White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC)

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The WHEJAC is interested in receiving public comments relevant to the following charges and topics: 

• National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Environmental Justice Science, Data, and Research Plan : What metrics or indicators would prove most useful in evaluating whether the recommendations in the current Research Plan have been meaningfully integrated and used to support the advancement of environmental justice; what types of feedback mechanisms could be implemented to meaningfully capture community responses and integrate them into the planning of the NSTC Environmental Justice Subcommittee; what key areas should receive increased or decreased attention in the next iteration of the plan; and what innovative approaches or emerging technologies, should the Subcommittee consider in future Research Plans?  

• Place-Based and Community-Focused Initiatives: What models of community-focused, multiagency collaboration have worked effectively; what methods, processes, principles, or other components have made these models effective in strengthening health or environmental protection or reducing…