Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)

Summary

The bill forces any new or renewed individual environmental permit for a site inside an “at‑risk” census tract to include a report on existing environmental and public‑health burdens. The Maryland Department of the Environment must decide whether the permit would add to those burdens and can deny the permit unless certain conditions are met. It also adds public listening sessions and creates a record for possible court review.

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