Massachusetts § 62K Consideration of environmental justice principles; establishment of standards and guidelines

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 62K — Consideration of environmental justice principles; establishment of standards and guidelines

Massachusetts § 62K

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title IIILAWS RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS

Ch. 30GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO STATE DEPARTMENTS, COMMISSIONS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, § 62K (2026).

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Section 62K. The secretary shall consider the environmental justice principles, as defined in section 62, in making any policy or determination, or taking any action relating to a project review, undertaken pursuant to sections 61 through 62J, inclusive, to reduce the potential for unfair or inequitable effects upon an environmental justice population.To further the environmental justice principles the secretary shall direct its agencies, including the departments, divisions, boards and offices under the secretary's control and authority, to consider the environmental justice principles in making any policy, determination or taking any other action related to a project review, or in undertaking any project pursuant to said sections 61 through 62J, inclusive, and related regulations that is

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Section 62K. The secretary shall consider the environmental justice principles, as defined in section 62, in making any policy or determination, or taking any action relating to a project review, undertaken pursuant to sections 61 through 62J, inclusive, to reduce the potential for unfair or inequitable effects upon an environmental justice population.To further the environmental justice principles the secretary shall direct its agencies, including the departments, divisions, boards and offices under the secretary's control and authority, to consider the environmental justice principles in making any policy, determination or taking any other action related to a project review, or in undertaking any project pursuant to said sections 61 through 62J, inclusive, and related regulations that is likely to affect environmental justice populations.In addition, the secretary shall establish standards and guidelines for the implementation, administration and periodic review of environmental justice principles by the executive office of energy and environmental affairs and its agencies.