535: ENSURING GREENHOUSE GAS FUNDS FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
CALENVIROSCREEN VERSION 2.0 OCT. 2014 Broad picture of the relative burdens in California communities from pollution Indicators of environmental conditions and population vulnerability (19) Census tract scale Guidance on uses of 2 tool
DEVELOPMENT OF CALENVIROSCREEN California EJ Statutes 1999-2000
Advisory Committee Recommendati ons & CalEPA EJ Action Plan
Cumulative Impacts Work Group 2008-2013
2004
CalEnviroSc reen Public Versions
Workshops and Consultatio n Processes
Proposed Screening Tool
2013-2014
2010-2013
2010 3
CALENVIROSCREEN MODEL Burden of Pollution
Population Characteri stics
Exposures
Sensitive Populations
Environmental Effects
Socioeconomi c Factors
CALENVIROSCREEN 2.0 INDICATORS
Exposures Ozone PM 2.5 Diesel PM
Environmental Effects
Sensitive Populations
Cleanup sites Children and
elderly Groundwater threats
Pesticide use Impaired
waters Toxic releases Solid waste from facilities sites and Traffic density facilities Drinking Hazardous water quality waste facilities and generators
Asthma ER visits
Socioeconomi c Factors Educational attainment Linguistic isolation
Low birth Poverty weight infants Unemploymen t
CRITERIA FOR INDICATOR
SELECTION Contributes to understanding the component Widespread environmental concerns Population characteristics that may influence vulnerability to pollution
Publicly available Location-based Good quality e.g., covers the state, accurate, current
SCORING METHOD Each census tract is scored for each indicator. For example, 75% percentile is higher than 75% of other census tracts in California.
CalEnviroScreen score is calculated
by combining all indicator scores. Allows comparison of different areas. 7
EXAMPLE: TRAFFIC DENSITY INDICATOR
Data source: California Environmental Health Tracking Programs Traffic Volume Linkage Tool Caltrans Highway Performance Monitoring System
Raw data: Traffic volumes along predefined road segments
Indicator: Traffic density within 150 meters of census tract boundary (vehicle-km/hr/km)
TRAFFIC DENSITY RESULTS
EXAMPLE: CLEANUP SITES INDICATOR
Data source: EnviroStor Cleanup Sites Database California Department of Toxic Substances Control & US EPA National Priorities List
Raw data: Facility locations and site boundaries Indicator: Weight sites by type and status www.epa.gov
e.g., Federal Superfund, State
Response, etc. categories.
Adjust for proximity to people.
Add together weighted cleanup sites within each census tract. 10
CLEANUP SITES INDICATOR RESULTS
Percentiles calculated across census tracts based on buffered, weighted cleanup sites, data was symbolized into deciles.
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CALENVIROSCREEN 2.0 RESULTS
CALENVIRO SCREEN VERSION 2.0 RESULTS STATEWIDE
IROSCREEN 2.0 RESULTS: GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RESULTS
CalEnviroScreen Report Maps for individual indicators Description of each indicator
Mapping Tool Online maps of results
Other data Excel spreadsheet of results by census tract Google Earth file ArcGIS geodatabase
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RACE/ETHNICITY AND INDICATORS VALUES
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RACE/ETHNICITY AND INDICATORS VALUES
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USING CALENVIROSCREEN SB 535 (DE LEN, 2012)
>10%
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan
Projects located in disadvantaged communities
>25%
Projects that benefit disadvantaged communities
CalEPA shall identify disadvantaged
communities for investment opportunities based on geographic, socioeconomic, public health and environmental hazard criteria. 20
SB 535 DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN
GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA
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USING CALENVIROSCREEN Ongoing planning and decisionmaking within CalEPA EJ Small Grant Program EJ Compliance and Enforcement Working Group Trainings and outreach
