SB1169 Summary

• Applies to permit applications for industrial facilities, landfills, ports, or distribution centers located within 500 feet of occupied dwellings, schools, health facilities, senior centers, or environmental protection communities.

• Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to provide public notice, hold a comment period, and analyze potential disproportionate impacts on environmental protection communities and need for additional air monitoring before approving permits.

• Mandates permitted facilities choose one mitigation measure: maintain a vegetative buffer around the facility (with distance determined in consultation with the department, residents, and public health experts) or offer to purchase occupied dwellings within 500 feet at fair market value.

• Allows the department to disapprove permit applications if clear evidence shows issuance would have detrimental effects on public health or quality of life in the area.

• Permits the department to increase the 500-foot distance requirement on a case-by-case basis for environmental protection communities and requires the department to promulgate implementation rules within one year of enactment; takes effect 90 days after enactment.