Environmental Equity & Systemic Health Impact Assessment Team

Environmental Justice & Industrial Accountability

Unit Mandate

Mission & Operational Scope

Conducts systemic health impact assessments that expose the structural and regulatory failures allowing disproportionate environmental health burdens to persist in communities of color and low-income populations, producing evidence for policy reform.

Doctrine

EPA Office of Environmental Justice Strategic Plan · WHO Health Impact Assessment Guidelines

Core Capabilities

Operational Capabilities

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Health Impact Assessment (HIA) methodology application to environmental decisions

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Environmental health disparity quantification using epidemiological methods

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Regulatory equity audit of permit issuance and enforcement patterns

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Structural racism and environmental policy analysis

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Community health survey design and participatory data collection

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Policy reform recommendation development and legislative advocacy support

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