HB5103 would require an evaluation of the 2008 law, to determine the sufficiency of its definitions, including:
It would amend the law and deem an application by a facility to expand insufficient if environmental justice provisions are not completed, and
the “community benefit agreement” definition would expand to include financial resources to mitigate environmental and health impacts to air quality, watercourses, quality of life, asthma rates, and more, above and beyond impacts related to traffic, parking, and noise.
The amendment that mandates any municipality which hosts five or more affecting facilities enter a community benefit agreement.
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