What are the Environmental Justice Steering Committee, the Policy Workgroup, and Environmental Justice Coordinators?
In 1994, the Agency implemented a new organizational infrastructure to integrate environmental justice into EPA’s policies, programs, and activities. This new organization created these groups to work in conjunction with the office of Environmental Justice. The Environmental Justice Steering Committee is made up of senior managers representing each of the Headquarters offices and representatives from the regions. It provides leadership and direction on strategic planning to ensure that environmental justice is incorporated into Agency operations. The Policy Workgroup is a group of high level policy staff brought together to ensure that cross-media policy development and coordination are implemented at all levels. The Environmental Justice Coordinators are the front-line staff specifically responsible to ensure policy input, program development, and implementation at regional and headquarters offices.
