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Committee advances environmental-justice permitting bill with amendments after stakeholder talks
Summary
Committee staff summarized House Bill 109 as providing “for environmental permitting procedures in environmental justice areas, including consideration of cumulative impacts and public input.”
The House Environmental Committee considered House Bill 109, a measure intended to add environmental-justice criteria to state permitting for certain facilities. Committee staff summarized the bill as providing “for environmental permitting procedures in environmental justice areas, including consideration of cumulative impacts and public input.”
Sponsor Representative Steele and staff explained the bill’s aims: applicants for defined permits in designated environmental‑justice areas would need to conduct cumulative-impact studies and public hearings; the…
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