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TYANSIT <br /> Existing Conditions SHOR TRAM GE E TROUNLAN <br /> Environmental Justice Figure 9: Environmental Justice Communities of Concern <br /> ---------------- <br /> III ------ --------- ------------r - . <br /> The DCHC MPO incorporates Environmental Justice (EJ) into all <br /> aspects of its planning process, working to ensure the fair x <br /> treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of °o- <br /> race, color, national origin, or income.' The MPO identifies <br /> a V <br /> specific Environmental Justice Communities of Concern to target: `rsto.eR q <br /> ■ Black Population 3` <br /> a s`n e <br /> eft Y� <br /> ■ Hispanic Population <br /> r a� ea <br /> ■ Racial and Ethnic Minorities <br /> C ebanon Rd <br /> ■ People with Low Incomes (below Federal Poverty Level) � N� <br /> Mebane � <br /> ■ Older Adults (65+) a n <br /> +�POOL <br /> n y a ■ <br /> ■ Zero Vehicle Households Hill!llsbarouh <br /> IN Population with Limited-English Proficiency �aVd 7� d+ r <br /> The environmental justice analysis identifies Communities of Old ye l-:4-P�—� <br /> Concern based on County thresholds for the percentage of <br /> certain socioeconomic groups within each area, then identifies <br /> o nr s,na ad <br /> areas with multiple overlapping Communities of Concern. These <br /> thresholds focus on percentage of a population, rather than - 'r <br /> c° Eubov,Rd <br /> density, highlighting the presence of environmental justicegpv <br /> stead Rq <br /> communities in the more rural areas of the county. Communities F <br /> of Concern are located throughout Orange County, especially in Es7esOYi arq <br /> the northwest and east, as well as in the denser municipalities. Errvirenmantal 1 SdtChapel Bill <br /> Justice Areas �k <br /> Areas of ovariap C arrb'dr o <br /> O Overlap .... <br /> Old Greenshoro Rd - <br /> 10erlap C jS <br /> zaverlap � <br /> pelf¢ a <br /> 30rerlap r.___-W-_ <br /> oefas­s --------------------------� ......... <br /> oemograrnresaaysnat M_.,N <br /> https://www.dchcmpo.org/work-with-us/environmental-justice-ej <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 3-8 <br />