Product No.: 01022
Date Published: 09/2001
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DVRPC has developed this environmental justice (EJ) assessment to avoid, minimize and mitigate potential direct and disparate impacts on defined minority, handicapped and lower income populations in the Delaware Valley Region. The assessment also fulfills a federal certification requirement for Metropolitan Planning Organizations that use federal funds to undertake a planning process to develop regional plans and programs. The report provides background information about EJ; summarizes DVRPC's existing EJ-related plans, policies and public involvement activities; describes a quantitative and qualitative methodology for evaluating the long-range land use and transportation plan, the TIP and other programs; recommends policies and implementation strategies to enhance DVRPC's public involvement program to incorporate EJ responsibilities; and recommends an annual monitoring and evaluation process to ensure that the proposed policies and implementation strategies remain effective.Geographic Area Covered: Nine-County Delaware Valley Region, including the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer in New Jersey.
Key Words: environmental justice (EJ), Title VI, Executive Order 12898, Section 1983, minorities, lower income, handicapped, elderly, car less, intentional and disparate impacts, Year 2025 Regional Land Use and Transportation Plan, Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), annual Planning Work Program, degrees of disadvantage, quality of life factors, EJ policies and implementation strategies, public involvement, monitoring and evaluation
Staff Contact(s)
- Shoshana Akins (sakins@dvrpc.org)
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Title VI Statement
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, and related nondiscrimination mandates in all programs and activities. DVRPC's website, www.dvrpc.org, may be translated into multiple languages. Publications and other public documents can usually be made available in alternative languages and formats, if requested. DVRPC’s public meetings are always held in ADA-accessible facilities, and held in transit-accessible locations whenever possible. Translation, interpretation, or other auxiliary services can be provided to individuals who submit a request at least seven days prior to a public meeting. Translation and interpretation services for DVRPC’s projects, products, and planning processes are available, generally free of charge, by calling (215) 592-1800. All requests will be accommodated to the greatest extent possible.
Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice by DVRPC under Title VI and/or ADA has a right to file a formal complaint. Any such complaint must be in writing and filed with DVRPC's Title VI Compliance Manager, Alison Hastings, and/or the appropriate state or federal agency within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory occurrence. For more information on DVRPC's Title VI program or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, please visit: www.dvrpc.org/GetInvolved/TitleVI, call (215) 592-1800, or email public_affairs@dvrpc.org.