EPA Offers Comprehensive Legal Roadmap On EJ But Hurdles Remain

EPA has released a comprehensive update to its Environmental Justice (EJ) Legal Tools document, the first since 2014, and while experts say it provides a detailed roadmap for advancing EJ under current authorities the agency still faces hurdles to implementing the plan, given budget and staffing issues. Even top EPA officials sought to downplay the document’s relative significance when discussing it at a National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) meeting last month in favor of other pending documents addressing EPA’s...