This report is the first application of the UIC MCVD EJ.3 interface to assess the environmental justice conditions of the community near a location proposed for a scrap metal recycling facility. The environmental justice status of the densely populated Southwest Chicago communities is already poor: the residents are underserved, low-income people of color, predominantly Latinx, surrounded by industrial corridors, brownfields, asphalt plants, intermodal railyards, and storage and industrial

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... ities that are known emitters of hazardous materials. The effect of the proposed facility on further deterioration of the environmental justice status, especially for children, can only be assessed using a cumulative impact assessment approach. The Alderman of the 25th Ward and local community groups requested this report.