HB1749 amends the State Environmental Policy Act to include climate change, carbon sequestration, environmental health disparities, and.

HB1749 mandates that the State Environmental Policy Act checklist and guidance incorporate climate change, carbon sequestration, environmental health disparities, and treaty-protected resources. Lead agencies must consider whether proposed actions significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions, harm carbon sequestration, exacerbate health disparities in overburdened communities, or affect treaty-protected resources. The Department of Ecology must adopt rules to define significant greenhouse gas emissions and identify levels that constitute significant increases.

HB1749 amends the State Environmental Policy Act to include climate change, carbon sequestration, environmental health disparities, and.

HB1749 mandates that the State Environmental Policy Act checklist and guidance incorporate climate change, carbon sequestration, environmental health disparities, and treaty-protected resources. Lead agencies must consider whether proposed actions significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions, harm carbon sequestration, exacerbate health disparities in overburdened communities, or affect treaty-protected resources. The Department of Ecology must adopt rules to define significant greenhouse gas emissions and identify levels that constitute significant increases.