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Forkenbrock, David J. . Effective methods for environmental justice assessment / David J. Forkenbrock, Jason Sheeley. [0309087988 ] Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, c2004.
Call#: Fine Arts Library TE7 .N25 no.532
Call#: Fine Arts Library TE7 .N25 no.532
TASKS (1.) Review recent and ongoing research and literature on consideration of environmental justice in transportation systems, corridor, and project planning. Highlight innovative procedures and the findings of recent research and report on their effectiveness in improving transportation decision making. (2.) Review existing practices and procedures of federal, state, and regional transportation and nontransportation agencies that assess and consider environmental justice implications in plans and programs. (3.) Review significant federal and state environmental-justice-related regulations and guidelines that can be expected to affect transportation planning and decision making. (4.) Review and analyze statutes and case law and provide a synthesis of what is legally required by existing environmental justice requirements. (5.) Identify best practices and deficiencies of procedures, practices, and analytic methods for considering environmental justice effects in plans and programs. Identify ways that federal and state administrative processes and regulatory reviews can be improved from an efficiency standpoint. (6.) Prepare an interim report covering Tasks 1 through 5 for NCHRP review and comment. Meet with the project panel to discuss feedback and gain approval for the remaining tasks. (7.) Develop new and improved qualitative and quantitative measures for identifying the environmental justice populations and the positive and negative effects of transportation plans, programs, and projects. (8.) Develop a draft guidebook that includes the measures developed in Task 7 and provides updated reference information on environmental justice and its integration into transportation planning and decision making. The guidebook is intended to improve the practice of assessing environmental justice effects and to provide perspectives on the tools and procedures available to practitioners. The guidebook should include practical illustrations and examples of effective environmental justice applications, methods, tools, and analyses at the systems, corridor, and project levels. (9.) Present the draft guidebook for review by NCHRP. (10.) Develop a plan to present and obtain feedback on the guidebook, reference information, and key research findings to selected focus groups comprised of practitioners representing various national transportation organizations and environmental justice stakeholders. (11.) Develop recommendations and guidance for disseminating the research findings and the guidebook to appropriate federal, state, and local practitioners. Recommend appropriate training approaches or opportunities to encourage widespread guidebook use. Identify other research needs emanating from this project. (12.) Prepare a final report that documents the entire project. The guidebook should be the primary product of the final report and is intended as a reference document for practitioners, containing best practices, methodologies, issues, and implementation approaches. The study design, methods, and Task 11 recommendations should be included as appendixes.