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OCR provides technical assistance, training, and other resources to help recipients comply with civil rights obligations. <br /> Further, OCR administratively enforces civil rights laws and nondiscrimination provisions by investigating DOJ <br /> recipients that are the subject of discrimination complaints. In addition, OCR conducts compliance reviews of DOJ <br /> recipients based on regulatory criteria. These investigations and compliance reviews permit OCR to evaluate whether <br /> DOJ recipients are providing services to the public and engaging in employment practices in a nondiscriminatory f <br /> manner. <br /> For more information about OCR, your civil rights and nondiscrimination responsibilities, how to notify your employees <br /> or beneficiaries of their civil rights protections and responsibilities and how to file a complaint, as well as technical <br /> assistance, training, and other resources, please visit www.oip.gov/program/civil-rights-office/outreach. If you would <br /> like OCR to assist you in fulfilling your civil rights or nondiscrimination responsibilities, please contact us at askOCRQ-o <br /> 'ip.usdoi•gov or www.o'p.gov/program/civil-rights-office/about#ocr-contacts. <br /> Memorandum Regarding NEPA <br /> NEPA Letter Type <br /> OJP - Ongoing NEPA Compliance Incorporated into Further Developmental Stages <br /> NEPA Letter <br /> The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG)allows states and local <br /> governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the <br /> criminal justice system, some of which could have environmental impacts. All recipients of JAG funding <br /> must assist BJA in complying with NEPA and other related federal environmental impact analyses <br /> requirements in the use of grant funds, whether the funds are used directly by the grantee or by a <br /> subgrantee or third party.?Accordingly,?prior to obligating?funds for any of the specified activities, the <br /> grantee must first determine if any of the specified activities will be?funded by the grant. <br /> ? The specified activities requiring environmental analysis are: <br /> a. New construction; <br /> b. Any renovation or remodeling of a property located in an environmentally or historically sensitive <br /> area, including properties located within a 100-year flood plain, a wetland, or habitat for endangered <br /> species, or a property listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places; <br /> c.? A renovation, lease, or any proposed use of a building or facility that will either(a) result in a <br /> change in its basic prior use or(b) significantly change its size; <br /> d.? Implementation of a new program involving the use of chemicals other than chemicals that are (a) <br /> purchased as an incidental component of a funded activity and (b)traditionally used, for example, in <br /> office, household, recreational, or education environments; and <br /> e. Implementation of a program relating to clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operations, <br /> including the identification, seizure, or closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories. <br /> Complying with NEPA may require the preparation of an Environmental Assessment and/or an <br /> Environmental Impact Statement, as directed by BJA. Further, for programs relating to <br /> methamphetamine laboratory operations, the preparation of a detailed Mitigation Plan will be required. <br /> For more information about Mitigation Plan requirements, please see iittps://www.b*a.gov/Funding/ <br /> nepa.htmI <br /> NEPA Coordinator <br /> First Name Middle Name Last Name <br /> Orbin no value Terry <br /> Page: 3 of 23 <br />