How should I address Environmental Justice during the NEPA process?
You should consider and address environmental justice in NEPA compliance and appropriately document it in Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, and Categorical Exclusions. The Executive Order 12898 and the accompanying Presidential Memorandum infer that specific actions be carried out in NEPA-related activities. They include: • Analyzing environmental effects, including human health, economic, and social effects on minority populations and low-income populations when such analysis is required by NEPA; • Ensuring that mitigation measures are outlined and disproportionately high and adverse environmental effects or proposed actions on minority populations and low-income populations are addressed; • Providing opportunities for community input in the FHWA NEPA process, including identifying potential effects and mitigation measures in consultation with affected communities and improving accessibility to public meetings, official documents, and notices to affected comm
