From Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint, Flint Rising, and St. Francis Prayer Center, urging EGLE to pledge to critical changes, requesting written agreement that provides meaningful commitments and accountability to ensure that EGLE will better protect Black communities and other communities of color.
Letter from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, Office of External Civil Rights Compliance to Earthjustice and Great Lakes Environmental Law Center notifying that EPA has resolved complaint based on the Informal Resolution Agreement entered between EPA and EGLE.
EGLE agrees to engage in the voluntary Informal Resolution Agreement process to resolve complaint alleging discrimination by EGLE in violation of Title VI of Civil Rights Act when it approved a permit to install for the Ajax Asphalt Plant without providing meaningful public participation.
Communities polluted by industry are seeking justice and relief from ongoing state permitting decisions that allow increased pollution in areas where air quality already fails to meet legal and public health-based standards
The Environmental Protection Agency declines to investigate civil rights environmental discrimination claims involving the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the use of Signification Impact Levels (SILs) as exemplified in LDEQ’s extension of Formosa Plastic’s major source air permits’ deadlines to commence construction and the granting of the Commonwealth LNG major source air permits.
States are unlawfully allowing more air pollution in already overburdened communities, violating federal public health standards and creating “sacrifice zones”
Florida Rising respectfully submits this supplement to its civil rights complaint to provide additional relevant factual and legal background, clarify the scope of the complaint, and update
ECRCO on relevant developments since the filing of the complaint.
For over a decade, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has enabled the oil industry to pollute communities of color by giving major stationary sources a free pass on compliance with section 185 of the Clean Air Act.
