Primary Sources: NEJAC Recommendation Reports

Primary Sources: NEJAC Recommendation Reports

This page duplicates text and links of a page on the EPA’s website copied March 20, 2025: https://www.epa.gov/faca/nejac-recommendation-reports.

The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) provides independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on matters related to environmental justice.  Since 1993, NEJAC has provided a valuable forum for discussions about integrating environmental justice into EPA’s programs, policies, and activities. The NEJAC has worked to shape agency policy including recommendations from the 1996 Brownfields report on Unintended Impacts from Revitalization that created the national Brownfields conference, as well as the 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Vulnerable Populations Recommendations that helped shape the agency response to the Gulf Oil Spill.


Recommendation Reports

The following NEJAC reports and letters contain advice and recommendations to the Agency. You also may ​Search all NEJAC Recommendations:

DateTitle
October 2024NEJAC Recommendations for Reducing Cumulative and Disproportionate Impacts and Burdens in Environmental Justice Communities (pdf) (3.66 MB) EPA Response to Cumulative and Disproportionate Impacts and Burdens Recommendations (pdf) (144.24 KB)
May 2024​​​​​​​NEJAC Farmworkers and Pesticides Workgroup Letter of Recommendation (pdf) (4.62 MB) EPA Response to NEJAC Farmworkers and Pesticides Letter (pdf) (136.13 KB)
August 2023NEJAC Water Infrastructure TA Letter of Recommendations (pdf) (573.59 KB) NEJAC NEPA Training Letter of Recommendations (pdf) (420.88 KB) EPA Response to NEJAC NEPA Training Recommendations Letter (pdf) (352.67 KB)
December 2022NEJAC Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Letter of Recommendations (pdf) (407.89 KB)
December 2022NEJAC Finance and Investments Letter of Recommendations (pdf) (473.86 KB)
November 2022NEJAC Air Quality and Community Monitoring (AQCM) Workgroup Letter of Recommendations (pdf) (682.32 KB)
October 2021Administrator Regan’s Response to the NEJAC “100 Day Letter” (pdf) (26.58 MB)
July 2021NEJAC “100 Day Letter” to EPA Administrator Regan (Recommendations and Call to Action) (pdf) (383.5 KB)
May 2021Superfund Remediation and Redevelopment for Environmental Justice Communities May 2021 Report (pdf) (1.19 MB)
February 2020NEJAC Superfund Working Group Phase 1 Report February 2020 (pdf) (489.8 KB)
August 2019NEJAC Letter Regarding Aboveground Storage Tanks (pdf) (283.55 KB) EPA Response to NEJAC Letter Regarding Aboveground Storage Tanks (pdf) (192.73 KB)
August 2019NEJAC Letter Regarding Data Limitations (pdf) (219.13 KB)
August 2019NEJAC Letter Regarding NEPA (pdf) (320.05 KB) EPA Response to the NEJA National Environmental Policy Act Letter (pdf) (91.82 KB) ​​​​​​​
August 2019NEJAC Letter Regarding the PFAS Action Plan (pdf) (287.53 KB) EPA Response to NEJAC Letter Regarding PFAS Action Plan (pdf) (261.87 KB)
May 2019EPA Response to the 2019 Public NEJAC Meeting (pdf) (167.55 KB)
May 2019NEJAC Letter Regarding Ethylene Oxide (pdf) (284.78 KB) EPA Response to NEJAC Letter Regarding Ethylene Oxide (pdf) (410.89 KB)
May 2019NEJAC Letter on Risk Management Programs (pdf) (249.23 KB)

