Common use of Community Impacts Clause in Contracts

Community Impacts. (This scope is for the corresponding section(s) as listed in the Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences section of an EA and associated technical reports) 11.1 Community Impacts includes land use, environmental justice, limited English proficiency, and other issues as addressed in TxDOT Environmental guidance. The Technical Expert shall perform Community Impact Assessments including relocations and Environmental Justice analysis (in accordance with Executive Order 12898) and Limited English Proficiency analysis (in accordance with Executive Order 13166). 11.2 Compile analysis must meet requirements of TA 6640.8A. Analysis must conform to applicable current State and FHWA guidance. 11.3 Process for Community Impact Assessment should follow guidance provided in TxDOT’s Community Impacts Assessment Toolkit. • Identify Environmental Justice communities within the study area. • Determine if the project would have disproportionately high and adverse impacts on Environmental Justice communities. All impacts identified in the Community Impact Assessment and other relevant studies (i.e. noise analysis) should be considered to determine if the impacts disproportionately affect environmental justice communities. • Identify possible mitigation measures to avoid or minimize any adverse impacts to the environmental justice population within the project area.