Identify the highest priority locations in disadvantaged communities around the state to deploy community air monitoring systems.

Date Due:: N/A
Responsible Entity:: DEC
Action:: Identify the highest priority locations in disadvantaged communities around the state to deploy community air monitoring systems.
Summary:: The DEC will select at least 4 disadvantaged communities around the state, that have potentially high exposure burdens for toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutants, for preparation of community emissions reduction programs.
Status:: ONGOING: On September 21, 2021, Governor Hochul announced a DEC and NYSERDA initiative to monitor air quality in disadvantaged communities across the state and use the data collected to develop strategies to reduce pollution in those communities.
Statute:: CLCPA § 2 adds ECL § 75-0115(2)(b)

The CLCPA instructs the DEC, in consultation with the CJWG, to prepare a program demonstrating community air monitoring systems by October 1, 2022, and publish the air quality data produced by the community air monitoring systems deployed. This program must identify the highest priority locations in disadvantaged communities around the state.

Statutory Language:

CLCPA § 75-0115 (2)(b): "The program shall identify the highest priority locations in disadvantaged communities around the state to deploy community air monitoring systems, which shall be communities with potentially high exposure burdens for toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutants. The program shall be undertaken in no less than four communities statewide with regional consideration."