MD HB1484

Requires applicants for permits on 22 types of "covered projects" (including landfills, incinerators, refineries, manufacturing facilities, and energy-generating facilities) to submit environmental impact analyses detailing short- and long-term effects, alternatives, and mitigation measures

Projects within 1.5 miles of "at-risk census tracts" (those scoring at or above the 75th percentile on Maryland's EJ tool) must include an existing burden report documenting current pollution sources, air quality, traffic, noise, lead exposure, and water contamination

Department of the Environment must deny permits for covered projects that would increase adverse environmental and public health impacts in at-risk census tracts, unless the project serves an essential community need with no reasonable alternative

Conditionally approved projects must enter cumulative impacts mitigation fund agreements with community-based organizations, requiring ongoing fee payments for the life of the project to benefit affected residents

At least 25% of enforcement action revenue from facilities within 1.5 miles of at-risk census tracts must be distributed to a special fund assisting affected communities; effective October 1, 2025