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Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts

Dignity Rights and Environmental Justice Symposium Widener University Delaware Law School Wilmington, DE April 13, 2018. Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts. Nicky Sheats, Esq., Ph.D .

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Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts

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  1. Dignity Rights and Environmental JusticeSymposiumWidener University Delaware Law SchoolWilmington, DEApril 13, 2018

  2. Environmental Justiceand Cumulative Impacts Nicky Sheats, Esq., Ph.D. Director, Center for the Urban Environment, John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy of Thomas Edison State College and member of the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance

  3. Environmental Justice, Cumulative Impacts andDignity Rights Nicky Sheats, Esq., Ph.D. Director, Center for the Urban Environment, John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy of Thomas Edison State College and member of the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance

  4. Cumulative impacts, race and class; Cumulative impacts and dignity rights; NJ EJ Alliance cumulative impacts statewide policy; NJ EJ Alliance statewide policy vs EJ bill from Sen. Booker’s office. Game Plan

  5. Cumulative Impacts: How do we address multiple pollutants emitted by multiple sources of pollution in a community and their interaction with each other and social vulnerabilities?

  6. A Preliminary Screening Method to Estimate Cumulative Environmental Impact Presentation by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to the Environmental Justice Advisory Council December 2, 2009

  7. NATA diesel (1999) NATA cancer risk NJDEP benzene estimates Traffic (all) Traffic (trucks) Density of major regulated sites Density of known contaminated sites Density of dry cleaners Density of junkyards Indicators:

  8. Dignity Rights What are the implications for dignity rights?

  9. Problem: • We attempt to regulate pollutant by pollutant through individual standards. • But there can be detrimental health effects even if no individual standard is violated.

  10. NJ EJ Alliance Cumulative Impacts Policy: • Municipal Policy: Model Ordinance • Statewide Policy: Integrating cumulative impacts into NJDEP and EPA permitting

  11. Statewide Policy: Identify EJ and overburdened communities

  12. New Permits: No net increase of pollution emissions in neighborhood. By either: • No emissions • Offsets in neighborhood > emissions

  13. Permits Up For Renewal: Net decrease in pollution emissions in neighborhood. By either: • Reduced emissions • Offsets in neighborhood > emissions

  14. Overburdened EJ Communities: Eligible for incentives and resources that would: • Attract non-polluting industry • Attract the use and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency • Attract suppliers of fresh food • Increase open space • Increase environmental enforcement

  15. Need To: • Add goals and a timetable to policy. • Add detail to “net decrease in pollution” and “net decrease in pollution emissions”. • Define Overburdened

  16. EJ Bill From Sen. Booker’s Office If due to potential cumulative impacts there is not a reasonable certainty of no harm……

  17. Color Scheme

  18. END Nicky Sheats, Esq., Ph.D. 609-777-4351 ext. 4280 nsheats@tesc.edu

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