Evaluating Environmental

Individual Project
The individual project will be divided into two deliverables, each worth
20% of final grade.
Part One DraI (20% of class grade) Due March 9, 2014
Part Two Final (20% of class grade) Due April 27, 2014
PART ONE DRAFT:
Environmental Jus3ce Evalua3on for a Poten3al Light Rail Transit
Extension into South Central Phoenix, Arizona
hXp://www.valleymetro.org/projects_and_planning/project_detail/south_central
Required:
1. Discuss the applicable laws or regula3ons that require you to do the
analysis (review the
epa
ej
guidance below).
2. Describe the affected environment.
-­-Determine study area
-­-Describe study area characteris3cs (quan3ta3vely and
qualita3vely)
3. Perform literature review: At least 10 peer reviewed sources on
evalua3on of environmental jus3ce popula3ons.
4. Using the data sources and methods discussed in class, the literature
review, and the EPA guidance for evalua3ng environmental jus3ce
popula3ons (below), develop a methodology to analyze environmental
jus3ce popula3ons for the project.
hXp://www.epa.gov/compliance/ej/resources/policy/ej_guidance_nepa_ceq1297.pdf
Final Paper needs to be 6-­-10 pages in length.
Cite using a reference manager is suggested (
www.mendeley.com
)
Part Two 20% Due week of December 9, 2013.
Final Environmental Jus3ce Evalua3on for a Poten3al Light Rail Transit Extension into South Central Phoenix,
Arizona
Perform analysis per methodology described in part one.
Evaluate the effec3veness of your methodology.
More details to follow….