Environmental Justice Tracker – Environmental and Energy Law Program

EPA Proposed Rule to Improve Consumer Confidence Reports

September 13, 2024

EPA Finalized Standards to Reduce Emissions of Carcinogen Ethylene Oxide from Commercial Sterilizers

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Baseline Water Quality Standards for Tribes

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Impose Safeguards on Coal Ash Impoundments

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Change to Its Risk Assessment Process for New Chemicals

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Ban Most Uses of Perchloroethylene (PCE)

September 13, 2024

EPA Removed “Emergency” Affirmative Defense Waivers from Title V Air Permit Regulations

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Updates to Air Emission Reporting Requirements

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed to Regulate Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC)

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed to Strengthen Lead Paint-Abatement Requirements

September 13, 2024

EPA Finalized Phase II FOIA Rule

September 13, 2024

EPA Issued Final Rule Creating a Public PFAS Database

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed To Revise Guideline on Air Quality Models

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Revisions to Lead and Copper Drinking Water Regulations

September 13, 2024

EPA Began Prioritization of Additional Toxic Chemicals for Risk Evaluation

September 13, 2024

EPA Granted Louisiana Authority to Permit Carbon Dioxide Wells

September 13, 2024

EPA Finalized Rule to Prevent Inactive PFAS from Reentering Commerce

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Adding PFAS as Regulated Hazardous Substances in Cleanups Under TSCA

September 13, 2024

EPA Finalized Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Operations

September 13, 2024

EPA Released Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-2026

September 13, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Announced US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization

September 13, 2024

DOE Released Coal Power Plant Redevelopment Visualization Tool

September 13, 2024

DOE Launched Energy Savings Hub

September 13, 2024

FERC Released Guidance for Tribal Participation in NEPA Process

September 13, 2024

DOE Opened IRA’s Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program

September 13, 2024

HHS, Treasury Introduced Pilot Solutions for Reducing Burdens on Tribal Grant Recipients

September 13, 2024

HHS Released a National Heat Strategy for 2024-2030

September 13, 2024

EPA Announced New Protections Against Pesticide Drift

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed High-Priority Designation for Five Chemical Substances

September 13, 2024

DOE Released Second Equity Action Plan

September 13, 2024

DOE Finalized Transmission Permitting Rule with Engagement Requirements

September 13, 2024

EPA and US Army Announced Sampling for PFAS Near Army Installations

September 12, 2024

EPA Proposed Ban on Several Consumer and Workplace Uses of 1-Bromopropane

September 12, 2024

EPA Finalized Voluntary Cancellation of Pesticide DCPA

September 12, 2024

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Revived Interagency Effort to Create More Affordable and Equitable Outdoor Recreation Opportunities

September 12, 2024

Working Group Published Initial Report on Empowering Workers Through Revitalizing Energy Communities

September 12, 2024

Agencies Signed MOU Creating Rapid Response Teams to Support Energy Communities

September 12, 2024

White House Issued Government-Wide Guidance on Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Agency Decision Making

September 12, 2024

OSTP Announced Action for Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research

September 12, 2024

OSTP Released Ocean Climate Action Plan

September 12, 2024

OSTP Published Agency Guidance on Data in Climate Risk and Impact Assessments

September 12, 2024

White House Released Report on Implementation of the Equitable Data Working Group’s Recommendations

September 12, 2024

White House Released EJ Strategy for Communities Reliant on Ocean and Marine Resources

September 12, 2024

OMB Released Study on Methods to Assess Equity in Federal Programs

September 12, 2024

OMB Initiated Review of Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

September 12, 2024

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Released National Strategy to Quantify Economic Benefits from Ecosystem Services

September 12, 2024

OMB Issued Implementation Guidance for Federal Permitting Action Plan

September 12, 2024

OIRA Released Guidance on Public Participation and Community Engagement in the Regulatory Process

September 12, 2024

OMB Finalized Guidance on Quantifying Ecosystem Services

September 12, 2024

CEQ Finalized Phase 1 Revisions to Rules Implementing NEPA

September 12, 2024

CEQ and OSTP Created Interagency Working Group on Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK)

