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1 | Note: Matrix adapted from Environmental Resilience Institue at Indiana University's report "Mapping for Environmental Justice." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Massachusets Bill S.817 (2004) | Hawai'I Environmental Justice Initiative Report (2008) | NJ DEP Strategies for Addressing Cumulative Impacts in Environmental Justice Communities (2009) | NY: Part 487 Analyzing Environmental Justice Issues in Sitting… (2012) | EPA EJScreen 2.0 (2022) | Michigan EJ Work Group Report (2018) | Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map Project (2019) | CA SB 673 (2019) | NJ: An Act Concerning environmental permits in certain areas, and supplementing Title 13 of the Revised Statutes (2020) | California EPA EnviroScreen 4.0 (2021) | NY DEC: Definition of Mapping of "Disadvantaged Communities" (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Indicator | Category | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | Metric | Source | |||||
4 | Ozone | Air Quality | Seasonal average of daily maximum 8-hour concentration in air | EPA OAR (fusion of model and monitor data) | Mean of summer months of the daily maximum ozone concentration | Ozone Concentration | AIRPACT | Mean of summer months of the daily maximum ozone concentration | California Air Resources Board | Ozone | Mean of summer months of the daily maximum ozone concentration | California Air Resources Board | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Particulate Matter | Air Quality | Elevated levels of PM | Annual average PM2.5 levels in air | EPA OAR (fusion of model and monitor data) | Annual Mean Concentration of PM2.5 | PM 2.5 Concentration | AIRPACT | Annual Mean Concentration of PM2.5 | California Air Resources Board | PM 2.5 | Annual Mean Concentration of PM2.5 | California Air Resources Board | PM2.5 | |||||||||||||||
6 | Diesel Particulate Matter | Air Quality | Diesel particulate matter level in air (micrograms per cubed meter) | EPA NATA | Spatial Distribution of gridded Diesel PM emissions from on-road and non-road sources | Diesel Emissions | Washington State Department of Ecology | Spatial Distribution of gridded Diesel PM emissions from on-road and non-road sources | California Air Resources Board/SANDAG | Spatial Distribution of gridded Diesel PM emissions from on-road and non-road sources | California Air Resources Board/SANDAG | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Toxic Releases from Facilities | Air Quality | Toxicity-weighted concentrations of modeled chemical releases to air from facility emissions and off-site incineration | Toxicity-weighted concentrations of modeled chemical releases to air from facility emissions and off-site incineration | EPA RSEI Model | Toxicity-weighted concentrations of modeled chemical releases to air from facility emissions and off-site incineration | RSEI/Toxic Release Inventory/Mexico Registry of Emissions and Pollutant Transfer | Extraordinary Hazardous Facilities | Toxicity-weighted concentrations of modeled chemical releases to air from facility emissions and off-site incineration | RSEI/Toxic Release Inventory/Mexico Registry of Emissions and Pollutant Transfer | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Air Toxics | Air Quality | Air quality | National-scale air toxics assessment data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Lifetime Cancer Risk | Air Quality | Lifetime cancer risk from inhalation of air toxics | EPA NATA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Air Toxics Respiratory Hazards Index | Air Quality | Air Toxics Respiratory Hazards Index | EPA NATA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Traffic Density | Air Quality | Traffic Density | Morello-Frosch and Shenassa | Vehicular and pedestrian traffic | Count of vehicles (AADT) at major roads with 500 meters | US DOT Traffic Data | Sum of traffic volumes adjusted by road segment length | Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic Volumes | Washington State Office of Financial Management/Department of Transportation | Sum of traffic volumes adjusted by road segment length | California Environmental Health Tracking Program/ California Department of Public Health/ DOT/US Customs and Border Protection/SANDAG | Traffic/Major Roadways | Sum of traffic volumes adjusted by road segment length | California Environmental Health Tracking Program/ California Department of Public Health/ DOT/US Customs and Border Protection/SANDAG | Vehicle Traffic Density | |||||||||||||
12 | Drinking Water Contaminants | Water Quality | Drinking Water Contaminant Index | Drinking Water Contaminant Index | California Department of Public Health | Drinking Water Quality | Drinking Water Contaminant Index | California Department of Public Health | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Pesticide Use | Water Quality | Total Pounds of Selected Active Pesticide Ingredients Used in Production-Agriculture | Total Pounds of Selected Active Pesticide Ingredients Used in Production-Agriculture | California Department of Pesticide Regulation | Total Pounds of Selected Active Pesticide Ingredients Used in Production-Agriculture | California Department of Pesticide Regulation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Impaired water bodies | Water Quality | Impaired water bodies | Impaired water bodies | State Water Resources Control Board | Impaired water bodies | State Water Resources Control Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Wastewater Discharges | Water Quality | RSEI modeled Toxic Concentrations at stream segments within 500 meters, divided by distance in km | RSEI modeled toxicity-weighted stream concentrations | Wastewaters Dischargers Indicator | Wastewater Discharge | EJScreen | Wastewater discharge | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Cesspools | Water Quality | Cesspools | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Ground Water Contaminants (UST) | Water Quality | Septic Tanks | Count of UST and leaking USTs within a 1500 -foot buffered block group | EPA UST Finder | Groundwater threats from leaking underground storage sites and cleanups | Groundwater threats from leaking underground storage sites and cleanups | State Water Resources Control Board | Groundwater threats from leaking underground storage sites and cleanups | State Water Resources Control Board | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Golf Course