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Advocates press for state plan and monitors to address air-quality "hot spots"
Summary
Environmental-justice groups, physicians and local advocates urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to pass a bill requiring the state to identify air-pollution hot spots, expand monitoring (including ultrafine particulates) and set reduction targets for impacted communities.
A broad coalition of environmental-justice organizations, physicians and municipal representatives urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to report favorably on legislation (H2369/S1548) to identify pollution hot spots, expand state monitoring and set enforceable reduction goals. Sen. Jalen, sponsor of the bill, said the measure would establish a technical advisory committee, require targeted monitoring in hot-spot locations and direct the Department of Environmental Protection to implement policies to reduce measured pollution by 75 percent in affected areas by 2035.…
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