Commissioner Policy 29 (CP-29) provides guidance for incorporating environmental justice concerns into DEC environmental permit review process and the DEC application of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR).
Providing information on environmental justice to applicants with proposed projects in those communities,
Enhancing public participation requirements for proposed projects in those communities,
Establishing requirements for projects in potential environmental justice areas with the potential for at least one significant adverse environmental impact, and
Providing alternative dispute resolution opportunities to allow communities and project sponsors to resolve issues of concern to the community.
Supporting Documents
EJ Checklist (PDF) Checklist for Environmental Analysts. Other checklists may be available from various divisions.
Part 487 Analyzing Environmental Justice Issues in Siting of Major Electric Generating Facilities Pursuant to Public Service Law Article 10(6 NYCRR 487(link leaves DEC website)) creates a regulatory agenda to start analyzing environmental justice issues related to the siting of a major electric generating facility in New York State, in accordance with Article 10 of the Public Service Law, enacted in the Power NY Act of 2011 (Ch. 388, L 2011).
This regulation is intended to:
Enhance public participation and the review of environmental impacts from proposed major electric generating facilities in environmental justice communities, and
Reduce disproportionate environmental impacts in overburdened communities
This regulation is not intended to create any right to judicial review involving compliance issues