EPA Response to NEJAC Letter on Risk Management Programs. (pdf) (195.88 KB)
March 2019NEJAC Report – EPA’s Role in Addressing the Urgent Water Infrastructure Needs of Environmental Justice Communities EPA Response to NEJAC’s Report entitled EPA’s Role in Addressing the Urgent Water Infrastructure Needs of Environmental Justice Communities (April 2019)
Dec 2018Letter from the NEJAC to EPA Administrator on Worker Protection Standards
Dec 2018Letter from the Chair of NEJAC to EPA Administrator to request formal meeting EPA Response to Meeting Request (February 2019)
Jul 2018Recommendations from Youth Perspectives on Climate Change EPA Response to Recommendations (September 2018)
Aug 2017Recommendations and Guidance for EPA to Develop Monitoring Programs in Communities
Jul 2017Letter from the Chair of NEJAC to EPA Administrator
Jul 2017Letter from NEJAC to EPA Administrator Regarding the Worker Protection Standard
Jul 2017Letter from NEJAC to EPA Administrator Regarding Exposures Found at Discount Retail Stores
Jul 2017Letter from NEJAC to EPA Administrator Concerning Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jul 2017Letter from NEJAC to EPA Administrator with Recommendations for Addressing the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis
May 2015Proposed Recommendations for Promoting Community Resilience in Environmental Justice Industrial Waterfront Areas
Sep 2014Proposed Advice and Recommendations on Implementation of the EPA Policy on Environmental Justice for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
Jun 2014Recommendations for Integrating Environmental Justice into the EPA’s Research Enterprise EPA Response to Recommendations
Feb 2014Recommendations Regarding the January 2014 Chemical Spill in Charleston, West Virginia EPA Response to Recommendations
  • See also previous years’ reports:
DateTitle
May 2013Recommendations Regarding EPA Activities to Promote Environmental Justice in the Permit Application Process
Feb 2013Letter Recognizing the Accomplishments of Administrator Jackson in Advancing Environmental Justice
Jan 2013Model Guidelines for Public Participation: An Update to the 1996 NEJAC Model Plan for Public Participation
Jan 2013Recommendations for the Work Draft of EPA Policy on Environmental Justice for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
Jan 2013Recommendations for Fostering Environmental Justice for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
Mar 2012Recommendations for the Prevention of Chemical Plant Disasters EPA Response to Recommendations
Nov 2011Recommendations for EPA’s Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
Jul 2011Recommendations for Ensuring Long-Term Engagement of Communities in Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration
May 2011NEJAC Comments on Plan EJ 2014
May 2011Enhancing Environmental Justice in EPA Permitting Programs
Aug 2010Request to Provide Advise on EPA’s Draft Strategic Plan 2011-2015
May 2010Recommendations for Nationally Consistent Environmental Justice Screening Approaches
Apr 2010Recommendations for EPA’s Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
Apr 2010Strategies to Enhance School Air Toxics Monitoring in Environmental Justice Communities EPA Response to Recommendations
Nov 2009Reducing Air Emissions Associated With Goods Movement: Working Towards Environmental Justice EPA Response to Recommendations
Aug 2009Advice letter Rejecting the Use of Variances for Small Drinking Water Systems (pdf) (168.21 KB)
Sep 2008Strengthening the Participation of Business and Industry in Environmental Justice, Green Business, and Sustainability
Oct 2008Recommendations for EPA’s State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Initiative
Dec 2007NEJAC Initial Letter Regarding the Environmental Justice Strategic Enforcement Assessment Tool EPA Response to Recommendations
Aug 2006Future Mechanisms to Enhance Stakeholder Involvement and Engagement to Address Environmental Justice EPA Response to Recommendations
Aug 2006The 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Vulnerable Populations: Recommendations for Future Disaster Preparedness/Response EPA Response to Recommendations
Aug 2006Unintended Impacts of Redevelopment and Revitalization Efforts in Five Environmental Justice Communities EPA Response to Recommendations
Dec 2004Ensuring Risk Reduction in Communities with Multiple Stressors: Environmental Justice and Cumulative Risks/Impacts
Nov 2004Environmental Justice and Federal Facilities: Recommendations for Improving Stakeholder Relations Between Federal Facilities and Environmental Justice Communities
Oct 2004Meaningful Involvement and Fair Treatment by Tribal Environmental Regulatory Programs
Jun 2003Advancing Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention
Nov 2002Fish Consumption and Environmental Justice
May 2002Integration of Environmental Justice in Federal Programs
Feb 2001Environmental Justice and Community-Based Health Model Discussion
Nov 2000Guide on Consultation and Collaboration with Indian Tribal Governments and the Public Participation of Indigenous Groups and Tribal Members in the Environmental Decision Making
Jul 2000EPA-Environmental Justice in The Permitting Process: A Report from the Public Meeting on Environmental Permitting Convened by the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, Arlington, Virginia (pdf) (2.73 MB)
Mar 2000A Regulatory Strategy for Siting and Operating Waste Transfer Stations (pdf) (540.89 KB)
Feb 2000EPA-Model Plan for Public Participation (pdf) (389.2 KB) El Plan Modelo Para Participacion (en Espanol) (pdf) (156.28 KB)
Dec 1996  EPA – Environmental Justice, Urban Revitalization, and Brownfields: The Search For Authentic Signs of Hope (pdf) (627.71 KB)
Jul 1996EPA – Memo on Integrating EJ into EPA Permitting Authority (pdf) (97.74 KB)

EPA/NEJAC Roundtable Meetings

The following reports contain general advice to the Agency; they do not reflect formal consensus recommendations.

DateLocationContent
U.S. EPA/NEJAC Roundtable on Environmental justice in the U.S.-Mexico border region
August 19 – 21, 1999Region 9, National City, CaliforniaEPA-Border Environmental Justice Report (pdf) (1.25 MB)
U.S. EPA/NEJAC Roundtables on Enforcement issues in EPA
December 11 – 13, 1997Region 4 in Durham, North CarolinaRegion 4 Roundtable
October 17 – 19, 1996San Antonio TexasEPA – Report of the Env. Justice Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Region 6 Roundtable (pdf) (703.68 KB)
U.S. EPA/NEJAC Roundtable on Superfund Relocation issues
May 2 – 4, 1996Pensacola, FLEPA – Proceedings: Superfund Relocation Roundtable Meeting, May 2-4, 1996, Pensacola, FL (pdf) (453.73 KB)
*EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response maintains an index of Superfund Relocation Information; if you wish more information about relocation issues and policy.

