TABLE 3 |.

Questions to ask of the vulnerability and resiliency dataset to achieve environmental justice in communities neighboring active and legacy mining activities.

Questions	Dataset used
1. What is/are the major:	All datasets in Tables 1, 2
a. Vulnerability(ies)
b. Resiliency(ies)
2. Are we (all stakeholders) addressing them?	N/A
a. If not, how can we?
3. Are mining communities disproportionately exposed to Arsenic?  a. If so, what is/are the major arsenic contributor(s) to daily dose of arsenic?	• Gardenroots Data • USEPA’s EJSCREEN • National Water Quality Monitoring Counci • U.S. Geological Survey
4. Are mining communities suffering/experiencing cancer/diabetes/obesity/asthma disproportionately?  a. Why?  b. Is it due to rural health disparities?  c. Access to nutritional foods and public health programming?	• ADHS Environmental Health Public Tracking • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance • National Health and Nutrition Examination Study • USDA ERS
5. Are mining communities with elevated arsenic concentrations suffering/experiencing cancer/diabetes/obesity/asthma disproportionately?  a. If so, what is/are the major arsenic contributor(s) to daily dose of arsenic?	• Gardenroots Data • USEPA’s EJSCREEN • National Water Quality Monitoring Counci • U.S. Geological Survey • ADHS Environmental Health Public Tracking • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance • National Health and Nutrition Examination Study • USDA ERS
6. Can we assign an index value (Bergstrand et al., 2015) ?	All datasets in Tables 1, 2
7. Once we combine the vulnerability and resiliencies, can we rate and compare communities?	N/A
8. How can we leverage the resiliencies to address the vulnerabilities?	All datasets in Table 2
9. When considering ecosystem functions, what function(s) are in deficit/not working? Which functions are working?  a. Provisioning  b. Regulating  c. Cultural  d. Supporting	All datasets in Tables 1, 2
10. When considering sustainability practices, what needs to occur:  a. Economically—new job opportunities?  b. Socially  c. Environmentally	All datasets in Tables 1, 2
11. How can we successfully communicate with these communities at the local community and government level?	• American Community Survey