United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-06-13 monographic deposited born digital 126 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-84 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-84 P0b002ee180378acd f:rc95084 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-84 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-84 RCED-95-84 Site selection Demographic data Disadvantaged persons Minorities Waste management Hazardous substances Waste disposal Social sciences research Pollution control Health hazards EPA National Priorities List Superfund Program Chapter Report RCED GAO did not find that minorities or poor persons were overrepresented near a majority of nonhazardous municipal landfills. According to GAO's nationwide sample of municipal landfills, less than half of such landfills had a percentage of minorities or low-income people living within one mile of the facility that was higher than the percentage in the rest of the county. The 10 studies that GAO summarized, which focused on the demographics of people living near waste facilities, had varied conclusions. Some asserted that minorities and low-income persons were disproportionately found near waste facilities, while others did not. The studies' conclusions are difficult to generalize because the authors examined different kinds of facilities and used different methodologies and definitions of "racial minority." The Environmental Protection Agency's limited requirements on where hazardous waste facilities may be built have not addressed "environmental justice," a concept that argues for alleviating any disproportionate burden imposed by waste facilities and environmental pollution on some groups of individuals. GAO found that few data were available on the health effects of hazardous and nonhazardous waste sites on minorities or low-income persons. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-84/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-84.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-84/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-84.pdf GAO/RCED-95-84 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-84 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-95-84; Hazardous and Nonhazardous Waste: Demographics of People Living Near Waste Facilities; Site selection Demographic data Disadvantaged persons Minorities Waste management Hazardous substances Waste disposal Social sciences research Pollution control Health hazards EPA National Priorities List Superfund Program