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NEJAC Meetings
The Charter of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) states that the advisory committee shall provide independent advice to the Administrator on areas that may include, among other things, “advice about EPA’s progress, quality and adequacy in planning, developing and implementing environmental justice strategies, projects and programs” relating to environment justice.
Information about previous NEJAC meetings is available online:
- Meeting summaries, transcripts, and/or reports from previous NEJAC meetings
- “Meeting Roundtables” to address specific issues
- "Public Dialogues" on Urban Revitalization and Brownfields Redevelopment
To get up-to-date information about future NEJAC meetings and other environmental justice information, sign up for the EPA-EJ Listserv.
Upcoming Meeting
October 21 – 23, 2008: Public Meeting, Atlanta Georgia
Purpose: The Council will participate in discussions about differential impacts of climate change, environmental justice best practices, goods movement impacts on air quality, and other topics.
- Date: Tuesday, October 21 through Thursday, 23, 2008.
- Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day unless noted otherwise
- Preliminary Agenda
- Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (10:30 am to 5:30 pm)
- PANEL: EJ Best Practices/Successes Forum
- PANEL: EJ Best Practices/Successes Forum
- Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (9:00 am to 9:30 pm)
- Dialogue with the OECA AA
- DISCUSSION: Goods Movement Final Report
- PANEL: Differential Impacts of Climate Change
- Public Comment Period
- Thursday, October 23, 2008 (9:00 am to 3:00 pm)
- REPORT BACK: EJ Screening Approaches Work Group
- PANEL: Disproportionate Factors
- NEJAC Recommendations in Action: EPA's Brownfields Program
- Updates on NEJAC Actions
- Other Committee Business
- Please pre-register
- Advance registration closes October 13. On-site registration starts October 21
- Contact: Ms. Julianne Pardi, ICF International
- Phone: (781) 676-4010
- Fax: (781) 676-4005
- Email: jpardi@icfi.com
- Public comment session:
- Wednesday, October 22, 2008 from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
- To provide a public comment, commenters must sign-up in advance or on-site to give comment
- Comments limited to five minutes
- Written comments also are encouraged
DISCLAIMER
The information, reports and recommendations listed on these pages are the products of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, an independent council created under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to provide independent advice and recommendations on the subject of environmental justice to the EPA Administrator
The information, reports and recommendations found on this site reflect the opinions and views of the independent National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, and not necessarily the views or opinions of the U.S. EPA.