EPA’s Small Conflict Center Expected To Play Big Role In New EJ Office

Correction Appended EPA’s Conflict Prevention & Resolution Center (CPRC), a small office that was previously housed in the agency’s Office of General Counsel (OGC), will play a big role in the newly launched Environmental Justice & External Civil Rights program office, with the center’s neutral negotiators seeking to help EPA, funding recipients facing civil rights investigations, and at times, the complainants reach informal agreements to resolve discrimination complaints. The center, established in 1999, currently has only five full-time equivalents...