September 12, 2024

EPA Released New Policy for Meaningful Engagement and Public Participation

September 12, 2024

CEQ Issued Guidance on Carbon Capture and Underground Storage (CCUS)

September 12, 2024

CEQ Released Report with EJ Recommendations for Congress

September 12, 2024

CEQ Released Guidance on Inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in Agency Actions

September 12, 2024

CEQ Released NEPA Guidance on Agency Consideration of GHGs and Climate Change

September 12, 2024

CEQ Issued Guidance for Implementing Biden-Harris Permitting Action Plan

September 12, 2024

CEQ Announced Task Forces for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS)

September 12, 2024

White House Offices Released Phase One of EJ Scorecard

September 12, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Released Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap

September 12, 2024

President Biden Issued Executive Order 14096 to Advance Environmental Justice

September 12, 2024

President Biden Established Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

September 12, 2024

President Biden Issued Exec. Order 14112 to Reform Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations

September 12, 2024

White House Announced Partnership with Tribes and States from Pacific Northwest

September 12, 2024

President Biden Signed Executive Order to Better Recognize Women’s History in National Parks

September 12, 2024

CEQ Finalized Phase 2 Rule Implementing National Environmental Policy Act

September 12, 2024

White House Released National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics

September 12, 2024

White House Created Columbia River Task Force

September 12, 2024

White House Released Agencies’ Climate Adaptation Plans

September 12, 2024

White House Published Final EJ Science, Data, and Research Plan

September 12, 2024

HHS Established New Office of Climate Change and Health Equity

September 12, 2024

HHS Released 2021 Climate Action Plan

September 12, 2024

HHS Requested Comments on Addressing EJ in Healthcare

September 12, 2024

HHS Released 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 12, 2024

HHS Announced New Office of Environmental Justice

September 12, 2024

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Released Environmental Justice Index

September 12, 2024

HHS Launched Climate and Health Outlook Portal

September 12, 2024

HHS Released Climate Change and Health Equity Strategy Supplement

September 12, 2024

HHS Released New Heat and Health Tracker

September 12, 2024

FEMA Requested Comment on Equity Concerns in Disaster Response

September 11, 2024

FEMA Requested Public Comment on Disaster Survivor Data Collection

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released First National Tribal Strategy

September 11, 2024

FEMA Expanded Types of Documentation Survivors Can Use to Prove Homeownership and Occupancy

September 11, 2024

FEMA Issued New Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Policy

September 11, 2024

FEMA, Interior Announced Voluntary Community-Driven Relocation Program for Tribal Communities

September 11, 2024

FEMA Issued Guidance to Community Leaders on Preparing for Extreme Temperatures

September 11, 2024

FEMA Announced First Designation of Community Disaster Resilience Zones (CDRZs)

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released Disaster Preparedness Guide for Older Adults

September 11, 2024

FEMA Signed Agreement With NAACP to Promote Equity in Disaster Response

September 11, 2024

FEMA Created New Online Tribal Affairs Hub

September 11, 2024

FEMA Published Equity Guide for Local Disaster Recovery Officials

September 11, 2024

FEMA Finalized Rule Expanding Access to Individual Assistance for Disaster Survivors

September 11, 2024

DHS Released 2021-2025 EJ Strategy

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released National Risk Index

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released 2022-2026 Strategic Plan Including Equity Goals

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 11, 2024

FEMA Appointed 16 New National Advisory Council Members

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released 2022 National Advisory Council Annual Report

September 11, 2024

FEMA, SBA Lowered Income Threshold to Qualify for Disaster Assistance

September 11, 2024

FEMA Updated National Risk Index to Incorporate Social Vulnerability Data

September 11, 2024

FEMA Published 2023-2027 Data Strategy Prioritizing Data Access

September 11, 2024

Internal Report Found FEMA Ignored Equity in Buyout Grants

September 11, 2024

US Commission on Civil Rights Released Report on Civil Rights Compliance Post-Hurricanes Harvey and Maria

