How Guam is Addressing Environmental Justice

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How Does Guam Define Environmental Justice and Environmental Justice Communities?

Environmental Justice Definitions

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Environmental Justice Mapping Tools

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How Does Guam 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

Executive Order 96-26 titled “Relative to Creating the Application Review Committee to Replace the Development Review committee, and to Streamline the Review Process for the Territorial Land Use Commission/Territorial Seashore Protection Commission/Guam Natural Resources Board” creates the Application Review Committee to review all applications sent to the Department of Land Management. EO 96-26 requires an environmental impact assessment for “[a]ll applications for conditional use, zone change, variance, subdivision approval, golf courses, any proposed developmental action in wetlands, or for development of aquaculture facilities.”

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 Guam 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

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Enhanced Public Participation and Information Access

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Language Access

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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 Guam Environmental Justice Provisions

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Guam Environmental Justice Contacts

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Where to Find Guam 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

The Guam Environmental Protection Agency (GEPA) has listed on its website the main chapters of the law which gives the GEPA authority to act, http://epa.guam.gov/rules-regs/statutes/.