North Carolina H684 establishes environmental justice policies to reduce health disparities and ensure equitable access to environmental benefits.

North Carolina H684 aims to identify, reduce, and eliminate environmental health disparities by ensuring all state residents have equitable access to environmental benefits. The bill establishes the Environmental Justice Program within the Department of Environmental Quality to guide state agencies in implementing environmental justice principles. It mandates the creation of the Environmental Justice Advisory Council and the Interagency Environmental Justice Committee to advise on environmental justice issues and recommend policy changes.

North Carolina H684 establishes environmental justice policies to reduce health disparities and ensure equitable access to environmental benefits.

North Carolina H684 aims to identify, reduce, and eliminate environmental health disparities by ensuring all state residents have equitable access to environmental benefits. The bill establishes the Environmental Justice Program within the Department of Environmental Quality to guide state agencies in implementing environmental justice principles. It mandates the creation of the Environmental Justice Advisory Council and the Interagency Environmental Justice Committee to advise on environmental justice issues and recommend policy changes.