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IDEM describes Environmental Stakeholder Inclusion program and public-facing data tools
Summary
Herb Engman of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management outlined the agency’s Environmental Stakeholder Inclusion (ESI) program, which provides enhanced outreach, translation, ADA accommodations and a public GIS tool called 'What’s in My Neighborhood?'.
Herb Engman, program lead for the Environmental Stakeholder Inclusion (ESI) program at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), described how IDEM handles public inquiries, accessibility and targeted outreach and demonstrated a public GIS tool that links to agency documents.
Engman said the ESI program implements the agency’s nondiscrimination policy and emphasizes “fair treatment and meaningful involvement,” language taken from EPA environmental justice guidance. The program provides an intake process for…
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