Report
Using Geographic Tools to Identify Industrial and Commercial Facilities for which Pollution Prevention Efforts May reduce Exposure to Hazards Associated with Climate-related Flooding
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Pollution
Prevention Program provided Rutgers University with a grant to use geospatial analytical tools to
analyze publicly available state and federal environmental data, along with data regarding
current and projected flood hazards and changing climate conditions, to inform state and federal
program’s operations, local resilience planning and public awareness about potential flood
hazards. Rutgers identified active industrial and commercial facilities in New Jersey that may be
subject to impacts from flood hazards resulting from changing climate conditions, thus creating
potential future exposures in communities where the facilities reside. The data and presentation
products from the project can inform federal, state and local environmental program operations (e.g. facility inspections), raise awareness about potential flood hazards in the proximity of
industrial and commercial operations, and assimilate data that is useful for enhancing resilience
considerations in local hazard mitigation and land use planning processes.
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