AZ SB1549

Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to adopt a list of burdened communities (census tracts in bottom 33% of median household income) within 120 days and update periodically.

Prohibits the department from granting permits for new facilities or expansions in burdened communities unless the applicant completes an environmental impact assessment, shares the report 30 days before a public hearing, and conducts a public hearing with at least 21 days' notice in two local newspapers.

Requires the department to wait at least 60 days after the public hearing before issuing a permit decision and allows denial of permits if approval would create unreasonable health or environmental risks when combined with existing cumulative impacts.

Directs the department to consider community support or opposition, including letters and municipal ordinances, when deciding whether to grant or deny permits in burdened communities.

Defines "facility" to include electric generating plants over 10 megawatts, incinerators, sewage treatment plants over 50 million gallons per day, solid waste facilities, landfills, and medical waste incinerators.