Chemicals | Water Quality | Golf Course Chemicals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Diesel and Gasoline Contamination | Water Quality | Diesel and gasoline contamination | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Flooding | Climate | Coastal flood hazard | NOAA | Flooding | Flooding in coast and tidal influenced areas (projected) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Brownfields Sites | Land Quality | Brownfields | Inactive hazardous waste disposal sites and brownfield cleanup sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Superfund Sites | Land Quality | National Priorities List Superfund Sites | EJScreen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Proximity to Toxic Clean Up Sites | Land Quality | Count of RMP facilities within 5 km | EPA RMP Database | Presence of toxic cleanup sites | Proximity to RMP Facilities | EJScreen | Presence of toxic cleanup sites | EnviroStor Cleanup Sites | Presence of toxic cleanup sites | EnviroStor Cleanup Sites | Regulated management plan (chemical) sites | |||||||||||||||||
24 | Proximity to Hazardous Waste Facilities | Land Quality | Count of hazardous waste facilities (TSDFs and LQGs) within 5 km | EPA RCRAInfo database | Hazardous waste facilities and generators | Proximity to TSDF Sites | EJScreen | Hazardous waste facilities and generators | EnviroStor Hazardous Waste Facilities Database and Hazardous Waste Tracking System | Hazardous waste facilities and generators | EnviroStor Hazardous Waste Facilities Database and Hazardous Waste Tracking System | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | National Priorities lList Sites | Land Quality | U.S. EPA National Priorities List (NPL) sites | Count of proposed and listed NPL sites within 5 km | EPA CERCLIS database | Proximity to National Priorities List Sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Proximity to Solid Waste Sites | Land Quality | Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | Solid waste sites and facilities | Solid waste sites and facilities | SWIS/ Closed, Illegal, and Abandoned Disposal Sites Program/California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery | Solid Waste Facilities | Solid waste sites and facilities | SWIS/ Closed, Illegal, and Abandoned Disposal Sites Program/California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery | Active Landfills | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | Oil and Gas Sites | Land Quality | Gasoline Stations | Facilities licensed pursuant to article 12 of the Navigation Law as major oil storage facilities | Number of Oil and Gas Wells | Major oil storage facilities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Oil and Gas Sites (2) | Land Quality | petroleum bulk storage facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Lead Paint | Pollution | Percent of housing units built pre-1960 | U.S. Census/ACS | Lead Paint | Percent of households with high risk of lead exposure | ACS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Childhood Lead Exposure | Pollution | Elevated blood lead levels in children age 13 and younger | Lead in blood of children age 6 or younger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Asthma | Health | Asthma and asthma-related hospital admissions or prevalence in children 14 and younger | Asthma | Asthma | Asthma | Asthma prevalence among adults age 18 or older | CDC Places Data | Asthma emergency department visits | Asthma emergency department visits | OSHPD/ California Department of Public Health | Asthma emergency department visits | OSHPD/ California Department of Public Health | Asthma emergency department visits | |||||||||||||||
32 | Cardiovascular | Health | Total age adjusted stroke and stroke-related hospitalizations | Amount of emergency visits for heart attacks | Cardiovascular Disease Mortality | Washington Department of Health Center for Health Statistics | Amount of emergency visits for heart attacks | OSHPD/ CEHTP/ Environmental Health Investigations Branch/ California Department of Public Health | Amount of emergency visits for heart attacks | OSHPD/ CEHTP/ Environmental Health Investigations Branch/ California Department of Public Health | Heart attack hospitalization | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | Heart Disease | Health | Total age adjusted non-congenital cardiovascular disease and stroke morbidity | Coronary heart disease rate | Heart disease prevalence among adults age 18 years or older | CDC Places Data | |||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Cancer | Health | Abnormal Cancer Rates | Total cancer incidence rate | Cancer | Air toxics Cancer Risk | National-scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) | Cancer risk from Diesel | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Cancer (2) | Health | Death rate due to cancer | Cancer risk excluding Diesel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Number of Domestic Drinking Water Wells | Water Quality | Number of Domestic Drinking Water Wells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Facility Activities | Facilities | Facility Activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Permit Type | Facilities | Permit Type | Permited Air Sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Facility Proximity to Populated Census Tracts (Including Sensitive Receptors) | Facilities | Facility Proximity to Populated Census Tracts (Including Sensitive Receptors) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Compliance History | Facilities | Compliance History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Hazardous Waste Transporter Traffic | Facilities | Hazardous Waste Transporter Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Corrective Action Status | Facilities | Corrective Action Status | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Other Major Environmental Permits | Facilities | Other Major Environmental Permits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Blood Lead Levels | Pollution | Blood Lead Levels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Occupational Exposures | Health | Occupational Exposures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Clusters of Illness | Health | Clusters of Illness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Air Emissions | Air Quality | Air Emissions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Water Diversion | Water Rights | Water