New CalEnviroScreen 4.0 data dashboard released. The dashboard is an interactive online tool used for filtering and visualizing the latest CalEnviroScreen data. Users can filter CalEnviroScreen 4.0...
Reports & Publications
CalEnviroScreen 3.0
The California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool: CalEnviroScreen 3.0 was updated in June 2018. For more information on this update, see the CalEnviroScreen 3.0 page.
CalEnviroScreen is a screening methodology that can be used to help identify California communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution. This version updates CalEnviroScreen in a variety of ways.
CalEPA has used CalEnviroScreen 3.0 to designate disadvantaged communities pursuant to Senate Bill 535 in April 2017.
All materials related to CalEnviroScreen 3.0 are available here.
CalEnviroScreen Data Update for the Border Region:
A report to the Legislature on actions taken to account for pollution burdens in the California-Mexico border region for CalEnviroScreen 3.0 pursuant to to Assembly Bill 1059 is available here.
CalEnviroScreen 2.0
CalEnviroScreen 2.0 was updated in October 2014 to include additional data along the US-Mexico border. Information on the update is described in the Summary of Major Changes and in the SB 535 Response to Public Comments.
CalEnviroScreen is a screening methodology that can be used to help identify California communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution.CalEPA has used the tool to designate California communities as disadvantaged pursuant to Senate Bill 535.
- CalEnviroScreen 2.0 Report (updated October 2014)
- CalEnviroScreen 2.0 Summary of Major Changes
- CalEnviroScreen 2.0 Response to Public Comments
- Analysis of CalEnviroScreen 2.0 Scores and Race/Ethnicity
All materials related to CalEnviroScreen 2.0 are available here.
Cumulative Impacts: Building a Scientific Foundation Report
In 2010 CalEPA and OEHHA released the report “Cumulative Impacts: Building a Scientific Foundation.” This report presents the first step in developing a screening methodology to evaluate the cumulative impacts of multiple sources of pollution in specific communities or geographic areas.
Environmental Justice Program Update: A report to the Governor and the Legislature on actions taken to implement Public Resources Code Sections 71110-71116.
Publications on CalEnviroScreen
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cumulative Environmental Health Impacts in California: Evidence From a Statewide Environmental Justice Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen 1.1)
Lara Cushing, MPH, MA, John Faust, PhD, Laura Meehan August, MPH, Rose Cendak, MS, Walker Wieland, BA, and George Alexeeff, PhD
American Journal of Public Health, November 2015 - CalEnviroScreen: A Pathway to Address Environmental Justice Issues in California
George V. Alexeeff and Arsenio Y. Mataka
EM Magazine, January 2014 - Methodological Considerations in Screening for Cumulative Environmental Health Impacts: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Study in California
Laura Meehan August, John B. Faust , Lara Cushing , Lauren Zeise and George V. Alexeeff International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, August 2012 - A Screening Method for Assessing Cumulative Impacts
George V. Alexeeff, John B. Faust, Laura Meehan August, Carmen Milanes, Karen Randles, Lauren Zeise and Joan Denton
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2012
CalEnviroScreen Reports
OEHHA a nombre de la CalEPA, anuncia la disponibilidad del Instrumento de Evaluación de la Salud Ambiental de las Comunidades de California: CalEnviroScreen 4.0.
Information on the draft CalEnviroScreen 4.0 which was released for public comment from February 19 to May 14, 2021.
Information on CalEnviroScreen 3.0, with links to press releases, map of the overall CalEnviroScreen 3.0 scores and additional data. Updated June 2018.
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the California Environmental Protection Agency have partnered with Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc.
CalEnviroScreen Data Update for the Border Region. A report to the Legislature on actions taken to account for pollution burdens in the California-Mexico border region pursuant to Public Resources...
(CalEnviroScreen 3.0: Spanish)
OEHHA a nombre de la CalEPA, anuncia la disponibilidad del Instrumento de Evaluación de la Salud Ambiental de las Comunidades de California: CalEnviroScreen 3.0.
La Oficina de Evaluación de Peligros a la Salud Ambiental (OEHHA, por sus siglas en inglés), en nombre de La Agencia de Protección Ambiental del Estado de California (CalEPA), comunica que se encue
Draft screening methodology that can be used to help identify California communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution.
Background information on CalEnviroScreen 2.0, with links to press releases, data (i.e., maps of overall scores, pollution burden scores, population characteristic scores), and a link to a mobile-...
OEHHA and Cal EPA released CalEnvironScreen 2.0 Draft. Information related to the draft is provided.
CalEPA and OEHHA announce the availability of an update to the California Communities Environmental Health Screeing Tool: CalEnviroScreen 1.1.
Information on CalEnviroScreen 1.0, including the report, a summary of major changes from the 1.0 draft, response to major comments, and sensitivity analysis.
OEHHA released two drafts of CalEnviroScreen 1.0 before finalizing the tool in April 23, 2013.
CalEPA and OEHHA released the report “Cumulative Impacts: Building a Scientific Foundation.” This report presents the first step in developing a screening methodology to evaluate the cumulative...