Bill > HB1338

This bill aims to advance environmental justice in Colorado by reducing the cumulative impacts of air pollution. The key provisions are: 1. It requires the Department of Public Health and Environment to select contractors to develop Environmental Equity and Cumulative Impact Analyses (EECIAs) for geographic areas with disproportionately impacted communities. The EECIAs must analyze cumulative impacts and identify solutions to avoid, minimize, and mitigate problems. 2. It creates an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department to increase engagement with and responsiveness to disproportionately impacted communities, coordinate environmental justice work, and advance language justice goals. 3. It requires petroleum refineries to disseminate real-time air quality monitoring data to the Division of Air Pollution Control and install community-based monitoring systems. 4. It establishes a Rapid Response Inspection Team within the Division to quickly respond to air quality complaints, prioritizing those from disproportionately impacted communities. The bill also appropriates over $1.8 million to the Department of Public Health and Environment and the Department of Law to implement these provisions.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1338