September 11, 2024

FEMA, HUD Partnered on State Planning for Disaster Housing Recovery

September 11, 2024

FEMA Announced 2024-2025 National Youth Preparedness Council

September 11, 2024

FEMA Requested Comment on Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG)

September 11, 2024

FEMA Finalized Rule Implementing Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS)

September 11, 2024

Interior Bureaus Released Guidance on Supporting Tribal Co-Stewardship

September 11, 2024

Interior Issued Report on Authorities Supporting Tribal Co-Stewardship

September 11, 2024

Interior Removed Barriers to Tribes’ Land-Into-Trust Applications

September 11, 2024

DOI and USDA Issued Joint Secretarial Order to Strengthen Co-Stewardship Efforts

September 11, 2024

White House and 17 Agencies Signed MOU Committing to Increased Consultation and Collaboration with Tribes

September 9, 2024

EPA and the Forest Service Updated the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map

September 9, 2024

EPA Issued a Proposed Endangerment Finding for Lead Emissions from Aircraft

September 9, 2024

EPA Proposed Tightening Restrictions on Pesticide Carbaryl

September 9, 2024

EPA Issued Draft Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Guidelines

September 9, 2024

EPA Denied Alabama’s Application to Manage Coal Ash Permit Program

September 9, 2024

EPA Proposed a Rule for Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

September 9, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Regulate Trichloroethylene (TCE)

September 9, 2024

EPA Launched the Community, Equity & Resilience Initiative

September 9, 2024

EPA Released Revised Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis

September 9, 2024

EPA Released Meaningful Involvement Policy

September 9, 2024

Agencies Published Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics

September 9, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Reduce Water Pollution from Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities

September 9, 2024

EPA Announced It Will Annually Update and Release National Air Toxics Data and Risk Estimates

September 9, 2024

EPA Report Highlighted Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change on Underserved Communities

September 9, 2024

EPA OIG Found Agency Did Not Consistently Communicate Human Health Risks at Sites Being Addressed by OLEM

September 9, 2024

EPA Launched Training Initiative to Reduce Lead Exposure

September 9, 2024

EPA Withdrew Trump Administration Memorandum Addressing Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunctions in State Implementation Plans

September 9, 2024

EPA Revised the Children’s Health Policy and Plan

September 9, 2024

EPA Published PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024

September 9, 2024

EPA Agreed to Publish Complete Lists of Each State’s Implementation Plan

September 9, 2024

EPA Extended TRI Reporting Requirements to Specific Facilities

September 9, 2024

EPA Added 1-bromopropane to Clean Air Act Toxics List

September 9, 2024

EPA Entered an Agreement with the World Health Organization to Cooperate in Promoting Environmental Management

September 9, 2024

EPA Announced Measures to Better Protect Residents in “Cancer Alley”

September 9, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration Restarted Cancer Moonshot Initiative to Reduce the Cancer Death Rate

September 9, 2024

EPA’s Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals Reviewed EPA’s Approach for Assessing Chemical Risks to Fenceline Communities

September 9, 2024

EPA Failed to Complete Overdue Residual Risk and Technology Reviews

September 9, 2024

EPA’s Science Advisory Board Established Cumulative Impacts Assessment Framework

September 9, 2024

EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopted Recommendations to Support Local Communities Tackling PFAS Contamination

September 9, 2024

EPA Published “Guidance for Developing and Maintaining a Service Line Inventory”

September 9, 2024

EPA Published Report Detailing Improvements in Air Quality from the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

September 9, 2024

Solicitor Ruled for Tribes Against North Dakota in Dispute Over Mineral Rights

September 7, 2024

Agencies Signed MOU to Promote Access to Nature in “Nature-Deprived Communities”

September 7, 2024

DOI Transferred 80 Acres to Native Hawaiians in Ewa Beach

September 7, 2024

DOI Transferred National Bison Range Lands to be Held in Trust for Tribes

September 7, 2024

President Biden Signed Executive Orders Restoring Boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Monuments

