Current Projects
Environmental Justice Phase I

Client/Funder:
Environmental Protection Agency -- Environmental Justice (Updated August 2001)

Purpose and Scope:
The National Academy of Public Administration proposes to conduct a study that will further the ability of environmental justice groups, academics, regulated industries, and state, tribal and local governments to understand how to effectively bring environmental justice considerations to the attention of environmental permitting authorities. Unfortunately, for many years environmental permits have not taken into account the public's concerns about impacts on near-by residents and neighborhoods from disproportionate exposures to environmental harms and public health risks caused by industrial facilities.

Center:
Center for the Economy and the Environment

Project Director:
Suellen Keiner

Project Status:
Completed in December 2001

Panel Members:

Philip J. Rutledge (Chair) -- Professor Emeritus and former Special Assistant to the President, Professor and Director, Center for Global Studies, Indiana University. Former Director, Department of Human Resources, District of Columbia; Professor of Public Administration, Howard University; Director of Policy Analysis, National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors; Deputy Administrator, Social and Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Deputy Manpower Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor.

A. James Barnes -- Professor and former Dean, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University. Former positions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Deputy Administrator; General Counsel; Special Assistant to Administrator/Chief of Staff. Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Partner, Beveridge & Diamond; Campaign Manager, Governor William G. Milliken (Michigan); Assistant to Deputy Attorney General and Special Assistant/Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.

Jonathan B. Howes -- Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Professor of Planning and Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Former Secretary, Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources (DEHNR), State of North Carolina; Research Professor and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina; Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill; Director, Urban Policy Center, Urban America, Inc.; Director, State and Local Planning Assistance, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Valerie Lemmie -- City Manager, City of Dayton, Ohio. Former City Manager, City of Petersburg, Virginia; Director, Department of Environmental Services, City of Arlington, Virginia; Assistant Professor, Howard University. Former positions with the Washington, D.C. Government: Deputy Director, Department of Consumer/Regulatory Affairs; Assistant to the Director, Department of Consumer/Regulatory Affairs; Project Director, Minority Business Development Services, One America, Inc; Special Assistant, Office of Business and Economic Development; Financial Policy Analyst/Course Manager, Office of Comptroller, Labor Department (on assignment from Kansas City, Missouri).

David Mora -- City Manager, Salinas, California. Former City Manager, Oxnard, California; Manager, Los Gatos, California. Increasingly responsible positions with Santa Barbara, California, including: Director, Community Relations; Assistant to City Administrator; Deputy City Administrator.

James Murley -- Director, Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems, Florida Atlantic University. Former Secretary and Director, Division of Resource Planning and Management, Department of Community Affairs, State of Florida; Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Florida. Former positions with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce: Director, Coastal Program Office, Office of Coastal Zone Management (OCZM); Congressional Officer; Gulf Coast Regional Manager, OCZM.

Eddie Williams -- President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Former Vice President for Public Affairs and Director, Center for Policy Study, The University of Chicago; Foreign Service Reserve Officer, U.S. Department of State; Staff Assistant, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Meetings:
The next Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process panel meeting will be held August 30, 2001, from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. For more information, contact Suellen Keiner at 202-347-3190 or SKeiner@NAPAWASH.ORG.