BILL NUMBER: AB 2292	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 71090 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to environmental justice.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2292, as introduced, Gordon. California Communities
Environmental Health Screening.
   Existing law requires the California Environmental Protection
Agency to identify disadvantaged communities as part of a 3-year
investment plan developed by the Department of Finance for the moneys
collected by the State Air Resources Board resulting from a
market-based compliance mechanism relative to greenhouse gas
emissions. Existing law requires the Office of Environmental Health
Hazard Assessment to update the California Communities Environmental
Health Screening tool, developed by the agency and the office for the
purposes of identifying those disadvantaged communities, to include
specified environmental data, when available, relating to communities
in the California-Mexico border region.
   This bill would additionally require the office in the next update
of the tool or by January 1, 2018, whichever is sooner, to include
in the tool population density as a population characteristic.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 71090 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   71090.  (a) For purposes of this part, the following terms have
the following meanings: 
   (1) "Border" means the California-Mexico border.  
   (1) 
    (2)  "Office" means the Office of Environmental Health
Hazard Assessment. 
   (2) 
    (3)  "Tool" means the California Communities
Environmental Health Screening, also known as CalEnviroScreen, that
is used to identify disadvantaged communities pursuant to Section
39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (b) (1) In the next update of the tool or by January 1, 2017,
whichever is sooner, the office shall report to the Legislature on
air quality, water quality, and toxic release and hazardous waste
site data necessary for updating the indicators in the tool for
communities located in the  California-Mexico 
border region, including both of the following:
   (A) Deficiencies in and barriers to accessing necessary data.
   (B) Current and future monitoring studies and plans for obtaining
the data.
   (2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (c) For the purposes of subdivision (b), necessary data and
information may include, but need not be limited to, the following:
   (1) Air quality measurements for ozone and particulate matter 2.5
microns and smaller in size in the border region.
   (2) Vehicle emissions at border crossings.
   (3) Complete traffic density data within 150 meters of the border.

   (4) Water quality data for waterways that cross the border.
   (5) Feasibility of incorporating into the tool information from
Mexico contained in the Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry.
   (d) When  such  data of sufficient quality
identified in subdivisions (b) and (c) are available for the
communities in the  California-Mexico  border
region, the office shall include that data in the next update of the
tool. 
   (e) In the next update of the tool or by January 1, 2018,
whichever is sooner, the office shall include in the tool population
density as a population characteristic.