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• <br /> ' . :: CEIVED . <br /> Sustainability committee, :• <br /> .P;O.:Box 6. . : . . . <br /> Volcano;Hawai'i 9:6785 • • <br /> 'May:5, 1999 <br /> : IStON <br /> • � .'-Mr. Abraham.Wong • <br /> . .. - - � - •. . . . <br /> :Federal Highway:Admninistration • : <br /> 20.6 .. : .: . . <br /> x:50 <br /> Honolulu,Hawn 'i;9 850: • • : • . . . ' <br /> • <br /> RE: Response to=HDA=�I 3/17/9.9.'(Response to E:O: 12 95.:Complaint) : <br /> Dear Mr.Won ' • <br /> Thank you fore your :1.7. :1`999 response to our.Environmental:Justice:• xecutive Order " <br /> Y . . � . P .. . .: ... .. � . <br /> • 1.289,8):-Complaint::of_May:':19;-1998.°-We would::like soirie:clarificat on o=the De�:artment's role . <br /> in the provision of Environmental Justice for:Long Range`Transportation.Plans-atid`a response to <br /> • qur request for immediate;corrective action. - . . . <br /> • In our:letter,you:•stated;that'"The FHWA does'•not have.:an. :approval action on..Statewide <br /> . transportation plans;:nor-one:# individual data items:feeding.teh :plan o:r its.model,however,we• <br /> • Will be working`closely.wthIDOT::.:" .•' : _ - <br /> h-• n a.le•'to, . <br /> We ave bee un b iecorieile this With:the De- rtm- -�:-� f.Tr`��- :� (DOT) .�-�� ��. <br /> w1 a en o" :`-ionr :t <br /> rtatOder- o <br /> - - .P. t o ansp. <br /> it n- .:. -rtal.ustic`e:`in Minority Populations arzd,L°oar`Income Populations",.F;ederal <br /> . - •Address Envvranrriental.�J <br /> Registers.Document:.April:.15;:1:997:(Volume 62,N mber-.72). :':`' ' : : <br /> Accordingto that:Order,Section4:a.:: "It:is.the policyof:DOT::topromote•the piri lci les of . <br /> environmental 'ustice.as::embodied 841.the Executive Order: throu h.inco,. oration_of those <br /> • � ad• activtes:. Thivlll edoe: yfconsderingrin • <br /> environmental sticeprinc ples.thr-oughout planning and;dec:ision-mal ng:processes in the: <br /> • develop ment.of p::rog:ams : olicies and activities,usin .the-_ rixlci :les fof-the lIat onal <br /> P . P .� .:; gyp.. g . P P <br /> Environmental Polic �:Act,.(NEPA .Title VI:of the Rights Act of1964 :Titre;VI' the . <br /> . ......... <br /> Uluform:Relocation Assis .rice and Real l ro. e Ac u s tion Policies Act,sof 1970,:as-:amended <br /> (uR : '. •the���'ntern��• ciao-�_�,:-..-. ..,..:;-:.:.and ..'.: ..:: ,�.::::.: ::::-:.:.�.: ....:�.::::-.:.::� -..:;': ':..:....;. :;•.....::�.� . :.• :. ;� : :�.• . <br /> __, o- .Surface Trans ortation Efficient Act of 1.991 ISTEA and other.DOT <br /> • <br /> statutes,:reg latioi s:and: uidance'that::address or: :affect:infrastructure lannm ;..:decision-makin� : <br /> P g <br /> social;econom1c-or'environmental matters,public.health•::and.: ubliOnvolvement: ' • <br /> . <br /> According to::the�Iritroduction'of the Hawaii.Long Range Traits .ortatoPlan:( RTP)�(May <br /> P • • <br /> •.1998),page ""T.40.4fIRVI utilized ui:developing:a=Staten deTrai sportation:.Plari-that <br /> . • <br /> fulfills'thhe requirements:of the Inter. iodal.Surface Trans`ortatiolnEfficiencyAct(ISTEA)'of• <br /> . <br /> 199I: . <br /> It a:. ears to .:.that this= TP'is subject to the Order,being.air integral art of;tans ortation <br /> planning and:decision:making.for:ISTEA, as the basis.:for`.fn:•nciai assistance.provided by DOT. <br />