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9 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 309 (1994)
Civil Rights, Environmental Justice and the EPA: The Brief History of Administrative Complaints under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

handle is hein.journals/jenvll9 and id is 327 raw text is: ARTICLES LUKE W. COLE* Civil Rights, Environmental Justice and the EPA: The Brief History of Administrative Complaints Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction: A New Tool for the Movement ..... 311 II. The Nuts and Bolts of Title VI Administrative Advocacy: A Primer .............................. 313 A. EPA Regulations Implementing Title VI ...... 313 B. How to Do It, and Then What Happens ...... 314 C. The Benefits and Drawbacks of Administrative Com plaints ..................................... 318 1. The Benefits.............................. 319 2. The Drawbacks ............................ 321 III. Telling Communities' Stories: Title VI Complaints to EPA ................................ 324 A. Complaints Accepted by EPA for Processing.. 326 1. Jackson et al. v. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality ..................... 326 2. African Americans for Environmental Justice v. Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality ..................... 336 * Staff attorney, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation; General Counsel, Center on Race, Poverty of the Environment. A.B., Stanford University; J.D., Harvard University. The author wishes to thank Heather Abel, Jerilyn L6pez Men- doza, Michael Risher, Staycie Sena, Nathan Sykes, and Elizabeth Tan for their re- search assistance. Ralph Santiago Abascal, Rich Albores, and Bob Kuehn offered insightful comments on an earlier draft. [3091

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