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Chapter 1 of the U.S. EPA’s External Civil Rights Compliance Office Compliance Toolkit: Chapter 1, transmittal letter, and FAQs

The purpose of the U.S. EPA’s External Civil Rights Compliance Office Compliance Toolkit is to support and advance EPA external civil rights compliance and enforcement efforts. This document contains:

Chapter 1: Application of the federal civil rights laws and the civil rights legal standards used in investigating and resolving civil rights complaints at EPA
Transmittal letter
FAQs

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U.S. EPA's External Civil Rights Compliance Office Compliance Toolkit, Chapter 1: Application of the federal civil rights laws and t (PDF)(31 pp, 4 MB)