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17 <br /> Slide #11 <br /> Environmental Justice <br /> Title A of Civil Rights and Environmental Justice <br /> * 1964 Civil RightsAct and Title VI of the Act(nondiscrimination) <br /> * 1994 Executive Order No. 12898-Environmental Justice <br /> . Communities of Concern <br /> . Benefits and Burdens <br /> There are benefits and burdens <br /> related to every Ira risportation-related <br /> project and both must be considered <br /> for each specific project during the <br /> project identification and prioritization <br /> phases of long-range planning <br /> activities such as MTP and the TIP <br /> (p.4-15) <br /> 2 TO <br /> 3 Nishith Trivedi said that environmental justice was codified and went into effect in 1994. <br /> 4 He said that this identified communities of concern. He said it uses census data and individual <br /> 5 block groups. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Slide #12 <br /> Environmental Justice <br /> Community of Concern <br /> • Census Books thatmeel.County level EJ thresholds are called Community of Concern <br /> (COC):non-white,minorities,Hispanic/Latino,elderly,zero car,Limited English <br /> prokiency(LEP) <br /> • Darker the red, more overlap,meets multiple thresholds <br /> • COG 4-Eastern half of NC 54 Multimodal Corridor meets. <br /> . Non-white,minority,Hispaniell-atino,and elderly <br /> COG 3-Wester half of NC 54 Multimodal Corridor meets: <br /> . HispanIcIll-alino,elderly,and Limited English Proficiency(LEP) <br /> Qr&nqe County- DCHC UPO 2420 Enyironrwfnaf)u5ffce Repon ii <br />