Diversion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Water Rights | Water Rights | Water Rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Non-point Source Pollution | Water Quality | Non-point Source Pollution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Resort over-development | Land Quality | Resort over-development | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Racist tourism marketing | Health | Racist tourism marketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Total age adjusted emergency room visits | Health | Total age adjusted emeregy room visits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Bronchitis | Health | Bronchitis and bronchitis-related hospitalizations in children age 14 and younger and adults age 65 and older | Bronchitis and bronchitis-related hospitalizations in children age 14 and younger and adults age 65 and older | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Respiratory Hazard | Air Quality | Respiratory Hazard | NATA Respiratory Hazard Index | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Proximity to Risk Management Plan Sites | Facilities | Proximity to Risk Management Plan Sites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Resource Conservation & Recovery (RCRA) Sites | Facilities | Resource Conservation & Recovery (RCRA) Sites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites | Facilities | Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Power Plants | Facilities | Power Plants | Power generating facilities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Treatment, Storage, & Disposal Facilities (TDSFs) | Facilities | Treatment, Storage, & Disposal Facilities (TDSFs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Known Contaminated Sites | Facilities | Known Contaminated Sites | Contaminated Sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Municipal Incinerators | Facilities | Municipal Incinerators | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Resource Recovery Landfills | Facilities | Resource Recovery Landfills | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Incinerator Ash Landfills | Facilities | Incinerator Ash Landfills | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Sewer Service Areas | Facilities | Sewer Service Areas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Dry Cleaners | Facilities | Dry Cleaners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Sewage treatment plants | Facilities | Sewage treatment plants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Trash transfer stations | Facilities | Trash transfer stations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Hospitalization rate | Health | Hospitalization rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Emergency Department Visits | Health | Emergency Department Visits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Chronic lower respiratory disease | Health | Chronic lower respiratory disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Carbon monoxide poisonings | Health | Carbon monoxide poisonings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Birth defect rate | Health | Birth defect rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Violence/Crime | Health | Some measure of violence/crime | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Built environment | Land Use | Community-level stressors | Morello-Frosch and Shenassa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Built environment (2) | Land Use | Community-level buffers | Morello-Frosch and Shenassa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Zoning | Land Use | Zoning | Morello-Frosch and Shenassa | Industrial/manufacturing/mining | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | NATA Non-Cancer Risk | Health | NATA Non-Cancer Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Truck Traffic | Land Use | Truck Traffic | Diesel Truck and Bus Traffic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Railways | Land Use | Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Shipping industry | Land Use | Warehouses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Truck Traffic (2) | Land Use | Goods Movement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Combined Sewer Overflows | Facilities | Combined Sewer Overflows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | NJPDES Sites | Facilities | All NJPDES Sites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Scrap Yards | Facilities | Scrap Yards | Scrap metal processors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Soil Contamination | Pollution | Soil Contamination | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Groundwater Restricted Areas | Water Quality | Groundwater Restricted Areas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Total Regulated Facilities Under the EJ Law | Facilities | Total Regulated Facilities Under the EJ Law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Surface water quality | Water Quality | Surface water quality | Surface water quality | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Tree Canopy | Land Use | Lack of Tree Canopy | Low vegetation cover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Impervious Cover | Land Use | Impervious Cover | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Prisons | Land Use | Prisons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Polluted Discharge Elimination Systems | Facilities | permitted State pollutant discharge elimination systems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Permitted Air Facilities | Facilities | permitted air facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Treatment, Storage, & Disposal Facilities (TDSFs) (2) | Facilities | solid waste management and hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Vehicle Dismantling Facilities | Facilities | vehicle dismantling facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Municipal Water Combustors | Facilities | Municipal water combustors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Hazardous Storage Facilities | Facilities | Hazardous substance bulk storage facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Restoration projects | Pollution | Environmental restoration projects | Remediation sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | RCRA Sites | Facilities | Solid or hazardous waste management facilities subject to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act corrective action) |