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Mapas de los 21 indicadores de la carga de la contaminación y las características de la población en CalEnviroScreen 4.0.

CalEnviroScreen is a mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affected by many sources of pollution, and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution’s effects. CalEnviroScreen uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic information to produce scores for every census tract in the state. The scores are mapped so that different communities can be compared. An area with a high score is one that experiences a much higher pollution burden than areas with low scores. CalEnviroScreen ranks communities based on data that are available from state and federal government sources.

,,CalEnviroScreen scores represent a combined measure of pollution and the potential vulnerability of a population to the effects of pollution. Like the previous versions, CalEnviroScreen 4.0 does not include indicators of race/ethnicity or age. However, the distribution of the CalEnviroScreen 4.0 cumulative impact scores by race or ethnicity is important. This information can be used to better understand issues related to environmental justice and racial equity in California. CalEPAs racial equity team has released a StoryMap using CalEnviroScreen 3.0 data that examines the connection between racist land use practices of the 1930s and the persistence of environmental injustice. The CalEPA StoryMap, along with this analysis, are examples of information that can be used to better understand issues related to environmental justice and racial equity in California.,

,CalEnviroScreen is a mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affected by many sources of pollution, and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution’s effects. CalEnviroScreen uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic information to produce scores for every census tract in the state. The scores are mapped so that different communities can be compared. An area with a high score is one that experiences a much higher pollution burden than areas with low scores. CalEnviroScreen ranks communities based on data that are available from state and federal government sources.,

,CalEnviroScreen is a mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affected by many sources of pollution, and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution’s effects. CalEnviroScreen uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic information to produce scores for every census tract in the state. The scores are mapped so that different communities can be compared. An area with a high score is one that experiences a much higher pollution burden than areas with low scores. CalEnviroScreen ranks communities based on data that are available from state and federal government sources.,

,The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), on behalf of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), developed California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool: CalEnviroScreen Version 2.0 (CalEnviroScreen 2.0). CalEnviroScreen is a screening methodology that can be used to help identify California communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution.CalEPA has used the tool to designate California communities as disadvantaged (link is external) pursuant to Senate Bill 535.,

This Feature Layer Collection contains publicly shared data from Envirostor, the Department of Toxic Substances Control's Project Management Solution. The data includes Cleanup Sites, Hazardous Waste Sites, and Inspection, Compliance and Enforcement sites. Cleanup Sites: DTSC conducts and supervises investigation and cleanup actions at sites where oil or hazardous chemicals have been or may be released into the environment. Cleanup activities take place at active and abandoned waste sites, federal and state facilities and properties, and where any storage tanks have leaked. DTSC, federal and other state agencies or municipalities, or the company or party responsible for the contamination may perform cleanups. Cleanup can also include site reuse and redevelopment. Hazardous Waste Sites: Hazardous waste management facilities receive hazardous wastes for treatment, storage or disposal. These facilities are often referred to as treatment, storage and disposal facilities, or TSDFs, and their activities are described in more detail below: Treatment - Using various processes, such as incineration or oxidation, to alter the character or composition of hazardous wastes. Some treatment processes enable waste to be recovered and reused in manufacturing settings, while other treatment processes dramatically reduce the amount of hazardous waste. Storage - Temporarily holding hazardous wastes until they are treated or disposed. Hazardous waste is commonly stored prior to treatment or disposal, and must be stored in containers, tanks, containment buildings, drip pads, waste piles, or surface impoundments that comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations. Disposal - Permanently containing hazardous wastes. The most common type of disposal facility is a landfill, where hazardous wastes are disposed of in carefully constructed units designed to protect groundwater and surface water resources. ICE Sites: The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) regulates the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes. DTSC monitors compliance with state and federal hazardous waste requirements by conducting inspections. DTSC works to ensure compliance with environmental requirements. When warranted, DTSC will take civil or criminal enforcement action against violators of environmental laws. DTSC provides compliance incentives and auditing to encourage facilities to find and disclose violations to the Agency. Violations may also be discovered from tips/complaints received by the Agency from the public. Violations discovered as a result of any of these activities may lead to civil or criminal enforcement. This data is a geospatial representation of data found at https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/. This dataset is updated daily.

The California Environmental Reporting System was developed by CalEPA to support the reporting of information by regulated businesses and Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs) pertaining to hazardous materials and hazardous waste throughout the state. This dataset is updated nightly from the CalEPA Regulated Site Portal. More information regarding this dataset can be found here.,

,,It has been 10 years since CalEPA and OEHHA released the first version of CalEnviroScreen, a groundbreaking environmental justice (EJ) mapping tool that identifies areas most affected by multiple forms of pollution. We would like to acknowledge the work that went into the project and celebrate the many people that informed the direction of CalEnviroScreen.,Over the past decade, the tool has focused environmental protection and enforcement actions by combining a variety of data sources to highlight communities living at the intersection of pollution and poverty. It has become a powerful way for EJ communities to bring data-driven attention to issues they face and has helped direct over 6 billion dollars in California climate investments.,