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INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS <br />Socioeconomics, Environmental Justice, and Children’s Health and Safety Risks <br />The primary considerations of a socioeconomics analysis are the economic activity, employment, income, <br />population, housing, public services, and social conditions of the area. The Uniform Relocation Assistance <br />and Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. § 61 et seq.), implemented by 49 CFR Part 24, <br />is the primary statute related to socioeconomic impacts. EO 13045, Protection of Children from <br />Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885) is the primary EO related to Children’s <br />Environmental Health and Safety Risks. Statutes, EOs, memorandums, and guidance that are relevant to <br />environmental justice include: <br />»Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d-2000d-7); <br />»EO 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income <br />Populations (59 FR 7629); <br />»Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and EO 12898; <br />»USDOT Order 5610.2(a), Environmental Justice in Minority and Low-Income Populations (77 FR <br />27534); <br />»CEQ Guidance: Environmental Justice: Guidance Under the National Environmental Policy Act; and <br />»Revised USDOT Environmental Justice Strategy (77 FR 18879). <br /> <br />Table 1-17 provides the socioeconomic and environmental justice characteristics of the area around the <br />Airport. Data for Tract 10.01, the tract that includes the Airport property, is from the U.S. Census Bureau <br />2010-2014 American Community Survey. <br /> <br />TABLE 1-17 <br />34 <br />SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHARACTERISTICS <br />Characteristics <br />Total Population 2,129 <br />Percent Minority 7.05% <br />Percent Living Below the Poverty Level 13.0% <br />Percent of the Population below 18 Years of Age 12.4% <br />Percent Unemployed (above 16 Years of Age) 11.6% <br />Total Housing Units 1,064 <br />Vacant Housing Units 147 <br />Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2010-2014 (Census Tract 10.01): Prepared by RS&H, 2016. <br /> <br />With regards to children’s environmental health and safety risks, the closest school to the Airport is the <br />35 <br />Meadow View School, about 2.5-miles south of the Airport. The school serves students in kindergarten <br />through eighth grade. <br /> <br />34 <br /> U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2010-2014, American Fact Finder. Accessed: <br />http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t, May 2016. <br />35 <br /> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NEPAssist, Places, Schools. Accessed: <br />https://nepassisttool.epa.gov/nepassist/nepamap.aspx?wherestr=EUG, June 2016. <br />EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 1-63 <br /> <br />