Sec. 2. Environmental justice community technical assistance grants
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Title III of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Administrator may award grants to eligible entities to enable such entities to participate in decisions impacting the health and safety of their communities in connection with an actual or potential release of a covered hazardous air pollutant. Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall publish guidance describing the process for eligible entities to apply for a grant under this section, including the required content and form of applications, the manner in which applications must be submitted, and any applicable deadlines.
Not later than 180 days after the issuance of guidance under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall award the first grant under this section. To be eligible for a grant under this section, an applicant shall be a group of individuals who reside in a community that— is a population of color, a community of color, an indigenous community, or a low-income community; and is in close proximity to the site of an actual or potential release of a covered hazardous air pollutant. An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant to participate in decisions impacting the health and safety of the community involved in connection with an actual or potential release of a covered hazardous air pollutant, including— interpreting information with regard to the nature of the hazard, cumulative impacts studies, health impacts studies, remedial investigation and feasibility studies, agency decisions, remedial design, and operation and maintenance of necessary monitors; and performing additional air pollution monitoring.
The amount of a grant under this section (excluding any renewals of the grant) may not exceed $50,000 for any grant recipient. The Administrator may waive the limitation in subparagraph
(A)with respect to an applicant in any case where the Administrator determines that such waiver is necessary for the community involved to obtain the necessary technical assistance. Grants may be renewed for each step in the regulatory, removal, or remediation process in connection with a facility with the potential to release a covered hazardous air pollutant. In this section: The term community of color means any geographically distinct area the population of color of which is higher than the average population of color of the State in which the community is located. The term covered hazardous air pollutant means a hazardous air pollutant (as defined in section 112 of the Clean Air Act) that— is listed on the toxics release inventory under section 313(c) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986; or is identified as carcinogenic by an assessment under the Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term indigenous community means— a federally recognized Indian Tribe; a State-recognized Indian Tribe; an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian community or organization; and any other community of indigenous people, including communities in other countries. The term low income means an annual household income equal to, or less than, the greater of— an amount equal to 80 percent of the median income of the area in which the household is located, as reported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and 200 percent of the Federal poverty line. The term population of color means a population of individuals who identify as— Black; African American; Asian; Pacific Islander; another non-White race; Hispanic; Latino; or linguistically isolated. .
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