Other NEJAC Correspondence

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.

Previous Years’ Reports:

DateTitle
May 2013Recommendations Regarding EPA Activities to Promote Environmental Justice in the Permit Application Process
Feb 2013Letter Recognizing the Accomplishments of Administrator Jackson in Advancing Environmental Justice
Jan 2013Model Guidelines for Public Participation: An Update to the 1996 NEJAC Model Plan for Public Participation
Jan 2013Recommendations for the Work Draft of EPA Policy on Environmental Justice for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
Jan 2013Recommendations for Fostering Environmental Justice for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
Mar 2012Recommendations for the Prevention of Chemical Plant Disasters EPA Response to Recommendations
Nov 2011Recommendations for EPA’s Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
Jul 2011Recommendations for Ensuring Long-Term Engagement of Communities in Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration
May 2011NEJAC Comments on Plan EJ 2014
May 2011Enhancing Environmental Justice in EPA Permitting Programs
Aug 2010Request to Provide Advise on EPA’s Draft Strategic Plan 2011-2015
May 2010Recommendations for Nationally Consistent Environmental Justice Screening Approaches
Apr 2010Recommendations for EPA’s Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
Apr 2010Strategies to Enhance School Air Toxics Monitoring in Environmental Justice Communities EPA Response to Recommendations
Nov 2009Reducing Air Emissions Associated With Goods Movement: Working Towards Environmental Justice EPA Response to Recommendations
Aug 2009Advice letter Rejecting the Use of Variances for Small Drinking Water Systems (pdf) (168.21 KB)
Sep 2008Strengthening the Participation of Business and Industry in Environmental Justice, Green Business, and Sustainability
Oct 2008Recommendations for EPA’s State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Initiative
Dec 2007NEJAC Initial Letter Regarding the Environmental Justice Strategic Enforcement Assessment Tool EPA Response to Recommendations
Aug 2006Future Mechanisms to Enhance Stakeholder Involvement and Engagement to Address Environmental Justice EPA Response to Recommendations
Aug 2006The 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Vulnerable Populations: Recommendations for Future Disaster Preparedness/Response EPA Response to Recommendations
Aug 2006Unintended Impacts of Redevelopment and Revitalization Efforts in Five Environmental Justice Communities EPA Response to Recommendations
Dec 2004Ensuring Risk Reduction in Communities with Multiple Stressors: Environmental Justice and Cumulative Risks/Impacts
Nov 2004Environmental Justice and Federal Facilities: Recommendations for Improving Stakeholder Relations Between Federal Facilities and Environmental Justice Communities
Oct 2004Meaningful Involvement and Fair Treatment by Tribal Environmental Regulatory Programs
Jun 2003Advancing Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention
Nov 2002Fish Consumption and Environmental Justice
May 2002Integration of Environmental Justice in Federal Programs
Feb 2001Environmental Justice and Community-Based Health Model Discussion
Nov 2000Guide on Consultation and Collaboration with Indian Tribal Governments and the Public Participation of Indigenous Groups and Tribal Members in the Environmental Decision Making
Jul 2000EPA-Environmental Justice in The Permitting Process: A Report from the Public Meeting on Environmental Permitting Convened by the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, Arlington, Virginia (pdf) (2.73 MB)
Mar 2000A Regulatory Strategy for Siting and Operating Waste Transfer Stations (pdf) (540.89 KB)
Feb 2000EPA-Model Plan for Public Participation (pdf) (389.2 KB) El Plan Modelo Para Participacion (en Espanol) (pdf) (156.28 KB)
Dec 1996  EPA – Environmental Justice, Urban Revitalization, and Brownfields: The Search For Authentic Signs of Hope (pdf) (627.71 KB)
Jul 1996EPA – Memo on Integrating EJ into EPA Permitting Authority (pdf) (97.74 KB)

EPA/NEJAC Roundtable Meetings

The following reports contain general advice to the Agency; they do not reflect formal consensus recommendations.

DateLocationContent
U.S. EPA/NEJAC Roundtable on Environmental justice in the U.S.-Mexico border region
August 19 – 21, 1999Region 9, National City, CaliforniaEPA-Border Environmental Justice Report (pdf) (1.25 MB)
U.S. EPA/NEJAC Roundtables on Enforcement issues in EPA
December 11 – 13, 1997Region 4 in Durham, North CarolinaRegion 4 Roundtable
October 17 – 19, 1996San Antonio TexasEPA – Report of the Env. Justice Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Region 6 Roundtable (pdf) (703.68 KB)
U.S. EPA/NEJAC Roundtable on Superfund Relocation issues
May 2 – 4, 1996Pensacola, FLEPA – Proceedings: Superfund Relocation Roundtable Meeting, May 2-4, 1996, Pensacola, FL (pdf) (453.73 KB)
*EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response maintains an index of Superfund Relocation Information; if you wish more information about relocation issues and policy.

Other NEJAC Correspondence

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.