to ensuring compliance with EJ standards and Title VI requirements in all of its work. Minority populations and low-income populations protected under EJ include readily identifiable groups that live nearby or will be similarly affected by agency programs, policies or activities.

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    Just the Facts on EJ

    What is Environmental Justice?


    Environment Justice (EJ) refers to Executive
    Order 12898, the Federal government
    policy that requires all agencies identify
    and address disproportionately high and
    adverse human health or environmental
    effects of their policies, programs, and
    activities on minority and low-income
    populations.

    What does Environmental Justice


    require?
    Any entity that administers or otherwise
    engages in programs, policies, and activities
    that may affect minority or low-income
    populations should:
    identify; evaluate; and elicit public com-
    ment regarding programs, policies, and
    activities that may affect minority and
    low-income populations; and
    propose and/or provide alternative
    measures to prevent or reduce adverse
    effects on minority and low-income
    populations.

    East-West Gateways
    Environmental Justice
    commitment
    As part of its Title VI Program, it is the
    primary goal of the East-West Gateway
    Council of Governments to ensure that all
    staff, subrecipients, and service beneficiar-
    ies are aware of and comply with the
    provisions of and requirements under Title
    VI, including the federal standards and
    policies regarding Environmental Justice.
    Who is protected by EJ
    standards?
    Minority populationsany readily identi-
    fiable groups of minority persons who
    live in geographic proximity, and if cir-
    cumstances warrant, geographically
    dispersed/transient persons who will be
    similarly affected by a proposed program,
    policy or activity.
    Low-income populationsany readily
    identifiable group of low-income persons
    who live in geographic proximity, and, if
    circumstances warrant, geographically
    dispersed/transient persons who will be
    similarly affected by a proposed DOT
    program, policy or activity.

    Questions or complaints?
    If you have an EJ question or complaint
    related to an East-West Gateway program
    or project please see www.ewgateway.org
    or contact:
    Ms. Royce Bauer
    Title VI Coordinator
    East-West Gateway Council of Governments
    One Memorial Drive, Suite 1600
    St. Louis, MO 63102
    email: titlevi@ewgateway.org
    314-421-4220 618-274-2750 fax 314-231-6120
    www.ewgateway.org

    Metropolitan Planning Organization for the St. Louis Region

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