Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
Environmental Justice and Civil Rights
Serving the communities of Greater Lowell Massachusetts.
Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
Environmental Justice and Civil Rights
Serving the communities of Greater Lowell Massachusetts.
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Environmental Justice & Civil Rights
What is Environmental Justice?
The U.S. Department of Transportation defines the principles as:
● To avoid, minimize, or mitigate disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects, including social and economic effects, on minority and low-income populations.
● To ensure the full and fair participation by all potentially affected communities in the transportation decision-making process.
● To prevent the denial of, reduction in, or significant delay in the receipt of benefits by minority and low-income populations.
Northern Middlesex Metropolitan Planning Organization
The Northern Middlesex Metropolitan Planning Organization fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The NMMPO operates without regard to race, color, national origin, creed, income, gender, age, and disability. Any person who believes him/herself or any specific class of persons, to be subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI may, by him/herself or by representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. A complaint must be filed no later than 180 days after the date of the alleged discrimination.
NMMPO 2011 Annual Title VI Report
Northern Middlesex Planning Organization meetings are conducted in accessible locations and materials can be provided in accessible formats and in languages other than English. If you would like accessibility or language accommodation, please contact the NMMPO at (978) 454-8021 (voice), (978) 454-8023 (fax), or ccurry@nmcog.org (e-mail).