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e e e Implementa- tion of E.O. 12898 Concerning Environmental Justice Section 8: Environmental Review Executive Order 12898, "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations," directs each Federal agency to identify and address, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations. The National Environmental Policy Act environmental review process provides a convenient vehicle for fulfilling FEMA's environmental justice responsibilities. Applicants should use public involvement techniques that encourage low-income and minority populations to participate in project planning. The State and FEMA will review the applicant's efforts and the project to ensure low-income and minority populations are not adversely affected by the project. If the proposed action is deemed to have a disproportionately high and adverse impact, mitigative actions will be incorporated as part of the proposed action. For example, in the acquisition of residential property to remove structures from a floodplain, such properties sometimes represent the least expensive real estate in the area, and are often more likely to be owned by a lower income population than the homes located above the floodplain. If the State and Regional Directors assess the proposed action and determine that the proposed acquisition would have a disproportionately high and adverse effect on a minority andlor low-income population because replacement housing is scarce, additional relocation assistance might be recommended as a m~igative action. (See Section 11 for further detail.) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference-Draft Page 8-7