State Model to require streamlined local permitting, guiding the process from an online application form and checklist, to a time-limited period for local authorities to issue approval or conduct an inspection, and capping application fees.
Require certain facilities seeking air emissions permits in or near communities with EJ populations to conduct a cumulative impact analysis, and solicit meaningful involvement with EJ populations in the permitting process.
Requires state governments to devote a larger share of transportation funding to providing meaningful alternatives to driving.
Requires the implementation of a federal/state carbon labeling program.
Requiring state agencies to purchase a minimum amount of CCS energy for use in buildings, subject to availability, and raising the minimum total amount of clean electricity to be purchased by the state government by 2050.
Restricts as-of-right zoning in designated environmental justice areas.
Requiring the state environmental protection agency to identify and publish a list of areas disproportionately burdened by environmental hazards and limited participation in decision-making processes.
Establishes a powerful platform for advocating equity and justice in historically marginalized communities.
Addresses the issue of grandfathered approval for existing polluting facilities, which can evade stringent regulatory standards and technological improvements, and are often located in low-income communities and communities of color.
Imposes new permitting requirements on the construction or expansion of facilities that attract significant traffic in designated environmental justice areas.