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Insights: Publications Addressing Environmental Justice through EPA’s Enforcement Tools

Kilpatrick Townsend Environmental Reg Watch Blog

Written by Susan H. Richardson, Jeffrey J. Davidson and Alexander M. Bullock
The Biden Administration has made environmental justice and equity a key pillar of its environmental policy, directing EPA to incorporate this concept at all levels of its decision-making process. EPA’s Administrator Michael Regan announced on April 7, 2021 that “[t]oo many communities whose residents are predominantly of color, Indigenous, or low-income continue to suffer from disproportionately high pollution levels and the resulting adverse health and environmental impacts. As a result, Administrator Regan directed his staff to take “immediate and affirmative steps” to engage with communities overburdened by pollution and underserved in resources, including a command to “strengthen enforcement of violations of cornerstone environmental statutes” in those communities. To that end, on April 30, 2021, Lawrence Starfield, Acting Assistant Administrator, issued a Memorandum – Strengthening Enforcement in Communities with Environmental Justice Concerns (epa.gov) (“EJ Memo”) identifying a number of measures that may be implemented to advance protection of these communities.
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