September 7, 2024

DOI Launched Interagency Initiative to Protect Access to Sacred Sites

September 7, 2024

DOI Recognized Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation

September 7, 2024

DOI Announced Return of 465 Acres to the Rappahannock Tribe

September 7, 2024

Secretary Haaland Rescinded Memorandum that Hampered Tribes Seeking to Enact Water Codes

September 7, 2024

DOI Transferred Fish Production at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery to the Nez Perce Tribe

September 7, 2024

DOI Opened Land for Conveyance to Eligible Alaska Native Vietnam-Era Veterans

September 7, 2024

BLM Formed Partnership with Tribal Governments to Oversee Cultural Protection Activities in the Bering Strait Region

September 7, 2024

DOI Solicitor Issued Opinion Reclaiming Authority to Take Land into Trust for Alaska Natives and Alaska Tribes

September 7, 2024

President Biden Signed Three Bills to Improve Water Access for Tribes in Arizona

September 7, 2024

President Biden Designated New Avi Kwa Ame National Monument

September 7, 2024

EPA Withdrew Interim Registration Review for Glyphosate

September 6, 2024

EPA Released and Updated Resources to Allow the Public to Investigate Environmental Enforcement and Compliance in their Communities

September 6, 2024

EPA Released Agency-wide Strategy to Combat Lead Exposure

September 6, 2024

EPA Announced that FOIAOnline Would Be Shut Down in September 2023

September 6, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Reinstate Several Provisions of the 2015 Agricultural Worker Protection Standard

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Final Rule Reaffirming Limitations on Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

September 6, 2024

EPA Announced Accelerated Action for Four Organophosphate Pesticides

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Final “Good Neighbor” Plan to Reduce Downstream Ozone Exposure

September 6, 2024

EPA Published First Ever Chemical Data Reporting National Review

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Online Resource to Prevent Heavy Metal Exposure in Children

September 6, 2024

EPA Released the Draft of the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Report on Climate Change and Children’s Health and Well-Being in the United States

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Interactive Map Depicting Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites

September 6, 2024

EPA Released ECHO Clean Air Tracking Tool

September 6, 2024

EPA Added Environmental, Health Indicators to EJSCREEN

September 6, 2024

EPA Published a Final Rule to Amend Timelines for State Plans under the Clean Air Act

September 6, 2024

EPA Added Seven PFAS to the Toxic Release Inventory

September 6, 2024

EPA Lowered Screening Level for Lead in Soil for First Time in 30 years

September 6, 2024

EPA Finalized Stricter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM)

September 6, 2024

EPA Expanded Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative

September 6, 2024

EPA Announced 47 New Members of Science Advisory Board

September 6, 2024

EPA Established New Regional Environmental Justice Office in Region 2

September 6, 2024

EPA Created First-Ever National Environmental Youth Council (NEYAC)

September 6, 2024

EPA Inspector General Audited EPA’s Distribution of Loans for State Drinking Water Projects

September 6, 2024

EPA Released First-Ever Equity Action Plan

September 6, 2024

EPA Partnered with USDA to Improve Low-Income Wastewater Infrastructure

September 6, 2024

EPA Launched New Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR)

September 6, 2024

EPA Finalized “EJ Action Plan: Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA’s Land Protection and Cleanup Programs”

September 6, 2024

EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) Found EPA Should Better Prepare to Notify Public of Lead in Drinking Water

September 6, 2024

EPA’s Office of Air & Radiation (OAR) Issued Guidance to Regional Offices on Considering Environmental Justice

September 6, 2024

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) Self-initiated Project to Identify Best Practices for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued Revised Policy on Consultation with Indian Tribes

September 6, 2024

EPA Released 2023 Update to Equity Action Plan

September 6, 2024

EPA Sought Applicants for Newly-Established HBCU-MSI Advisory Council

September 6, 2024

EPA and USAID Formalized Partnership to Advance Environmental Protection

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued First National Drinking Water Standard to Protect Against PFAS Exposure

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued Stricter National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Soot (Particulate Matter)

September 6, 2024

EPA Finalized Rule on Facility Response Plan Requirements Under the Clean Water Act

