The presentation will be provide an overview of how the EPA’s SPCC Oil Spill Prevention Program uses innovative tools, policies and measurement metrics to ensure that communities with potential Environmental Justice (EJ) concerns are protected from oil discharges. Environmental Justice Environmental justice means the just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of income, race, color, national origin, Tribal affiliation, or disability, in agency decision-making and other Federal activities that affect human health and the environment. EJ is priority for the USEPA and the Biden administration.
The presentation will include information on how EPA is integrating EJ concerns into the EPA’s SPCC Oil Spill Prevention Inspection Program, including:
• The innovate tools, including EJSCREEN, that EPA uses to identify EJ communities of concern.
• Presentation of EPA data on ten years of inspections and the impact on EJ communities of concern
• Presentation of EPA data on recent inspections after the EPA began implementing EJ policies and how this impacts EJ communities of concern.
• Next steps related to implementation of a watershed based EJ analysis and how this will inform flatbottom tank inspections in communities with EJ concerns.
• Lessons learned for tribal stakeholders wanting to incorporate EJ and climate change into their respective operations and understand how EPA will use these findings.
The material will be presented by the USEPA National SPCC Oil Spill Prevention Program Subject Matter Expert (SME).
