NCD980602163_19980120_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_EJ anlysis for the area around the Kinston Airport-OCR

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20 January 1998
Henry Lancaster
Bill Meyer
Jack Butler
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
From: Grover Nicholson
As you requested, we had SCHES run the EJ algorithm for the area around
the Kinston Airport. The analysis looks at"% Non-White" and"% Below
Poverty." The analysis, attached, calculated the Potential Site Effect as 2.3826
and the Comparison Potential Site Effect as 1.8222. According to our algorithm,
this means that the area around the Kinston Airport has a higher-than-county-
average percent of minority people and of people living below the poverty level,
and that EJ issues are likely to arise.
In this case, the Kinston Airport was described as the point where the main
runways cross: latitude 35 d., 19 m., 34 s. and longitude 077 d., 37 m., and 00 s.
The algorithm assessed the area up to one mile around this point. No other waste
sites ( or other sites) were included in the analysis because Lenoir County sites are
not yet on the databases. Please note that, because the airport was described as a
point, and because no other sites were used in the analysis, you don't need a
computer to tell you that the people living within one mile of the airport are
predominantly minority and low-income. However, you need to know that the
PSE number is probably conservative. If there are more waste sites in the area, the
difference in the PSE and the Comparison Value will probably increase, and the
likelihood ofEJ issues arising will probably be higher.
Please note that this algorithm and procedure have not been p~er reviewed.
We need to build databases containing enough various types of waste sites in order
to test the algorithm properly. We are presently building these databases, and
storing these data on the NC corporate database through contracts with the NC
Center For Geographic Information and Analysis.
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Lenoir County
Potential Site Effect = 2.3826
Comparison Value= 1.8222
State Center for Health Statistics, January 1998
Legend
-Site
CJ) Adjacent Community
~ Surrounding Community
Percent Nonwhite
0 2.04-10.00
0 10.01 -30.00
-30.01 -50.00
-50.01 -100.00
Lenoir County
Potential Site Effect= 2.3826
Comparison Value = 1.8222
State Center for Health Statistics, January 1998
Legend
-Site
(I) Adjacent Community
~ Surrounding Community
Percent Below Poverty
0 0.00-11.32
0 11.33-25.47
-25.48-47.19
-47.20-82.68