Plan EJ 2014 is an overarching strategy intended to advance Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s priority to “expand the conversation on environmentalism and work for environmental justice.” Plan EJ 2014, named in recognition of the 20th anniversary of President Clinton’s issuance of Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations is a roadmap to help the EPA integrate environmental justice into all of our programs.

The goals of the plan are to:

• Protect health in communities overburdened by pollution
• Empower communities to take action to improve their health and environment
• Establish partnerships with local, state, tribal and federal organizations to achieve healthy and sustainable communities.

Over the next four years, the EPA will implement the plan and work to strengthen its efforts to carry out the Administrator’s priority through continuous and meaningful engagement with communities and all stakeholders.

The EPA is looking for public comments and ideas on Plan EJ 2014.  Specifically, the EPA would like to receive thoughts on the 5 Cross-Agency Focus Areas:

• Rulemaking;
• Permitting;
• Compliance;
• Community-Based Action; and
• Administration-Wide Action on Environmental Justice.

• Are the five Cross-Agency Focus Areas outlined above the correct ones?
• What are some ways we can strengthen specific actions within the five Cross-Agency Focus Areas?
• How would you prioritize the five Cross-Agency Focus Areas?

Comments to the EPA are due by October 1, 2010. Click here to submit your comments.

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