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X. Environmental Justice Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, requires federal agencies to make achieving environmental justice a part of its mission by identifying and addressing disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority and low-income populations. The requirements are to be carried out to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law. In May 2012, USDOT issued an update to DOT Order 5610.2(a), DOT Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, which was originally published in April 1997. The revised Order continues to be a key component of DOT’s environmental justice strategy. It updates and clarifies certain aspects of the original Order while maintaining its general framework and procedures and DOT’s commitment to promote the principles of environmental justice in all DOT programs, policies, and activities. Similarly, City of Little Canada will institutionalize the same key components of DOT’s environmental justice strategy and commitment to promote the principles of environmental justice in all City of Little Canada’s programs, policies, and activities. These policies outline actions and factors to address environmental justice in order to identify and avoid discrimination and disproportionality high and adverse effects on minority and low-income populations: 1. Identify and evaluate environmental, public health, and interrelated social and economic effects of City of Little Canada programs, policies, and activities; 2. Propose measures to avoid, minimize, and/or mitigate disproportionately high and adverse environmental and public health effects and interrelated social and economic effects, and provide offsetting benefits and opportunities to enhance communities, neighborhoods, and individuals affected by City of Little Canada programs, policies, and activities, where permitted by law and consistent with Executive Order 12898; 3. Consider alternatives to proposed programs, policies, and activities where such alternatives would result in avoiding and/or minimizing disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental impacts, consistent with Executive Order 12898; and 4. Elicit public involvement opportunities and consider the results thereof, including soliciting input from affected minority populations and low-income populations in considering alternatives. City of Little Canada supports environmental justice through every stage of the planning, construction and maintenance processes, consistent with the factors outlined above. This ensures City of Little Canada gains input from the community that will help shape how City of Little Canada builds and maintains roads, bridges, and parks and trails. Some ways in which the City of Little Canada accomplishes this include: