Sec. 2. Purposes
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The purposes of this Act are— to require Federal agencies to address and eliminate the disproportionate environmental and human health impacts on populations of color, communities of color, indigenous communities, and low-income communities; to ensure that all Federal agencies develop and enforce rules, regulations, guidance, standards, policies, plans, and practices that promote environmental justice; to increase cooperation and require coordination among Federal agencies in achieving environmental justice; to provide to communities of color, indigenous communities, and low-income communities meaningful access to public information and opportunities for participation in decision making affecting human health and the environment; to mitigate the inequitable distribution of the burdens and benefits of Federal programs having significant impacts on human health and the environment; to require consideration of cumulative impacts in permitting decisions; to clarify congressional intent to afford rights of action pursuant to certain statutes and common law claims; and to allow a private right of action under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) to challenge discriminatory practices.