Must Title VI and Environmental Justice be considered ONLY on projects requiring an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)?
No. Title VI and Environmental Justice applies to all planning and project development programs, policies and activities. In project development, environmental justice should be considered in all decisions whether they are processed with an Environmental Impact Statements (EIS’s), Environmental Assessments (EA’s), Categorical Exclusions (CE’s), or Records of Decision (ROD’s). Potential impacts to the human environment should drive the processing option decision as much as potential impacts to the natural environment. Impacts to both the natural and human environment are to be given comparable consideration throughout transportation decision making. At the scoping stage in the NEPA process, which provides early identification of public and agency issues, there should be adequate consideration of Title VI and environmental justice. Minority and low-income populations should be identified as early as possible and their concerns should be examined and addressed, preferably in planning. Bec
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- Must there be a neighborhood or community of minority, or low-income groups in order for there to be a Title VI and Environmental Justice effect?
- Must Title VI and Environmental Justice be considered ONLY on projects requiring an EIS?
- DO TITLE VI AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE APPLY TO ALL TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS?
