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Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Environmental Justice, [2003] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)317291541 Subject: Environmental justice -- United States. Excerpt: ... effects of multiple facilities that result in a disproportionate impact on a minority and / or low-income community. According to one respondent, this is not the fault of the company, but rather stems from local zoning in which properties around a facility are cleared for residential uses. This representative indicated that the company is willing to work with the community and the local government to address such situations, but also noted that frequently the dialogue becomes adversarial when put into the environmental justice context. * Defining meaningful community involvement. According to several companies, what is " meaningful " to the community may not correlate to what is " meaningful " to industry. Newspaper notices, public meetings, and permit reviews may be all that are required by local and / or state community involvement regulations. Several companies have difficulty with the fact that there are no standards or guidelines as to what constitutes meaningful involvement in the environmental justice context, and note that their experiences suggest that the minimum requirements in regulations or permit provisions are inadequate to address environmental justice concerns. As one company official said, "... you read the regulations and do what they say, but get slapped in the face by the community for it. " Several companies have learned to employ comprehensive and proactive community involvement activities to meaningfully involve affected communities, regardless of what they are legally required to do. However, some companies believe, in general, that there will always be a few individuals or groups who do not believe their interests are being served. Another source of ongoing difficulty and concern for many
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