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Final Rule to Strengthen Clean Air Standards for Chemical Plants

September 6, 2024

EPA Released Interim Guidance on Destruction and Disposal of Certain PFAS and PFAS-Containing Materials

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued Final Rule Protecting Water Quality for Tribes with Treaty and Reserved Rights

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued Final TSCA Framework Rule on Risk Evaluations

September 6, 2024

EPA Created New Online Environmental Justice Clearinghouse

September 6, 2024

EPA Designated Two Forever Chemicals (PFOA, PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances

September 6, 2024

EPA and CalEPA Issued 2024/25 Action Plan for Joint Enforcement

September 6, 2024

EPA Adopted New Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy

September 6, 2024

EPA Released 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan

September 6, 2024

DOI Withdrew Leasing and Mining Claims around Chaco Culture National Historic Park

September 6, 2024

President Biden Established Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

September 6, 2024

DOI Launched Indian Youth Service Corps

September 6, 2024

DOI Sought Comments on Federal Hardrock Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting Processes

September 6, 2024

DOI Created New Office of Strategic Partnerships to Direct Resources to Indian Country

September 6, 2024

Secretary Haaland Appointed New Members to the National Park System Advisory Board

September 6, 2024

DOI Established Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee

September 6, 2024

DOI Created Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Council

September 6, 2024

DOI Released, Updated Equity Action Plan

September 6, 2024

DOI and USDA Made Recommendations to Protect Tribes from Mining

September 6, 2024

Biden Administration Reinstated Annual Tribal Nations Summit, Pledging More Collaboration with Tribes

September 6, 2024

DOI, Other Agencies Signed MOU to Increase Tribal Consultation

September 6, 2024

DOI Released Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap Online Tool

September 6, 2024

Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Released Collaborative Land Management Plan

September 6, 2024

DOI Issued Order 3410 to Promote Bison Population and Grassland Restoration Efforts

September 6, 2024

DOI Finalized Rule to Guide BLM’s Management of Public Lands

September 6, 2024

DOI Issued Report on Co-Stewardship as Part of Joint Secretarial Order 3403

September 6, 2024

DOI and USDA Announced Plan to Increase Representation of Alaska Natives on Federal Subsistence Board

September 6, 2024

DOI Solicitor Affirmed that Tribes in Alaska have Jurisdiction over Native Allotments

September 6, 2024

DOI Finalized Rule to Reduce Oil and Gas Waste on Public and Tribal Lands

September 6, 2024

DOI, IHS Signed MOU to Support Tribal Water and Sanitation Infrastructure

September 6, 2024

DOI Finalized Rule on Management and Protection of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

September 6, 2024

DOJ and EPA Announced Interagency Environmental Crime Victim Assistance Program

September 6, 2024

Attorney General Garland Restored DOJ’s Office for Access to Justice

September 6, 2024

DOJ Released 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 6, 2024

DOJ Launched First-Ever Office of Environmental Justice, Joint EJ Enforcement Strategy with EPA

September 6, 2024

DOJ Launched Law Enforcement Language Access Initiative

September 6, 2024

DOJ Launched Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Environmental Crimes Task Force

September 6, 2024

ENRD Deputy Assistant AG Withdrew Trump-era Documents Defining Enforcement Priorities

September 6, 2024

ENRD-EPA Victim Assistance Team Developed New Victims’ Rights Materials

September 6, 2024

DOJ Issued Interim Final Rule to Allow Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)

September 6, 2024

DOJ Released EJ Enforcement Strategy Annual Report

September 6, 2024

U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia Created New Affirmative Civil Rights and Environmental Justice Unit

September 5, 2024

DOJ Issued 2024 Environmental Justice Strategic Plan

September 5, 2024

EPA Denied Alabama’s Application to Manage Coal Ash Permit Program

September 5, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Protect Workers and Consumers from Toxic Solvent N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP)

September 5, 2024

EPA Issued Final Rule to Make Annual Drinking Water Quality Reports More Understandable and Accessible

September 5, 2024

EPA OEJECR Issued Draft National Program Guidance for Comment

August 13, 2024