Layer: Potential Environmental Justice Area (PEJA) Communities (ID:0)

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Name: Potential Environmental Justice Area (PEJA) Communities

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Description: Data shows polygon locations of Potential Environmental Justice Areas (PEJA) and is defined in the PEJA field. PEJA's have been identified based on data from the 2014-2018 5-year American Community Survey (ACS), conducted by the US Census Bureau. Environmental justice efforts focus on improving the environment in communities, specifically minority and low-income communities, and addressing disproportionate adverse environmental impacts that may exist in those communities. The information balloon for each census block group area displays the census block group ID, population, percent minority, percent below poverty level, county, municipality, and a link to more information on the Department of Environmental Conservation's website https://www.dec.ny.gov/public/333.html The data was collected by the US Census Bureau as part of the American Community Survey. Reported income and race/ethnicity data were analyzed by OEJ to determine the presence of Potential Environmental Justice Areas. The designated areas are then considered for additional outreach within the permitting process, for grant eligibility, and for targeted enforcement of Environmental Conservation Law violations. Utilized established methods as originally detailed in the Interim Environmental Justice Policy, US EPA Region 2, December 2000, and recommended by the Environmental Justice Advisory Group, Recommendations for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Justice Program, January 2, 2002. Individual thresholds for low-income populations (statewide), minority populations (rural communities), and minority populations (urban communities) were determined by using ArcGIS 10.3 (used to indicate if census block groups overlapped Census designated urban areas) and IBM SPSS Statistics 26 (to conduct a K-means clustering algorithm on ACS data for the three categories). More detail is provided under processing steps. Service updated annually. For more information or to download layer see https://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/inventories/details.cfm?DSID=1273Download the metadata to learn more information about how the data was created and details about the attributes. Use the links within the metadata document to expand the sections of interest see http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/metadata/nysdec.PEJA.xml

Copyright Text: Data collection: US Census Bureau Data analysis: David E. Witt, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) Funding: NYS Taxpayers

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GEOID_DATA (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Census Block Group, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 254, nullable: true, editable: true)
BPOVRATE (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Percentage Below Poverty Level, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
MINPOPCOUNT (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Total Population, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
MINPOPRATE (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Percentage Minority Population, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
PEJA (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: PEJA, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 5, nullable: true, editable: true)
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Last Edit Date: 6/23/2025 4:48:29 PM

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