Environmental Justice Strategic Plan Information
The Justice Department's Environmental Justice Strategic Plan fulfills the Department's responsibilities under Executive Orders 12898 and 14096. The new strategic plan fully incorporates and thereby supersedes the 2022 Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy and the Department's 2014 environmental justice guidance and strategy, while including significant elements from both.
View Introductory Remarks from Attorney General Merrick Garland to the Plan
Department of Justice Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
Meaningful Engagement and Consultation in the Development of the Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
The Department, through the Office of Environmental Justice, sought verbal and written comments on its draft goals and objectives for the plan. Options to provide input included:
- Virtual listening sessions on May 29 and 30, 2024 [youtube.com];
- Virtual and in-person Tribal consultations and listening sessions;
In-person community listening sessions in the following locations:
City/State Location Date New Orleans, Louisiana Southern University at New Orleans Monday, June 24, 2024 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Southern University and A&M College Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Bridgeport, Connecticut Burroughs Community Center Monday, July 8, 2024 Hartford, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Headquarters Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Beckley, West Virginia Neville Auditorium Monday, July 15, 2024 Institute, West Virginia West Virginia State University Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - Via email to the Office of Environmental Justice;
- Via Postal Mail to the Office of Environmental Justice; and
- Via public online survey on the Office of Environmental Justice’s website.
Updated December 20, 2024