How Utah is Addressing Environmental Justice
Contents
- How Does Utah Define Environmental Justice and Environmental Justice Communities?
- How Does Utah Consider Environmental Justice in its Substantive Actions?
- How Does Utah Address Environmental Justice in its Procedures?
- Additional Utah Environmental Justice Provisions
- Utah Environmental Justice Contacts
- Where to Find Utah Environmental Justice Laws, Policies, and Tools
(with full citations) All States & Territories
How Does Utah Define Environmental Justice and Environmental Justice Communities?
Environmental Justice Definitions
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Environmental Justice Mapping Tools
EPA’s EJSCREEN tool may be used to assess parts of Utah in regards to environmental justice.
How Does Utah Consider Environmental Justice in its Substantive Actions?
Environmental Justice as a Policy of the Environmental Agency or Across All Agencies
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Consideration of Environmental Justice in Permitting
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Consideration of Environmental Justice in Enforcement
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Consideration of Environmental Justice in Land Use
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State Environmental Policy Act “Mini-NEPA”
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Dedicated Funding to Environmental Justice Communities
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Consideration of Cumulative Impacts
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Prohibitions on Disparate Impact Discrimination
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Established Environmental Rights
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How Does Utah Address Environmental Justice in its Procedures?
Environmental Justice as Part of Environmental Agency’s Mission
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Environmental Justice as Part of Other Agency’s Mission
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Processes and Procedures (including Title VI)
Non-Discrimination Policy
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Grievance Procedures
Utah Transit Authority complaints form.
Enhanced Public Participation and Information Access
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Language Access
UDEQ links to a general Utah government page which offers “toolbar buttons” that utilize Google’s machine translation software to provide a translated version of any website. This version features 35 languages. Notably, Navajo is not included, even though it is the fifth most spoken language in Utah.
Consultation with Indigenous Communities and Tribal Nations
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Governmental Environmental Justice Structures, Positions, and Funding Streams
Environmental Justice Coordinating Agency
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Environmental Justice Coordinator
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Environmental Justice Advisory Board
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Funding for Environmental Justice
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Additional Utah Environmental Justice Provisions
Utah’s Children and The Environment: In partnership with EPA, Utah Department of Health engaged in a survey of many different sources of pollution throughout the state of Utah with an aim towards protecting the children of Utah. In the process, it produced geographic and demographic data about drinking water contamination, pesticide use, ozone and particulate matter air pollution, and radon levels.
EPA Performance Partnership Agreement: As part of Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ)’s Performance Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Fiscal Year 2021, UDEQ agreed to “conduct all of [its] base regulatory programs within the framework and spirit of environmental justice.” Under the PPA, EPA has offered to provide environmental justice training to UDEQ personnel.
Utah Environmental Justice Contacts
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Where to Find Utah Environmental Justice Laws, Policies, and Tools
Constitutional Provisions
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Executive Orders
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Legislation and Statutes
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Regulations
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Policies/Guidance
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Mapping Tools
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Other
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